Adding to the list of reasons to make the move to Cape Town, is the State of the SA Cities’ most recent findings that people in Cape Town appear to live longer.
This adds to further exciting news for Cape Town after being noted as a hotspot for semigration earlier this year and as a nod to the Western whose small towns are dominating the millionaire’s market.
The report, which is published every 5 years, takes a look at South African cities, sizing 9 of the biggest municipalities up in comparison to one another based on various elements. The purpose of the reports is to provide a point of reference for city improvement margins. After all, how can we do better if we aren’t sure where specifically to start?
The report looks at city performance and trends, sustainable initiatives, as well as perspectives and voices from the cities themselves, as well as local government outlooks.
At a glance, one of the most exciting findings for Cape Town was our life expectancy. From 2016-2020, the average life expectancy was revealed to be 71.0 years for females and 65.6 years for males.
Cape Town also received one of the highest literacy rates at 97.3% beaten by Ethekwini at 97.6%.
Cape Town also had the lowest level of unemployment in 2020, at 22.5%.
However, it wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine for the Mother City, as the report further revealed striking levels of poverty in Cape Town, earmarked as one of the country’s highest with 45.9% of people living on or below R1.227 in 2019.
The City may have a long road to walk toward becoming the utopia it could be, but at the very least we know that we’ll have a little longer of a lifetime to tackle them.
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