Good public healthcare in Western Cape will mean an older population
The Western Cape’s overall population is expected to grow by 1.53-million people to 7.36-million by the year 2040, according to new projections by the provincial government published Tuesday. According to the 2011 census, the most recent measure of the population, there were about 6-million people residing in the Western Cape at the time. Statistics SA figures have also showed that from the period 2011-16, the Western Cape was estimated to have experienced an inflow of migrants totalling 350,569 people. Western Cape social development MEC Albert Fritz said the projections, released on word population day, had implications for the department’s services to four priority groups: children, youth, people with disabilities and older persons.
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