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    Census 2024 · district in Buganda sub-region

    Ssembabule

    People
    305,971
    45 of 146 by size
    Area
    2,361 km²
    People per km²
    130
    Uganda: 189
    Household size
    4.1
    Uganda: 4.2
    Children under 18
    50.3%
    Uganda: 49.6%

    Where Ssembabule is

    Where Ssembabule does better than Uganda

    • Unemployment (14–64): 6.7% vs 12.6% nationally
    • Households with no toilet: 2.5% vs 6.7% nationally
    • Households in subsistence farming: 29.9% vs 33.1% nationally

    Where Ssembabule lags behind

    • Households with safe drinking water: 46.7% vs 81.1% nationally
    • Households on grid electricity: 14.0% vs 25.3% nationally
    • Teens 13–17 out of school: 41.7% vs 34.2% nationally

    Ssembabule compared

    • Ssembabule
    • Buganda
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    Inside Ssembabule: 17 sub-counties

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    Households on grid electricity

    By sub-county, Census 2024

    Who has power from the grid? Ssembabule overall: 14.0%

    Highest: Ssembabule Town Council (53.4%). Lowest: Lugusulu (2.6%).

    Sub-countyCountyHouseholds on grid electricity
    Ssembabule Town CouncilMawogola North County53.4%
    Mateete Town CouncilMawogola County53.0%
    Ntuusi Town CouncilLwemiyaga County23.2%
    MiteteMawogola County21.9%
    MateeteMawogola County16.0%
    MabindoMawogola North County11.5%
    LwebitakuliMawogola West County10.7%
    KawandaMawogola North County10.3%
    LwemiyagaLwemiyaga County10.2%
    NabitangaLwemiyaga County8.1%
    MitimaMawogola North County7.7%
    KyeeraLwemiyaga County7.5%
    KatweMawogola West County6.0%
    NakasenyiMawogola West County5.3%
    MijwalaMawogola North County4.0%
    BulongoLwemiyaga County3.1%
    LugusuluMawogola North County2.6%

    Farming in Ssembabule

    SsembabuleBugandaUgandaRank
    Households keeping livestock71.4%62.8%72.8%95th of 135
    Cattle per 100 people76.6 per 100 people26.8 per 100 people31.5 per 100 people14th of 135
    Goats per 100 people41.9 per 100 people24.6 per 100 people37.8 per 100 people48th of 135
    Chickens per 100 people64.9 per 100 people177.3 per 100 people126.0 per 100 people113th of 135
    Pigs per 100 people14.2 per 100 people20.2 per 100 people15.4 per 100 people67th of 135
    Cattle that are exotic or cross-bred68.8%45.7%23.0%7th of 135
    Honey harvested (kg, 6 months)3,434 kg351,870 kg2,567,298 kg91st 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 Ssembabule. The Buganda and Uganda figures come from summed counts, not averages. “Highest of 146” ranks show where Ssembabule 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.