20 or older, 3.2% have no schooling, 13.0% have some schooling but did not finish primary school, 6.2% finished primary school but have no secondary schooling, 35.0% have some secondary schooling but did not finish Grade 12, 25.3% finished Grade 12 but have no higher education, and 17.4% have higher education. Overall, 42.7% have at least a Grade 12 education. Of those aged between 5 and 25, 70.0% are attending an educational institution. Amongst those aged between 15 and 65 the unemployment rate is 15.1%. The average annual household income is R154,617. There are 43,420 households in the municipality, giving an average household size of 3.3 people. Of those households, 75.1% are in formal structures (houses or flats), while 22.9% are in informal structures (shacks). 92.9% of households use electricity for lighting. 80.5% of households have piped water to the dwelling, while 18.6% have piped water through a communal tap. 89.4% of households have regular refuse collection service. 91.7% of households have a flush toilet or chemical toilet, while 2.6% still use a bucket toilet. 81.1% of households have a refrigerator, 83.0% have a television and 67.6% have a radio. Only 25.9% have a landline telephone, but 89.2% have a cellphone. 37.7% have a computer, and 45.3% have access to the Internet (either through a computer or a cellphone). Politics The municipal council consists of forty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-two councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-three wards, while the remaining twenty-two are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the 2021 local government elections, the Democratic Alliance (DA) received a majority of twenty-eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election. Mayors Gesie van Deventer (August 2016 – present) (DA) Conrad Sidego (June 2011 – August 2016) (DA) Cyril Jooste (December 2009 - June 2011) (DA) Patrick Swartz (April 2008 - December 2009) (KCA) Lauretta Maree (March 2006 - April 2008) (DA) Willie Ortell (October 2002 - March 2006) (NNP) Political history In the local government elections of 2000, the Democratic Alliance came to power in Stellenbosch. The administration was short-lived, however, and in October 2002, an African National Congress (ANC) and New National Party (NNP) coalition took over the council when four councillors defected from the DA and a local community party during a