10% Sample
Description: This file sets out the information that you will need to access the data on the Census 2001 10% sample CD. To obtain a copy of this product please contact User Information Services on Tel. +27 12 310 8600, email info@statssa.gov.za Download instructions: This product is provided in PDF and HTML format. It is read more »
GIS CD
Description: This product is designed for users with their own GIS software who use data other than census data. These digitised enumeration areas and place name boundaries can serve as a backdrop for any GIS system. The CD contains information about all geographical areas in the country, from province to enumeration area. Expected release dates: read more »
Community Profile Databases
Description: The Community profile databases with GIS Viewer provide the most effective way of accessing small area statistics from the Census 2001 data. Scores of software-selectable tables, customised for user-specified needs, can be drawn for each of the 21 219 sub-places (suburb or village level). Users can obtain a set of CDs at the cost read more »
Small area statistics
Description: This electronic product is the only product to be provided to users who request data at a level lower than sub-place name. The product is based on a small area layer (SAL) that was created by combining all EAs with a population of less than 500 with adjacent EAs within the same sub-place. The read more »
My Constituency: Ward Profiles 2003
This product is available in 2 versions: a short version and a longer version. The short version accommodates users with slower Internet connections. The longer version provides more detailed breakdowns of maps and tables of the profiles, although the core structure of the profiles is identical on both versions. For the shorter version allow approx. read more »
Province cannot accept ‘undercount’
A high-powered delegation led by Northern Cape Premier, Hazel Jenkins, attended the Census 2011 launch held in Kimberly on Tuesday. The launch forms part of Stats SA’s drive to bring Census 2011 to the public. Delivering her keynote address, Premier Jenkins called upon all sectors of the society to join government in mobilising every person read more »
Reduce undercount to almost “zero”
“Prior to the advent of democracy, there was no reliable source of information available about us or about the country and that is why in 1996, the post-apartheid government conducted its first population census. The importance of Census 2011 cannot be over-emphasised – it is the only tool available to any nation or any country read more »
Lehohla emphasises the importance of numbers
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 »
Province cannot accept ‘undercount’
Eastern Cape Premier, Noxolo Kiviet, delivered a keynote address at the launch of Census 2011 held on Thursday in East London. In her address, Kiviet emphasised the importance of census data and said the data will go a long way in reflecting the kind of work that government has done over the years. “I fully read more »
Stand up and be counted!
Apart from a massive advertising campaign, Stats SA plans to engage with the media and with the public at specific events so that the census is publicised through every possible channel available. This means that Stats SA’s has planned a range of events through which the public and media can learn about why the government read more »