statistics mauritius 4 july 2013. in 2011, in rodrigues only 3% of the total households were...
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Statistics Mauritius 4 July 2013
Dist. (%) of houses by construction material, island of Rodrigues, 2000 & 2011
69.5
1.7
27.8
1.0
73.1
10.915.8
0.10.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
Concrete walls & roof Concrete walls &iron/tin roof
Iron/tin walls & roof Other
% h
ou
ses
2000 2011
2000 2011 2000 2011
Owner occupied/supplied free by parents, relatives and others
8,470 10,760 97.9 97.9
Rented 181 218 2.1 2.0
Other 0 10 0.0 0.1
Total 8,651 10,988 100.0 100.0
Tenure Number %
In 2011, in Rodrigues only 3% of the total households were overcrowded .
Proportion decreased from 5.4% in 2000 to 3% in 2012
Access to safe drinking water – 95% Access to an improved water source – 96% Owning a house – 94% Using LPG as principal cooking fuel – 78% Overcrowding – 3% Access to ICT devices
◦ Mobile phone – 84%◦ Fixed telephone – 45%
Improvement in living standard from 2000 to 2011
Improvement with respect to UN Millennium Development Indicators
Areas to improve housing and living conditions◦ Houses of iron/tin – 16% , 1900 ◦ No flush toilet – 49%, 5400◦ No running water in bathroom – 53%, 5800◦ Woo as principal cooking fuel – 21%, 2300◦ Overcrowding households – 3%, 400