City of Cape Town by Ward

Census96:Community Profile - WARD 42

      Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 42
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS (AGED 15+)
Employed 1,662 2,178 3,840
Unemployed, looking for work 1,096 1,183 2,279
          Economically Active Total 2,758 3,361 6,119
Not working - not looking for work 110 128 238
Not working - housewife/home-maker  4 100 104
Not working - scholar/full-time student 1,122 1,473 2,595
Not working - pensioner/retired person 460 771 1,231
Not working - disabled person 164 83 247
Not working - not wishing to work 85 85 170
Not working - none of the above 342 352 694
          Economically Inactive Total 2,287 2,992 5,279
Unspecified  44 41 85
Total 5,089 6,394 11,483
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 41 24 65
Professionals 125 263 388
Technicians and associate professionals 52 83 135
Clerks 130 170 300
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 204 283 487
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 30 7 37
Craft and related trades workers 232 43 275
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 162 32 194
Elementary occupations 407 1,030 1,437
Total 1,383 1,935 3,318
INCOME OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 1,190 2,050 3,240
R1001 - R2500 739 581 1,320
R2501 - R4500 148 193 341
R4501 - R8000 54 53 107
R8001 + 22 17 39
Unspecified 2,721 2,970 5,691
Total 4,874 5,864 10,738

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa