City of Cape Town by Ward

Census96:Community Profile - WARD 96

      Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 96
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS (AGED 15+)
Employed 4,546 2,227 6,773
Unemployed, looking for work 2,168 3,031 5,199
         Economically Active Total 6,714 5,258 11,972
Not working - not looking for work 211 562 773
Not working - housewife/home-maker  8 507 515
Not working - scholar/full-time student 1,121 1,454 2,575
Not working - pensioner/retired person 154 270 424
Not working - disabled person 73 60 133
Not working - not wishing to work 57 160 217
Not working - none of the above 268 316 584
          Economically Inactive Total 1,892 3,329 5,221
Unspecified  0 5 5
Total 8,606 8,592 17,198
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 51 32 83
Professionals 63 48 111
Technicians and associate professionals 103 31 134
Clerks 65 55 120
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 568 265 833
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 133 14 147
Craft and related trades workers 1,192 122 1,314
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 501 36 537
Elementary occupations 1,443 1,502 2,945
Total 4,119 2,105 6,224
INCOME OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 2,441 1,984 4,425
R1001 - R2500 2,027 394 2,421
R2501 - R4500 177 54 231
R4501 - R8000 48 26 74
R8001 + 39 15 54
Unspecified 2,190 2,845 5,035
Total 6,922 5,318 12,240

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa