10 September 2015 Media Release In 2014, there were 2,2 million volunteers compared to 1,3 million in 2010, constituting an increase of about 898 000 volunteers. The country’s volunteer rate increased by 2,1 percentage points to 5, 8% in 2014. The number of volunteered hours increased from the 419,2 million in 2010 to 610,4 million in   read more »

10 September 2015 Media Release There was a general pattern of decline in domestic tourism over the past two years, 2013 and 2014 with the total number of day trips decreasing from 54, 4 million in 2013 to 48 million in 2014. This is according to the Domestic tourism survey 2014 report released by Statistics   read more »

More basic services are being extended to municipalities’ constituencies, but fewer of these services are being provided for free.   This is according to the 2014 annual Non-financial census of municipalities report, which provides municipal data on various services (i.e. electricity, water, sewerage and sanitation, and solid waste management), details on indigents, and information on   read more »

Description: A team of academics and researchers drawn from Stats SA, Oxford University, and the Human Science Research Council has developed an approach to the measurement of poverty in South Africa which takes into account issues relating to income and material deprivation, employment deprivation, health deprivation, education deprivation, and the quality of the environment in   read more »

Description: This publication consists of one national and nine provincial reports with detailed tables from both Census ’96 and Census 2001 giving number and percentage information for each of 23 person and household variables broken down by sex and population group. For each topic there is a comparative graph and a short narrative. Download instructions:   read more »

The percentage of households in South Africa without access to an improved source of sanitation has decreased consistently over the past decade. The latest General Household Survey (GHS) found that the percentage of households with access to improved sanitation, that is flush toilets or pit toilets with ventilation pipes, has increased consistently from 62,3% in   read more »

Eastern Cape 231 Aberdeen 223 Adelaide 221 Albany 201 Albert 222 Alexandria 202 Aliwal North 207 Barkly-East 224 Bathurst 225 Bedford 250 Bizana 251 Butterworth 274 Cala 212 Cathcart 268 Cofimvaba 229 Cradock 219 East London 208 Elliot 252 Elliotdale 253 Engcobo 254 Flagstaff 226 Fort Beaufort 232 Graaff-Reinet 237 Hankey 244 Hewu 206 Hofmeyer   read more »

Code Municipality Demarcation Board code Name Metros 71 Cape Town City of Cape Town 72 Durban Ethekwini 73 East Rand Ekurhuleni Metro 74 Johannesburg City of Johannesburg Metro 75 Port Elizabeth Nelson Mandela 76 Pretoria City of Tshwane Metro Cross-border municipalities 81 CBLC1 Ga-Segonyana 82 CBLC2 Kungwini 83 CBLC3 Greater Marble Hall 84 CBLC4 Greater   read more »

PRESS STATEMENT APRIL 2015 Highlights The effects of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis on the South African economy continued to linger in 2014. This, combined with factors such as constrained electricity supply and labour unrest, has negatively impacted on the performance of the economy. Slowing growth rates over the period 2010–2013 (averaging 2,7%), continued into   read more »

As Census 2011 advocacy and publicity programme is steadily gaining momentum, one thing is clear – Census 2011 is here and everyone counts! Census 2011, widely described as a ‘national effort that the country should be proud of’, has already been launched in North West, East London, Northern Cape, Limpopo and Free State. “Without numbers that are tested through   read more »