CENSUS 2011 Data-Processing
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 »
2001 Census
In October 2001, South Africans were counted for the second time as citizens of a democracy. Over 83 000 enumerators and over 17 000 supervisors and fieldwork co-ordinators were employed to collect information on persons and households throughout the country, using a uniform methodology. Census night, or the night of the count, was 9-10 October read more »
Legal Framework for Census Taking
A Population Census is a countrywide exercise and its implementation requires sufficient legal backing. The legal authority is required for fixing the primary administrative responsibility, determining the general scope and timing of the census, protecting the confidentiality of the information, obtaining the necessary resources and placing the legal obligation on the public to cooperate. Countries read more »
Census Recruitment Drive
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is set to embark on the second phase of a massive recruitment drive for Census 2011 this month. This process will see Stats SA filling a total of 156 000 fieldwork positions – 6 000 census fieldwork coordinators, 30 000 supervisors and 120 000 fieldworkers. This process is expected to read more »
Census Questionnaire
Importance of questions asked (pdf 45KB) Census 2011 Questionnaires Download English Questionnaire A (pdf 2.3MB) Questionnaire B (pdf 923KB) Questionnaire C (pdf 1.75MB) Questionnaire PES (pdf 1.68MB) Afrikaans (pdf 3.64MB) Sesotho (pdf 854KB) Siswati (pdf 850KB) Tshivenda (pdf 843KB) Xitsonga (pdf 849KB) Isindebele (pdf 848KB) IsiZulu (pdf 839KB) Sepedi (pdf 856KB) About the Questionnaire : Much read more »
Census Launch
The Census 2011 national launch was held on Sunday the 10th October 2010 in Johannesburg where the Minister in the Presidency for Planning Mr Trevor Manuel, and other Senior Stats SA Officials shared insightful information with the public and the media regarding the Census. A similar pattern was carried out in provinces thereafter where Provincial read more »
Census Archives
Date Documents News: 12 December 2011 CENSUS 2011 Data-Processing 20 Sepember 2011 STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT ON CENSUS 2011 19 Sepember 2011 Stats SA meets Faith Based Organisations on Census 2011 19 Sepember 2011 CONTRALESA partners with Census 2011 19 Sepember 2011 Census 2011 : What to Expect ? What to do? (jpg 780KB) 8 Sepember 2011 read more »
Census 2011 Self-enumeration Guides
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)
2011 Census
On the tenth day of the tenth month in the tenth year of the millennium, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be deploying an army of 120 000 people dressed in yellow bibs who will be combing the length and breadth of South Africa. On that day, this army of peace will enlist households and read more »