Press Statement                                                                                                            12 May 2016   Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 (Report No. 03-10-14) According to the South African Multidimensional Poverty Index (SAMPI), the number of households that were multidimensionally poor in South Africa had decreased to 8.0% by 2011 from 18.2% in 2001. The decrease   read more »

Statistics South Africa has set up a steering committee for Census 2011 in a bid to conduct a seamless nationwide operation. The Census 2011 project steering committee has been set up to provide strategic support in the planning and implementation of the Census. The committee, which has 15 members, draws its expertise from a wide   read more »

In just under a year’s time all people within the borders of South Africa will be counted on the night of the 9th and 10th October 2011 in the biggest census ever conducted in this country. This census is set to provide the most comprehensive picture of the South African society and economy in the   read more »

10 years since the last Census in 2001. Around R3 billion budget for Census from 2006 to 2013. R2 billion of that to be spent during Census year alone. 200 000were the potential candidates for fieldwork employment in 2011 500 temporary workers hired by end of June 2011. 156 000 fieldworkers to be employed from August to December 2011. 69additional temporary   read more »

With just under a month to go before the start of Census 2011, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has formed a partnership with the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) in an effort to ensure that rural South Africa is counted. Statistician-General Mr Pali Lehohla called on all traditional leaders to inform their   read more »

Statistics South Africa held talks on Sunday with inter-faith groups as part of series of consultation with influential voices around the country. The workshop follows discussions held late August in Cape Town where the role of Faith Based Organisations in helping raise public awareness of Census 2011 was discussed. Community-based-organisation Ilitha Labanthu is working with   read more »

STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT ON CENSUS 2011 TREVOR A MANUEL, MINISTER IN THE PRESIDENCY 20 SEPTEMBER 2011 Mr Speaker Distinguished Colleagues Honourable Members Ladies and Gentlemen Census 2011, that now-once-in-a-decade event is upon us. The countdown has begun in earnest; Census 2011 is a mere 20 days away! Stats SA has done all the necessary preparations.   read more »

Data-processing fact box Approximately 225-million pages will be handled and scanned during the data-capturing phase of Census 2011 Statistics South Africa’s Data Processing Centre has the capacity to scan an A4 box of paper per minute, i.e. all 2500 pages double-sided in colour in one minute Production will be running 24 hours a day, seven   read more »

Census 2011 Self-enumeration Guides Download English (pdf 3.5MB) Afrikaans (pdf 3.7MB) Sesotho (pdf 1.5MB) Siswati (pdf 1.7MB) Tshivenda (pdf 2.1MB) Xitsonga (pdf 1.7MB) Isindebele (pdf 1.7MB) IsiZulu (pdf 1.5MB) Sepedi (pdf 3.6MB)

As with the 1996 and 2001 censuses, users of Stats SA data are invited to review the Census 2011 data in their respective field of expertise.  Papers should be based on any of the subjects covered in Census 2011 and should use the recently released 10% sample, which is available either on DVD from the   read more »