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- Attainment of higher education;<\/li>\n
- Owner-ship of a refrigerator;<\/li>\n
- Use of electricity for heating;<\/li>\n
- Having a flush\/chemical toilet; and<\/li>\n
- Individual monthly income of R25,601 or more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Deprivation Index <\/strong>was compiled using these indicators:<\/p>\n
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- People with no schooling;<\/li>\n
- The unemployment rate;<\/li>\n
- No access to piped water;<\/li>\n
- No access to a toilet; and<\/li>\n
- A monthly income of R1,600 or less.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Each indicator was then assigned a weighting\u00a0–\u00a0the higher the deprivation score, the more difficult life would be\u00a0for most people in a specific area.\u00a0The higher the comfort score, the more comfortable life would be.<\/p>\n
“We have not printed the precise points as the scores are best read as rough, general, comparative overviews of living standards in each area,” the IRR said.<\/p>\n
However, looking at the overview of each area, it is easy to identify which municipal districts offer the best and worst quality of living across all of the provinces.<\/p>\n
19 of the 52 municipal districts have an overall deprivation ranking (balance of the comfort\u00a0and deprivation indices), with Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo municipalities in the Eastern Cape coming out the worst.<\/p>\n
On the other side of the spectrum, 33 municipalities have a net comfort score, showing an overall positive picture for the country.<\/p>\n
Notably, metropolitan districts such as City of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Tshwane came out as the most ‘comfortable’, by a large margin.<\/p>\n
The table below\u00a0shows\u00a0the best and worst municipalities in every province, based on\u00a0the balance of the Comfort and Deprivation Index scores<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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\n Province<\/th>\n Most Comfortable<\/th>\n Most Deprived<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Western Cape<\/td>\n City of Cape Town<\/td>\n Central Karoo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gauteng<\/td>\n City of Johannesburg<\/td>\n West Rand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Free State<\/td>\n Manguang<\/td>\n Thabo Mofutsanyana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Northern Cape<\/td>\n Namakwa<\/td>\n John Taolo Gaetsewe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mpumalanga<\/td>\n Nkangala<\/td>\n Ehlanzei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n North West<\/td>\n Dr Kenneth Kaunda<\/td>\n Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Limpopo<\/td>\n Waterberg<\/td>\n Greater Sekhukhune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n eThekwini<\/td>\n uMkhanyakude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Eastern Cape<\/td>\n Nelson Mandela Bay<\/td>\n Alfred Nzo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Here is a break down of the index by province.<\/p>\n
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