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The information in the sections was obtained from the Western Cape Government's Socio-economic Profile - Swartland Municipality - 2022
GDPR PERFORMANCE - 2020
In 2020, Swartland area’s economy was valued at R8.983 billion (current prices) and employed 43 200 people.
PRIMARY SECTOR
Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Value: R1 378.1 million
Contribution: 15.3%
Trend 2016-2020: 2.1%
Annual real GDPR growth: 13.8%
Mining and quarrying
Value: R16.7 million
Contribution: 0.2%
Trend 2016-2020: 1.9%
Annual real GDPR growth: 8.0%
SECONDARY SECTOR
Manufacturing
Value: R2 010.3 million
Contribution: 22.4%
Trend 2016-2020: 0.2%
Annual real GDPR growth: -7.6%
Electricity, gas and water
Value: R178.4 million
Contribution: 2.0%
Trend 2016-2020: -3.3%
Annual real GDPR growth: -8.0%
Construction
Value: R353.8 million
Contribution: 3.9%
Trend 2016-2020: -6.1%
Annual real GDPR growth: -20.5%
TERTIARY SECTOR
Wholesale & retail trade, catering & accommodation
Value: R1 450.9 million
Contribution: 16.2%
Trend 2016-2020: -1.4%
Annual real GDPR growth: -12.8%
Transport, storage & communication
Value: R436.3 million
Contribution: 4.9%
Trend 2016-2020: -3.5%
Annual real GDPR growth: -18.6%
Finance, insurance, real estate & business services
Value: R1 115.6 million
Contribution: 12.4%
Trend 2016-2020: 2.0%
Annual real GDPR growth: 0.5%
General government
Value: R1 075.6 million
Contribution: 12.0%
Trend 2016-2020: 2.3%
Annual real GDPR growth: 1.3%
Community, social & personal services
Value: R967.0 million
Contribution: 10.8%
Trend 2016-2020: 1.0%
Annual real GDPR growth: -1.4%
TOTAL SWARTLAND
Primary Sector
Value: R1 394.8 million
Contribution: 15.5%
Trend 2016-2020: 2.1%
Annual real GDPR growth: 13.7%
Secondary Sector
Value: R2 542.6 million
Contribution: 28.3%
Trend 2016-2020: -1.2%
Annual real GDPR growth: -9.9%
Tertiary Sector
Value: R5 045.4 million
Contribution: 56.2%
Trend 2016-2020: 0.3%
Annual real GDPR growth: -5.6%
TOTAL
Value: R8 982.7 million
Contribution: 100.0%
Trend 2016-2020: 0.1%
Annual real GDPR growth: -4.1%
The municipal area’s economy is estimated to have increased by 6.6% to R10.0 billion in 2021. The manufacturing sector was the leading contributor in 2020 (R2.0 billion), followed by the trade sector (R1.5 billion) and the agriculture sector (R1.4 billion). It is forecast that the economy of the municipal area will increase by 2.5% in 2022 and 1.6% in 2023.
LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE - 2020
It is estimated that the Swartland region’s total employed in 2021 amounts to 42 461 workers of which 35 779 (84.3%) are in the formal sector while 6 682 (15.7%) are formally employed, showing a drop in proportion of informally employed workers.
The formally employed consisted of low-skilled workers (49.3%), semi-skilled workers (33.5%) and skilled workers (17.2%).
EMPLOYMENT PER SECTOR - 2020
PRIMARY SECTOR [12,212 (28.3%)]
Agriculture, forestry & fishing: 12,193 (28.2%)
Mining and quarrying: 19 (0.0%)
SECONDARY SECTOR [6,777 (15.6%)]
Manufacturing: 4,812 (11.1%)
Electricity, gas and water: 129 (0.3%)
Construction: 1,836 (4.3%)
TERTIARY SECTOR [24,211 (56.0%)]
Wholesale & retail trade, catering & accommodation: 8,656 (20.0%)
Transport, storage & communication: 1,000 (2.3%)
Finance, insurance, real estate & business services: 4,102 (9.5%)
General government: 2,932 (6.8%)
Community, social & personal services: 7,521 (17.4%)
TOTAL: 43,200 (100.0%)
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