Demand
Who is here, and how many
Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis covers 192 square kilometres on Ghana's western coast, bounded by Mpohor to the north, Shama to the east, Ahanta West to the west and the Gulf of Guinea to the south, with Sekondi as the administrative capital, which also houses the regional administration.
The plan's own description of the district116 words
Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis covers 192 square kilometres on Ghana's western coast, bounded by Mpohor to the north, Shama to the east, Ahanta West to the west and the Gulf of Guinea to the south, with Sekondi as the administrative capital, which also houses the regional administration. The central area is low-lying at about six metres above sea level, interspersed with ridges of 30 to 60 metres and drained by five major basins, and roughly 90 percent of the land is built environment. The plan projects population rising from 700,034 in 2017 to 795,626 by 2021. Its economy is made up of commerce and industry, with oil and gas activity following an earlier rail, timber and cocoa-processing base.
From Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly MTDP 2018-2021 (prior cycle, indicative), pp. 58–99. Plan-stated: figures in the text are the assembly's own.
Who is here
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2020 estimate)modelledi114% above the census count; the boundary may not match the census district, so the grid must not be used here; a modelled surface, not a count | 524,569 | +309% | +418% | ||
| Share of the region's peopledistrict | 12% | – | – | ||
| Land area (km²)district | 87 | −92% | −85% | ||
| Density rank in Ghanadistrict | 26 of 260 | – | – | ||
| Under 15district | 30% | −5.6 pts | −5.8 pts | ||
| Working age (15-64)district | 65% | +4.2 pts | +6.3 pts | ||
| 65 and overdistrict | 4.5% | +0.9 pts | +0.2 pts | ||
| Sex ratio (males per 100 females)district | 95 | −10% | −3% | ||
| Named localitiesproxyiGazetteer coverage, not a settlement count. | 27 | – | – | ||
| Households (2021 census)district | 73,965 | – | – | ||
| Mean household size (2021 census) (people per household)district | 3.2 | – | – | ||
| Urban share of population (2021 census)district | 100% | – | – | ||
| Population, 2010 censusdistrictiNot comparable with 2021: GSS's 2010 count for this assembly covers a different area, so no growth rate is shown. | 326,931 | – | – | ||
| Population growth 2010 to 2021districtinot comparable: the 2010 and 2021 counts are not on the same footprint | not comparable: boundary changed | – | – |
How to read these
For housing, the working-age share and the dependency ratio read as household formation; for retail, the same people are the catchment. Households, household size and the urban share are the 2021 census's own district tables. The strip places Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis among Ghana's districts: it runs from the lowest to the highest, the shaded band is the middle half of districts, the tick is the median district in Ghana and the diamond the median district in Western. Counts sit on a log axis, so the ends are far apart; hover the strip for the figures.
The economy that pays the rent
What the place trades on
- Trade and commerce
- Industry (broad sector)
- Oil and gas
- Transport and logistics
- Manufacturing and processing
Leading sectors as named in the district's own plan, in order of first mention. Plan-stated, not measured.
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed population, 15 and over (2021 census)district | 85,174 | – | – | ||
| Employed in agriculturedistrict | 6.3% | – | – | ||
| Employed in industrydistrict | 19% | – | – | ||
| Employed in servicesdistrict | 75% | – | – | ||
| Sectors named in the planplan-stated | 6 | – | – | ||
| GDP per capita (national)nationaliNational envelope: identical on every district page, never a local income. | $3,257 | – | – |
What is not measured here
Establishments, anchor employers and poverty incidence are not published for any district in Ghana. “What we do not know yet” below lists what would close each.
Cost to build, cost to occupy
What building and housing cost
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing CPI (region) (index (2021 = 100))regionaliBase 2021 = 100; Western Region, Jan 2026; applied to every district in the region. Ghana's index: 329. | 325 | – | ≈ | ||
| Housing CPI, year on year (region)regional | 11% | – | +1.9 pts | ||
| Construction PPI (national) (index (2020 = 100))nationaliBase 2020 = 100, Apr 2026; national, identical across districts. | 226 | – | – | ||
| Construction PPI, year on year (national)national | 0.9% | – | – | ||
| Owner-occupieddistrict | 31% | – | – | ||
| RentingdistrictiThe size of the rental market, as a share of dwellings. | 52% | – | – | ||
| Compound housesdistrict | 27% | – | – | ||
| Separate (detached) housesdistrict | 45% | – | – | ||
| Flats and apartmentsdistrict | 13% | – | – |
Tenure and dwelling type are the 2021 census's own district tables. No price is measured in Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis: the housing index is the region's and the construction index is Ghana's. Asking rents, land prices and local build costs are listed under “What we do not know yet” below. See the region's price series.
Getting there, getting served
Transport, power, water and connectivity
Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis in the 2021 census
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households lit by electricitydistrict | 98% | – | – | ||
| Households on mains electricitydistrict | 95% | – | – | ||
| Basic drinking-water servicedistrict | 100% | – | – | ||
| Basic sanitation servicedistrict | 50% | – | – | ||
| Own a mobile phonedistrictiPopulation aged 6 and over. Adoption, not signal: no open coverage map exists for Ghana. | 81% | – | – | ||
| Own a smartphonedistrictiPopulation aged 6 and over. | 77% | – | – | ||
| Used the internet on a phonedistrictiIn the three months before the census; population aged 6 and over. | 87% | – | – | ||
| Used mobile moneydistrictiMobile money alone or with other transactions; population aged 6 and over. | 60% | – | – |
Getting to Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest airport with scheduled flightsdistrict | Takoradi Airport (TKD) | – | – | ||
| Distance to that airport (km)district | 7.9 | – | – | ||
| Distance to Kotoka International, Accra (km)district | 187 | – | – | ||
| Nearest seaportdistrict | Takoradi Port | – | – | ||
| Distance to that seaport (km)district | 6.2 | – | – | ||
| Distance to a trunk or primary road (km)district | 3.7 | – | – | ||
| Trunk and primary roads (km)district | 11 | – | – | ||
| Major roads (km)district | 80 | – | – | ||
| Major-road density (km per km²)district | 0.9 | – | – | ||
| Railway line (km)district | 30 | – | – | ||
| Bus and lorry stations mappedproxy | 11 | – | – | ||
| Distance to a mapped bus or lorry station (km)proxy | 5.9 | – | – |
Straight-line distances from the district capital, GeoNames point, not road distance. Airports are those with scheduled passenger service (OurAirports, public domain); the seaports are Tema and Takoradi. Roads, rail and stations are what OpenStreetMap has mapped, and its coverage varies by district: a station count is what is mapped, not what exists. Drive times for a specific site are part of a site analysis.
What Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis's plan says about its infrastructure
- issuePoor quality and inadequate road transport network p. 179
- projectDevelop modern markets and retail infrastructure in every district to enhance domestic trade p. 172
- projectProvide bitumen surface for road networks in district capitals and areas of high agricultural production and tourism p. 179
- projectDevelop integrated light rail transit system in major urban areas to support public transportation p. 179
Priorities, issues and committed projects from the district's own development plan that name roads, power, water, sanitation or connectivity assets; plan-stated, page-cited, not measured. Night-time lights and business density are not measured yet: see “What we do not know yet” below.
Ghana. Nothing on transport, power, water or connectivity is published for Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis itself; these are the national figures, with Sub-Saharan Africa and the World beside them.
- Access to electricity
- 92% Sub-Saharan Africa 55%World 92%
- Basic drinking water
- 90% Sub-Saharan Africa 68%World 92%
- Internet users
- 72% Sub-Saharan Africa 34%World 71%
- Logistics Performance Index
- 2.5 Sub-Saharan Africa 2.5World 3
Land, planning and what is permitted
What the statutory plan says
Prior-cycle plan, indicative
Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly MTDP 2018-2021
Vision1
- A world class city with modern infrastructure, social services, best governance, attractive business and living environment. p. 14
Stated priorities4
- Private sector development p. 9
- Agriculture and aquaculture development p. 9
- Local Economic Development p. 9
- Tourism p. 9
Key issues the plan names6
- Limited number of skilled industrial manpower p. 172
- Lack of contiguous land for large-scale industrial development p. 172
- Negative perception of TVET p. 174
- Poor quality and inadequate road transport network p. 179
- Growing housing deficit p. 180
- Ineffective sub-district structures p. 181
Committed projects6
- Facilitate access to dedicated land in every region for the establishment of multi-purpose industrial parks, sector specific industrial enclaves, and enterprise free zones p. 172
- Implement One district, One factory initiative p. 172
- Develop modern markets and retail infrastructure in every district to enhance domestic trade p. 172
- Provide bitumen surface for road networks in district capitals and areas of high agricultural production and tourism p. 179
- Develop integrated light rail transit system in major urban areas to support public transportation p. 179
- Promote social housing scheme in urban, peri-urban and rural areas p. 180
No explicit district development goal (distinct from the vision/mission statements) appears in the plan; p.167 is the chapter-3 methodology introduction only, not a goal statement, so 'goal' is omitted.
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pages in the plan documentplan-statediEvery page cited on this page lies within it. | 296 | – | – | ||
| Development plans helddistrict | 1 | – | – | ||
| Plan cycles helddistrict | 2018-2021 | – | – | ||
| District capitalplan-statedistated in the district's own plan, medium confidence. | Sekondi | – | – |
Spatial plans that apply
- Ghana National Spatial Development Framework (NSDF)national · 2015-2035 · spatial development framework; SDF (executive summary)
- Western Regional Spatial Development Framework (WRSDF)region · unconfirmed · spatial development framework
Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority. Sub-regional and local plans are listed only where the plan's own text names this district. Whether a structure or local plan covers a specific site is a question for the assembly's Physical Planning Department, and for CAD's site analysis.
What a site analysis includes
Scope
- Demand: who is in the catchment, from the 2021 census down to the localities around the site, with household formation for residential and the retail catchment for commercial.
- The economy that pays the rent: the sectors, the establishments and the anchor employers around the site, from field survey and the assembly’s own records.
- Cost to build and to occupy: dated, graded asking rents and land prices for the corridor, reconciled with the prime-market reports; build-cost benchmarks.
- Land, planning and what is permitted: the statutory plan and the spatial framework read for the parcel, the stool or skin that holds the land, and the permit route through the assembly.
- An underwritten view: absorption, rent and yield assumptions carried into a cash-flow model, with every input sourced and tiered.
Deliverables
- A written site analysis with every figure sourced, dated and tiered, the same standard as this site.
- The catchment map and the plan overlay as files you can reuse.
- The underwriting model, with the assumptions sheet.
- One working session to walk through the findings.
Who you have to deal with
The assembly, the region, the stool
Who decides what: the statutory route for each need7 decisions
| You need | Who decides | Under |
|---|---|---|
| Development / building permit | The Assembly's Physical Planning Department, decided by its Spatial Planning Committee | Land Use and Spatial Planning Act 2016 (Act 925) |
| Plans, budgets and the district's project pipeline | The District Planning Coordinating Unit (DPCU), under the Coordinating Director | Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) |
| Assembly decisions, by-laws and fees | The Presiding Member, who convenes the Assembly | Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) |
| Political sign-off and inter-agency escalation | The MMDCE, as political head of the Assembly, then the Regional Coordinating Council | Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) |
| Community consent at site level | The Assembly Member for the electoral area, and the unit committee | Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) |
| Customary land, site acquisition and tenure | Here: Essikadu, Sekondi, Takoradi — the paramount stool or skin and its traditional council, with the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands on stool-land revenue | Constitution 1992 arts. 267, 270-277; Chieftaincy Act 2008 (Act 759) |
| National-level representation | The Member of Parliament for the constituency | Constitution 1992 art. 93 |
Statutory; the same route in every district, with the stool named where the plan names it.
Traditional authority
- EssikaduSeat: Essikadu. Named in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly MTDP 2018-2021, p. 89.
- SekondiSeat: Sekondi. Named in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly MTDP 2018-2021, p. 89.
- TakoradiOsaheneSeat: Takoradi. Named in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly MTDP 2018-2021, p. 89.
The stool or skin holds the land. Structure and titles only: no occupant is named, and a contested succession is never shown as settled. Verify with the Regional House of Chiefs and the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands before relying on any of it.
| Indicator | Value | Against Ghana | vs Western | vs Ghana | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly typedistrict | metropolitan assembly | – | – | ||
| Regional capital (Western)district | Sekondi-Takoradi | – | – |
The assembly
- Metropolitan/Municipal/District Chief Executive appointedLocal Governance Act 2016 (Act 936)
- Coordinating Director appointedLocal Governance Act 2016 (Act 936)
- Presiding Member electedLocal Governance Act 2016 (Act 936)
- Regional Minister appointedConstitution 1992 art. 256; Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936)
The offices set by statute. Who holds each one is not published on this site; the assembly itself is the source.
Parliamentary constituencies are not shown. The Electoral Commission's register carries no reuse licence, so CAD does not reproduce it. The assembly and the traditional council are shown because their sources allow it. Report an error or a dispute.
Industry fit
Which industries this district suits
How Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis compares with Ghana's other districts for each industry. Prime means the top fifth of districts, Poor the bottom fifth.
| Industry | Band |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | Prime |
| Food & farm processing | Prime |
| Warehousing & distribution | Prime |
| Construction | Prime |
| Offices & business services | Prime |
| Schools & clinics | Prime |
| Shops & restaurants | Strong |
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Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis: scores and what drives them
CAD Complete is the paid tier of this site: the detail behind the free figures, for teams deciding where to build or invest. It includes:
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- Which industries are this district's stronger ones
- The input helping each score most, and the one holding it back
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What we do not know yet
And what we can measure for you
Some of what a site decision needs is not on this page: 7 indicators the Ghana Statistical Service publishes for every district and this site has not yet taken in, 3 that CAD derives from open geodata for a catchment, and 5 that nobody in Ghana publishes at all: land prices, asking rents, build costs, anchor employers. Those last are what a site analysis measures.
What is missing, why, and how CAD closes it
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