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Percentage of households by type of housing

DefinitionPercentage of households that are categorised as formal, informal, traditional or other.
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Indicator Type: -> Socio-Economic -> Household Facilities

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Percentage of households by type of housing [Definition]
2001 formal47.362.965.656.670.767.380.268.678.4[1] 63.8
2001 informal11.026.123.910.86.616.012.522.316.2[2] 16.4
2001 other3.63.89.24.73.03.83.83.83.2[3] 5.0
2001 traditional38.17.21.327.919.712.93.55.32.2[4] 14.8
2002 informal9.414.918.711.45.013.87.012.315.1[5] 12.7
2005 informal8.918.223.414.85.614.612.620.517.3[6] 15.9
2006 informal7.418.223.98.84.411.411.520.219.1[7] 14.5
2007 informal8.018.422.78.65.611.710.523.814.2[8] 14.4
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Census 2001: Statistics South Africa. Census 2001. Census in Brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2003. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ There is a range of publications providing data from Census 2001, as well as an online database for downloading selected data.
    Local copy: -
  2. Census 2001: Statistics South Africa. Census 2001. Census in Brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2003. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ There is a range of publications providing data from Census 2001, as well as an online database for downloading selected data.
    Local copy: -
  3. Census 2001: Statistics South Africa. Census 2001. Census in Brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2003. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ There is a range of publications providing data from Census 2001, as well as an online database for downloading selected data.
    Local copy: -
  4. Census 2001: Statistics South Africa. Census 2001. Census in Brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2003. http://www.statssa.gov.za/ There is a range of publications providing data from Census 2001, as well as an online database for downloading selected data.
    Local copy: -
  5. StatsSA GHS 2006: General household survey July 2006. Statistical Release P0318. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2007. http://www.statssa.gov.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/StatsSA/GHS_P0318July2006.pdf
    Data from GHS 2002.
  6. StatsSA GHS 2006: General household survey July 2006. Statistical Release P0318. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2007. http://www.statssa.gov.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/StatsSA/GHS_P0318July2006.pdf
    Data from GHS 2005.
  7. StatsSA GHS 2006: General household survey July 2006. Statistical Release P0318. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa; 2007. http://www.statssa.gov.za/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/StatsSA/GHS_P0318July2006.pdf
  8. Community Survey 2007: Statistics South Africa. Community Survey 2007. Various reports and online databases. http://www.statssa.gov.za
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/StatsSA/CommSurvey/
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