Statistics Council
Statistics Council Members PDF Statistics Council Statement on Census 2001 PDF Statistics Council Sub-Committee Comment on the Census 2001 results Preliminary investigations indicate that the 2001 census probably resulted in: an underestimate of the number of children below age five* an over-estimate of the number of teenagers aged between 10 and 20 an underestimate of read more »
Key Municipal Data
Description: This publication presents key census findings for each metropolitan, district and local municipality. It consists of one page per municipality, with tables showing information for selected person and household variables. The book is ring bound to facilitate the photocopying of individual pages, and is designed principally for those without access to electronic census products read more »
Investigation into appropriate definitions for urban & rural areas for SA (Discussion document)
Description: Since the redemarcation of municipalities in South Africa in 1998, the legal definition of urban and non-urban has fallen away. This discussion paper identifies differences in how areas were categorised as urban or non-urban in 1996 and 2001, and examines the census results in the light of these differences. It then experiments with definitions read more »
Census 2001: Stages in the life cycle of South Africans
Description: This report contains descriptions of the people counted in South Africa during Census 2001, grouped according to the various stages in the life cycle: infants (aged 0–4), children (5–13), youth (14–34), adults (35–64) and the elderly (aged 65 and above). The analysis therefore presents census data from a different perspective than in earlier census read more »
Census 2001: Primary tables: 1996 and 2001 compared
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 »
Key Results
Description: This eight-page A6 pamphlet is aimed at the general public and contains: information on how the Census was done highlights of Census results – national and provincial population, language, education and household goods. Download instructions: This product is provided in PDF format and Zipped PDF format. It is suggested that you download the file read more »
DevTalk—Why, What and How: Jabs for a successful SDG experience
The great book says it all in Matthew 26-11 that “The poor you will always have with you but you will not always have me”. And in Matthew 19-24 the great book says ‘Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who read more »
Postponement of the Q1: 2015 Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) release
18 May 2015 The release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) publication for the first quarter of 2015 will be postponed to the 26th of May 2015. The release is postponed determine the impact of the implementation of a new master sample, based on the 2011 Census, on the QLFS series. The first quarter read more »
Data supplied to National Treasury for conversion of Census 2001 data in line with the preliminary municipal boundaries as at December 2005 (Ver: DPLG_091205)
Metadata (Word format) – (49KB) Tables: Table 10 – Population by municipality (Excel format) – (33KB) Table 11 – Population by municipality and urban / rural (Excel format) – (63KB) Table 12 – Population by municipality and individual income and employment status (Excel format) – (441KB) Table 20 – Households by municipality (Excel format) – read more »
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Labour market dynamics in South Africa, 2014 report
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 »