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    Census 2024 · district in Teso sub-region

    Serere

    People
    358,123
    30 of 146 by size
    Area
    2,021 km²
    People per km²
    177
    Uganda: 189
    Household size
    5.0
    Uganda: 4.2
    Children under 18
    54.5%
    Uganda: 49.6%

    Where Serere is

    Where Serere does better than Uganda

    • Households with safe drinking water: 97.3% vs 81.1% nationally
    • Households with a mosquito net: 93.2% vs 87.2% nationally
    • Teens 13–17 out of school: 28.5% vs 34.2% nationally

    Where Serere lags behind

    • Households on grid electricity: 1.6% vs 25.3% nationally
    • Households with improved toilets: 22.4% vs 43.6% nationally
    • Households in subsistence farming: 49.0% vs 33.1% nationally

    Serere compared

    • Serere
    • Teso
    • Uganda

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    Inside Serere: 15 sub-counties

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    Households on grid electricity

    By sub-county, Census 2024

    Source: UBOS, National Population and Housing Census 2024 (sub-county profiles)
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    AreaValue
    Serere Town Council20.5%
    Kasilo Town Council6.5%
    Kyere Town Council5.9%
    Ocaapa Town Council5.5%
    Kidetok Town Council3.0%
    Kagwara Town Council0.8%
    Bugondo0.6%
    Kadungulu0.4%
    Kadungulu Town Council0.4%
    Atiira0.4%
    Kyere0.4%
    Pingire0.3%
    Olio0.2%
    Labor0.1%
    Kateta0.1%

    Who has power from the grid? Serere overall: 1.6%

    Highest: Serere Town Council (20.5%). Lowest: Labor (0.1%).

    Sub-countyCountyHouseholds on grid electricity
    Serere Town CouncilSerere County20.5%
    Kasilo Town CouncilKasilo County6.5%
    Kyere Town CouncilSerere County5.9%
    Ocaapa Town CouncilSerere County5.5%
    Kidetok Town CouncilPingire County3.0%
    Kagwara Town CouncilKasilo County0.8%
    BugondoKasilo County0.6%
    AtiiraSerere County0.4%
    KadunguluKasilo County0.4%
    Kadungulu Town CouncilKasilo County0.4%
    KyereSerere County0.4%
    PingirePingire County0.3%
    OlioSerere County0.2%
    KatetaSerere County0.1%
    LaborPingire County0.1%

    Farming in Serere

    SerereTesoUgandaRank
    Households keeping livestock92.7%88.1%72.8%4th of 135
    Cattle per 100 people74.0 per 100 people48.1 per 100 people31.5 per 100 people16th of 135
    Goats per 100 people58.4 per 100 people34.9 per 100 people37.8 per 100 people24th of 135
    Chickens per 100 people247.9 per 100 people178.8 per 100 people126.0 per 100 people8th of 135
    Pigs per 100 people33.1 per 100 people19.1 per 100 people15.4 per 100 people13th of 135
    Cattle that are exotic or cross-bred1.0%1.1%23.0%106th of 135
    Honey harvested (kg, 6 months)10,760 kg78,303 kg2,567,298 kg53rd of 135

    Source: UBOS, National Livestock Census 2021. Animals per 100 people use the 2024 census population.

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    About these numbers

    From the National Population and Housing Census 2024. Shares are worked out from UBOS’s counts for Serere. The Teso and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Serere sits among all districts and cities, from highest value down. For some indicators, a high rank is good news; for others it isn’t.

    Note: UBOS's mobile phone ownership table currently repeats the internet-use figures, so phone ownership is left out.