City of Cape Town by Ward

Census96:Community Profile - WARD 72

      Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 72
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS  (AGED 15+)
Employed 5,774 5,247 11,021
Unemployed, looking for work 396 394 790
          Economically Active Total 6,170 5,641 11,811
Not working - not looking for work 82 105 187
Not working - housewife/home-maker  14 1,681 1,695
Not working - scholar/full-time student 876 920 1,796
Not working - pensioner/retired person 1,147 1,560 2,707
Not working - disabled person 134 75 209
Not working - not wishing to work 13 27 40
Not working - none of the above 142 161 303
          Economically Inactive Total 2,408 4,529 6,937
Unspecified  11 14 25
Total 8,589 10,184 18,773
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 756 359 1,115
Professionals 874 995 1,869
Technicians and associate professionals 844 763 1,607
Clerks 436 1,684 2,120
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 586 482 1,068
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 58 18 76
Craft and related trades workers 1,067 110 1,177
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 201 106 307
Elementary occupations 278 338 616
Total 5,100 4,855 9,955
INCOME OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 805 1,636 2,441
R1001 - R2500 1,742 2,184 3,926
R2501 - R4500 1,822 1,775 3,597
R4501 - R8000 1,483 726 2,209
R8001 + 674 144 818
Unspecified 1,194 1,344 2,538
Total 7,720 7,809 15,529

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa