Beitbridge District has a 43,000 person population (60 percent of whom are female) and an estimated 2,570 houses in formal settlements (meaning two to three room brick houses) and 3,000 in informal settlements (mud houses.)
This article is about the district. The town has a population of approximately 43,000 and serves a district of 100,000 people. An estimated 60 percent of Beitbridge's population is female, reflecting extensive male migration to South Africa. Beitbridge has an estimated 2,570 houses in formal settlements (primarily for government officials and mid-level private sector staff) and 3,000 in informal settlements. Formal-settlement dwellings are mainly two- to three-room brick houses, while those in the informal settlements are among the worst mud houses in Zimbabwe. 
