As of the
census of 2011, In the 2007 census, 60.4% of respondents described themselves as
Black African, 22.6%
Coloured, 16.1%
White and 0.9%
Indian/
Asian. The largest religious groupings are Christian (89.4% of residents),
no religion (6.1%),
Muslim (1.5%),
Jewish (0.4%) and
Hindu (0.3%). 57.3% of the residents speak
Xhosa as their
mother tongue.
Afrikaans is the mother tongue of 29.7%, and English, 12.1%. • 16.0% of all households are single-person. • The average household size is 3.86. • The median age is 26 years. • For every 100 females there are 91.2 males. • 28.2% of the population aged 15–65 is unemployed. • The median annual income of working adults aged 15–65 is
ZAR 21 837 ($3,282). According to the 2009 edition of the municipality's 2006–2011 Integrated Development Plan, manufacturing is the single largest contributor to the local economy (33%), followed by community services (27%). Tourism represents a key sector of the economy that has increasingly contributed to job creation in recent years, thanks in large part to the municipality's seaside location and its abundance of unspoiled beaches, of which four carry
Blue Flag status. 100% of households have access to a source of water within a 200 m radius. 91% of households have access to a basic level of sanitation. 100% of households within the urban boundary have access to a basic level of solid waste removal, and 97% of households in formally demarcated municipal residential areas have access to a basic level of electricity. The municipality has 41 permanent and satellite clinics, 13 mobile clinics, eight hospitals, 22 libraries, 31 community and municipal halls, 79 sports facilities, 19 beaches, 18 pools, 273 schools, one university (the
Nelson Mandela University), four technical colleges and two Further Education and Training institutions. ==Main places==