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.

Community Service, Manufacturing and Finance remain the top three economic drivers in the City and yet 31% of the population remains unemployed. Only 50% of the population has completed Matric or higher.

When it comes to Service Delivery, about 10% of the Ekurhuleni population still does not have access to electricity. Generally, crime still remains a matter of great concern in our country, with 5 760 people killed between April and June 2021. On average, every 8 hours, a woman is killed in South Africa. The City of Ekurhuleni is believed to be the country’s headquarters of informal settlements but equally so, it is also a significant manufacturing hub in the country.