City of Cape Town by Ward

Census96:Community Profile - WARD 2

      Employment Profile (Work status, Occupation, Income)

WARD 2
Male Female Total
WORK STATUS (AGED 15+)
Employed 7,031 4,855 11,886
Unemployed, looking for work 1,205 1,272 2,477
          Economically Active Total 8,236 6,127 14,363
Not working - not looking for work 116 180 296
Not working - housewife/home-maker  32 2,675 2,707
Not working - scholar/full-time student 1,085 1,078 2,163
Not working - pensioner/retired person 764 869 1,633
Not working - disabled person 154 86 240
Not working - not wishing to work 29 42 71
Not working - none of the above 391 389 780
          Economically Inactive Total 2,571 5,319 7,890
Unspecified  38 38 76
Total 10,845 11,484 22,329
OCCUPATION OF LABOUR FORCE
Legislators, senior officials and managers 511 185 696
Professionals 420 385 805
Technicians and associate professionals 431 320 751
Clerks 236 606 842
Service workers, shop and market sales workers 453 337 790
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 249 63 312
Craft and related trades workers 909 199 1,108
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 870 625 1,495
Elementary occupations 1,935 1,464 3,399
Total 6,014 4,184 10,198
INCOME OF EARNERS (PER MONTH)
< R1000 2,261 2,199 4,460
R1001 - R2500 2,840 2,208 5,048
R2501 - R4500 1,087 739 1,826
R4501 - R8000 779 266 1,045
R8001 + 431 70 501
Unspecified 1,421 1,420 2,841
Total 8,819 6,902 15,721

1996 Census data supplied by Statistics South Africa


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