City of Cape Town by Ward

Census 96 : Community Profile - WARD 62

Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 62
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS (AGED 15+)
Employed 6,519 5,960 12,479
Unemployed, looking for work 299 304 603
          Economically Active Total 6,818 6,264 13,082
Not working - not looking for work 62 78 140
Not working - housewife/home-maker  13 2,378 2,391
Not working - scholar/full-time student 1,157 1,061 2,218
Not working - pensioner/retired person 1,132 1,449 2,581
Not working - disabled person 84 78 162
Not working - not wishing to work 16 40 56
Not working - none of the above 220 237 457
          Economically Inactive Total 2,684 5,321 8,005
Unspecified  4 6 10
Total 9,506 11,591 21,097
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 1,311 549 1,860
Professionals 1,324 1,146 2,470
Technicians and associate professionals 831 853 1,684
Clerks 267 1,028 1,295
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 602 560 1,162
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 252 42 294
Craft and related trades workers 841 97 938
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 177 72 249
Elementary occupations 391 1,273 1,664
Total 5,996 5,620 11,616
INCOME  OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 1,091 2,523 3,614
R1001 - R2500 1,522 1,928 3,450
R2501 - R4500 1,274 1,608 2,882
R4501 - R8000 1,234 870 2,104
R8001 + 2,078 457 2,535
Unspecified 1,377 1,619 2,996
Total 8,576 9,005 17,581

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa