- Development Area: Savanna-la-mar
- Constituency: Central Westmoreland
- Districts: 3
Community Borders:
- North: Success/Axe and Adze
- West: Strawberry and Grange
- South: Fort Williams
- East: Porters Mountain
Community Representation:
- Member of Parlaiment: Mr. Roger Clarke
- Councillor:
- Mayor:
COMMUNITY PRIORITY ISSUES
- High levels of adult unemployment (25 years and over)
- Poor roads
- Low skills levels
- Limited /no opportunity for training and employment
- Negative perception/stigma of the community
Number of Active Community Based Organizations: 3
Demographic Data | |
Estimated Population Size | 1009 |
Estimated Number of Households | 348 |
Average Households Size | 3.5 |
% Households headed by males | 50 |
% Households headed w/o academic qualification | 43.5 |
% Households headed by unemployed persons | 30 |
Age sex distribution of population
Age Cohort | Male | Female | Average |
0-14 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13 |
15 - 24 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
25 - 29 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.35 |
30 - 64 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 20.15 |
65+ | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5 |
TOTAL | 49.7 | 50.3 | 50 |
Social and physical ameneties
Housing |
59% of houses were made from board, while 23% were made from blocks 39.8% owned the land on which they lived and 38.6% lived on family owned land |
Utilities |
50.4% of the households received water from private catchment. Approximately 91.6% of residents used electricity for lighting Gas (68.2%) and wood (30.9% ) were the main cooking fuel used |
Communication |
Telephone services utilized by 96.4% residents; of those with telephone services 98.8% utilized cellular phones and 1.2% utilized both cellular and cable telephones. |
Sanitation |
Burning (69.3%) was the most common method of garbage disposal. 61.3% of households utilized the soak away and 37.6% the pit latrine. |