Income

The total income for the construction industry in 2014 was R395 026 million. The largest contributor to the total income was 'construction of civil engineering structures' (R145 383 million or 37%), followed by 'construction of buildings' (R91 607 million or 23%), 'other building completion' (R38 094 million or 10%), and 'other building installation' (R31 560 million or 8%) (Figure 1 and Table 1, page 6 of statistical release P5002).

The total income represents an increase of 14,1% per annum over the income reported in the corresponding survey of 2011 (R265 817 million).

Expenditure

Expenditure in the construction industry in 2014 amounted to R378 917 million. The largest expenditure was on 'purchases' (R195 941 million or 51%), followed by 'salaries and wages' (R63 262 million or 17%) and 'payments to sub-contractors' (R57 774 million or 15%) (Figure 4 and Table 6, pages 12 of statistical release P5002).

The total expenditure represents an increase of 14,1% per annum over the income reported in the corresponding survey of 2011 (R254 883 million).

Employment

The total number of persons employed in the construction industry at the end of June 2014 was 506 917. 'Construction of civil engineering structures' employed the largest number of persons (162 802 or 32%), followed by 'construction of buildings' (126 456 or 25%), 'electrical contractors' (47 515 or 9%) and 'other building completion' (30 518 or 6%) (Figure 6 and Table 10, page 16 of statistical release P5002).

Employment in the construction industry increased by 1,7% per annum compared with the number of employees reported in the corresponding survey of 2011 (483 651).

The proportion of females out of the total persons employed in the construction industry at the end of June 2014 was 12%. The sector with the highest proportion of females employed was 'shopfitting' (18%) (Figure 7 and Table 10,page 16 of statistical release P5002).