City of Cape Town by Ward

Census96:Community Profile - WARD 12

      Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 12
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS (AGED 15+)
Employed 6,060 4,150 10,210
Unemployed, looking for work 1,474 1,526 3,000
           Economically Active Total 7,534 5,676 13,210
Not working - not looking for work 163 285 448
Not working - housewife/home-maker  29 1,883 1,912
Not working - scholar/full-time student 1,021 1,073 2,094
Not working - pensioner/retired person 418 523 941
Not working - disabled person 178 88 266
Not working - not wishing to work 70 83 153
Not working - none of the above 595 670 1,265
          Economically Inactive Total 2,474 4,605 7,079
Unspecified  11 7 18
Total 10,019 10,288 20,307
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 238 102 340
Professionals 279 414 693
Technicians and associate professionals 356 258 614
Clerks 338 664 1,002
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 540 333 873
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 215 39 254
Craft and related trades workers 1,305 213 1,518
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 575 147 722
Elementary occupations 1,277 1,532 2,809
Total 5,123 3,702 8,825
INCOME OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 2,384 2,236 4,620
R1001 - R2500 2,636 1,771 4,407
R2501 - R4500 994 645 1,639
R4501 - R8000 583 194 777
R8001 + 134 36 170
Unspecified 1,671 2,009 3,680
Total 8,402 6,891 15,293

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa