According to a COGTA Report released in August 2020, the City of Ekurhuleni has a population of 3 774 638, of which about 70% is in the townships of Tembisa, Kwa-thema, Tsakane, Duduza, Katlehong, Thokoza and Vosloorus. The households in Ekurhuleni make up about a quarter of the households in Gauteng and about 10% of households in South Africa. Over 34% of the population lives below the poverty line and
with a Gini Coefficient of 0,633. Women-headed households in the City accounted for 32,8% and 3 737 households headed by children under the age of 18 according to Stats SA report of 2017. Inequality remains an issue of great concern in the City.