Population Structure

The projected population for 2022 based on the 2021 Population and Housing Census is 115,749 at an intercensal growth rate of 1.2%. The population density per square kilometre is 3,673.88 with a gender ratio of 92.9.

The Municipality has about 30 settlements with approximately 55,000 housing stock. The major settlements include, Ahenbronum, Nhyiaeso, Santan, Adompom, Pankrono and Adabraka.

Population/Demographics

(*Projected population based on 1.2% Growth Rates)
(Source: Population Census Reports - 1970, 1984, 2000, 2010 and 2021)

Housing:

Available data indicates that 15% of houses are built with mud/mud bricks and 85% built with cement. Aluminium zinc is mainly used as roofing materials for the buildings in the Municipality.

Key Issues/Challenges

• Inadequate street lights
• Inadequate metal footbridges
• Relatively poor road network
• Heavy traffic congestion
• Indiscriminate waste disposal
• Insecurity/prevalence of social vices among youth
• Youth unemployment
• Poor sanitary conditions
• Inadequate lands for development
• Lack of truck/lorry parking space
• Low entrepreneurial skills
• Inadequate community libraries
• Encroachment of public spaces e.g. school compounds, streets and cemetery
• Limited access to quality health services
• Low communal spirit
• Poor state of market infrastructure Private Owner 30% Tenant Perching 37% 1% Caretaker 18% Government 5% Religion 9% Housing Tenure Compound 52% Detached 17% Semidetached 31% Types of Houses
• Inadequate ICT centers
• Inadequate toilet facilities
• High incidence of malaria and typhoid
• Inadequate data on the informal sector
• Lack of office space and logistics for Ghana Fire Service
• Inadequate logistics for Ghana Police Service
• Inadequate logistics to embark on M&E exercise