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Poverty in Perspective Statistics South Africa Contextualizing Poverty and Inequality in the WC, with further emphasis on the generational and endemic nature of poverty as it affects women and the girl child in the WC South Africa’s population, mid-2020 is 59,62 million 2 More than half of the population live in 3 provinces (GP,KZN and WC) WC has close to 7 million inhabitants Mid-year population estimates for South Africa by province, 2020 15,49 M GP 11,53 M KZN 7,01 M 6,73 M 5,85 M WC EC LP 4,68 M 4,11 M 2,93 M MP NW FS NC 1,29 M 25,8% 26,0% 19,3% 11,8% 11,3% 9,8% 7,8% 6,9% 4,9% 2,2% 57,1% 3 The districts shown represented around 11% of the population of WC Mid Year Population Estimates for 2021 District Projections based on 2020 Series 4 Approximately 50,7% of the population in the WC is female.
WC population, mid-2020 by sex 49,3% 50,7% Source: Mid-year population estimates for South Africa by province, 2020 5 Overberg DM has a slightly lower proportion of Females than males WC - Cape Winelands District Municipality (DC2) WC - Central Karoo District Municipality (DC5) WC - City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality WC - Overberg District Municipality (DC3) WC - West Coast District Municipality (DC1) 49,4% 47,2% 49,5% 50,5% 49,5% WC- Garden Route (DC4) 47,8% 50,6% 52,8% 50,5% 49,5% 50,5% 52,2% Mid Year Population Estimates District Projections based on 2020Series 6 WC has around 62% Youth and Adults (15-59) within the Province Population by age category and province, 2020 Elderly (60+) within each province Children under 15 within each province Youth and Adult LP EC MP KZN NC NW FS SA WC GP Nationally, 42 per cent lived with mothers only.
WC had the lowest proportion of children living with neither parent Children in affluent provinces were most likely to live with both parents.

Children's living arrangements was likely to affect their performance at school.
WC GP NC MP RSA NW FS LP KZN EC Lived with neither Lived with mother Lived with both Lived with father Percentage of children living arrangements, 2019 Source: Stats SA: Mid-year population estimates 2018 8 20,6% of Female headed households in WC do not have an employed household member Households without and employed household member by sex of household head, 20109 EC LP FS NW NC KZN MP RSA WC GP 54,4% 53,6% 49,6% 48,4% 34,4% 29,7% 28,5% 27,0% 26,9% 23,4% 22,7% 22,0% 17,6% 20,6% 38,4% 40,6% 41,9% 40,6% 15,5% 31,7% Female Male Source: Marginal Groups Indicator Report 2019 9 Of those employed in the WC Females accounted for 41,3% of those in Managerial occupations Total 45,9 Manager 41,3 Professional 45,6 Technician 57,8 Clerk 76,7 Sales and services 50,1 Skilled agriculture 11,3 Craft and related trade 8,3 Plant and machine operator 16,1 Elementary 41,2 Domestic worker 100,0 54,4 23,3 54,1 58,7 42,2 49,9 88,7 91,7 83,9 58,8 0,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0 50,0 60,0 70,0 80,0 90,0 100,0 Women Men 10 Source: QLFS Q4:2020 Around 21% of WC Population is considered poor based on the Lower Bound Poverty Line.
(Money metric Poverty) Source: Poverty Trend Report Upper-Bound Poverty Line R1268 Lower-Bound Poverty Line R840 Food Poverty Line R585 * Based on April 2020 prices Threshold of relative deprivation below which people cannot afford the minimum desired lifestyle by most South Africans Austere threshold below which one has to choose between food and important non-food items Threshold of absolute deprivation.
The amount of money required to purchase the minimum required daily energy intake Source: National Poverty Lines 12 WC Money-metric Poverty headcounts in 2015 National Figure Poor - 37,1% Non Poor - 62,9% Poor - 21,3% Non Poor - 78,7% Poor - 10,0% Non Poor - 90,0% Upper-Bound Poverty Line Provides an unambiguous threshold of relative deprivation below which people cannot afford the minimum lifestyle desired by most South Africans Lower-Bound Poverty Line Provides an austere threshold below which one has to choose between food and important non-food items 13 Food Poverty Line Is the Rand value below which individuals are unable to purchase or consume enough food to supply them with minimum per-capita-per-day energy requirement for good health Source: Living Conditions Survey The South African Multidimensional Poverty indicators provide a more holistic view of poverty 14 The four dimensions of the SAMPI Health Education Deprivation cut-offs Living standards Economic activity 15 Child mortality (death of child under 5) Years of schooling (completed 5 years of schooling) School attendance (school-aged child out of school) Lighting (no electricity) Heating (no electricity) Cooking (no electricity) Water (no piped water) Sanitation (no flush toilet) Dwelling (informal/traditional/caravan/tent) Assets (no radio/TV/phone/car) Unemployment (adults unemployed) WC had significantly lower levels of multidimensional poverty than the SA average over the three periods Multidimensional Poverty by Geographic Various levels 2001-2016 SAMPI % 9 7 1 , A S R % 7 6 , RSA Western Cape % 0 8 , % 6 3 , % 0 7 , % 7 2 , 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SourceThe South African MPI 16 In 2016 West Coast DM had the highest rate of multidimensional poverty of the two districts shown.
Multidimensional Poverty by District in WC 2016 West Coast 2,90% T C I R T S I D Overberg 2,64% 17 Multidimensional Poverty Drivers 5 Years 52 33 40 10 Years CS 2016 SourceThe South African MPI 18 Grants remain A significant source of income for SA households, particularly in rural areas, 70% of household income is sourced from salaries in WC Percentage distribution of sources of household income by province, 2019 EC LP FS NW MP KZN NC RSA GP WC Salaries 39% Remittances 13% Grants 38% Pensions Other Sources 6% 4,4 55% 11% 20% 11% 3 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70% 3% 70 10% 80 11% 5,7 90 Source: GHS 2019 100 19 Service Delivery 20 In 2019 WC was above the national average in households connected to mains electricity with 88,4% 21 WC had the highest levels of households with improved access to sanitation 22 96,5% of households in the West Coast main source of water for drinking was delivered via a piped connection Water Electricity Sanitation West Coast 96,5% 94,1% 92,5% Overberg 97,9% 94,6% 95,7% main source of water for drinking delivered via a piped connection connected to the mains electricity supply access to a flush or chemical toilet Source: Community Survey 2016.
23 Vulnerable Groups are defined as a part of the South African population that experience a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion than the general population.
Women are amongst these groups 24 WC has the lowest proportion of agricultural households at 3,6% within the province Eastern Cape Limpopo KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Free State South Africa Northern Cape North West Gauteng 4,9% Western Cape 3,6% 27,9% 24,1% 18,6% 18,2% 16,6% 13,8% 13,8% 13,4% Provincial profile: Community Survey 2016], Report number 03-01-15 25 In 2019 WC had 11.1% of female headed households that reported suffering from hunger Households that reported hunger 20% 18% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Male Female % 8 3 1 , % 0 0 1 , % 4 2 1 , % 1 1 1 , % 1 1 1 , % 7 9 , % 5 9 , % 4 9 , % 8 6 , % 3 6 , % 7 4 , % 9 3 , % 0 9 1 , % 2 8 1 , % 4 6 1 , % 6 4 1 , % 2 6 1 , % 4 5 1 , % 5 5 1 , % 6 2 1 , LP GP EC RSA KZN WC MP FS NW NC Source: Marginal Groups Indicator Report 2019 26 18,2% of Female-headed households in Overberg DM are likely to run out of money to buy food.
Percentage of households that ran out of money to buy food in the past 12 months by sex of household head, CS 2016 DC5: Central Karoo DC4: Garden Route DC3: Overberg DC2: Cape Winelands DC1: West Coast CPT: City of Cape Town Western Cape Source: CS 2016 H H M P M H H F P M 15,5% 14,1% 18,5% 18,2% 14,6% 16,6% 17,2% Female-headed household Male-headed household 15,0% 14,4% 15,0% 11,7% 12,6% 11,5% 12,1% 27 Gender pay gap examined, findings from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey 28 In 2018 women’s median monthly earnings were 76% of men's median monthly earnings 29 In the WC Females earned 86,9% of men’s median monthly earnings in 2018 Median Female Earnings as a % of Median Male Earnings 2018, QLFS Western Cape Female Eastern Cape Gauteng Mpumalanga North West Free State KwaZulu-Natal Northern Cape Limpopo Earnings at Parity Female Median Earnings Less Female Median Earnings more 86,9% 85,7% 81,6% 75,0% 75,0% 74,3% 71,4% 71,4% 66,2% 30 Male Source: QLFS 2018 Experience of violence Source: Stats SA: Mid-year population estimates 2018 31 One in five (21%) partnered women has experienced physical violence by a partner (Ever Experienced) Experience of violence by any partner, women 18+ years Physical violence Emotional Violence 8% 9% 21% 17% Sexual violence 6% 2% Ever Experienced In the past 12 months Source: SADHS 2016 Source: Stats SA: Mid-year population estimates 2018 32 Ever- experience of partner violence is at 21% in WC for physical violence.
Experience of physical violence by any partner, women 18+ years by province Ever experienced physical violence Ever experienced emotional violence Ever experienced sexual violence Eastern Cape North West Mpumalanga Free State Western Cape Northern Cape Gauteng Limpopo KwaZulu-Natal 31% 30% 26% 21% 21% 19% 18% 14% 14% 12% 7% 7% 8% 4% 5% 8% 5% 3% 24% 28% 21% 21% 20% 16% 13% 13% 13% 33 Source: Stats SA: Mid-year population estimates 2018 Thank You