🟧⬜️ Orania Census for 2024 — Here are five interesting facts:

1. Population Growth
Orania grew with 5.4% in 2024, to a sum of 3,025 residents. This means the average of 10% per annum is maintained since 2020.

Also interesting is that Orania grew with almost 1000 residents since 2020. A third of its current population.

2. Economy
Economic researcher Werner Fourie points out that Services (31.5%), Trade (22.0%), and Construction (15.0%) remain Orania’s three largest economic sectors.
Although the contribution of Services shows a strong decrease (from 44.6% down to 31.5%), it is very positive that Manufacturing more than doubled from 5.0% to 12.6%, along with Agriculture, which also increased by nearly 4.0%.
In the construction industry something interesting happened –

3. Construction
The total number of building applications dropped from 176 in 2022 to 149 in 2024, however the value of developments is rising. With an estimated total of R186 million for 2024, the value of building applications in Orania was 31% higher than the previous year.
Education and training are growing at an average annual rate of 8.6%, which includes Orania’s schools and Bo-Karoo Training.

4. Climate
The year 2024 was drier and warmer than the past five years. Rainfall in 2024 measured 271.8 mm, almost half of the 456.6 mm recorded in 2020. The highest temperature recorded in 2024 was 41.7 °C and the lowest -4.4 °C.
Here is the most interesting piece of information from the 2024 census:

5. Salaries and food inflation
In terms of salaries, the average Oranian is significantly better off than the previous year. Average annual salaries increased with more than 18%! (Though still much lower than city averages)
Alongside this came one of the best pieces of news from the census: food inflation showed deflation of 2.8%! The food basket was almost 3% cheaper than in 2023, while the same products elsewhere in South Africa became more expensive.

In short: cooling in certain economic sectors, improvements in others. A substantial salary increase in permanent employment, and huge potential in education and training.

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