City of Cape Town by Ward

Census96:Community Profile - WARD 32

      Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 32
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS (AGED 15+)
Employed 4,192 3,457 7,649
Unemployed, looking for work 1,402 1,314 2,716
          Economically Active Total 5,594 4,771 10,365
Not working - not looking for work 221 337 558
Not working - housewife/home-maker  36 1,845 1,881
Not working - scholar/full-time student 751 899 1,650
Not working - pensioner/retired person 567 1,030 1,597
Not working - disabled person 508 312 820
Not working - not wishing to work 88 132 220
Not working - none of the above 304 282 586
          Economically Inactive Total 2,475 4,837 7,312
Unspecified  8 12 20
Total 8,077 9,620 17,697
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 85 50 135
Professionals 120 179 299
Technicians and associate professionals 130 217 347
Clerks 289 380 669
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 237 200 437
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 50 8 58
Craft and related trades workers 950 419 1,369
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 629 668 1,297
Elementary occupations 1,158 903 2,061
Total 3,648 3,024 6,672
INCOME OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 1,900 2,563 4,463
R1001 - R2500 2,896 2,377 5,273
R2501 - R4500 401 197 598
R4501 - R8000 127 103 230
R8001 + 16 9 25
Unspecified 563 612 1,175
Total 5,903 5,861 11,764

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa