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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
What is a population census? A population census, as defined by the United Nations, is “the total process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analysing and publishing or otherwise disseminating demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specified time, to all persons in a country or a well-defined part of the country”. The four essential features read more »
Prevalence of disability on the decline in SA
In 2022, South Africa had a population of 62 million persons, with around 3,3 million individuals identified as living with disabilities. A recent report from Statistics South Africa, titled “Profiling Socio-economic Status and Living Arrangements of Persons with Disabilities in South Africa, 2011–2022,” revealed that disability prevalence varied across different measures. The findings, which are read more »
Liquid ledger: SA develops experimental water resource accounts
A water resource account is a balance sheet for a particular geographical area, providing data on water inflows, water outflows and changes in water storage. Water resource accounts in South Africa are physical accounts at the catchment scale, quantifying changes in stocks, flows and water consumption within a defined spatial and temporal domain. Statistics South read more »
Eastern Cape home to over 7.2 million people.
Eastern Cape is the fourth most populated province in South Africa, according to the latest Census 2022 results. The total population of Eastern Cape as counted in Census 2022 increased by 10, 2% from 6,5 million more than a decade ago in Census 2011 to 7,2 million in the latest population and housing census. A read more »
Free State home to over 2,9 million people.
Media Release For Immediate Release 18 October 2023 Free State home to over 2,9 million people. Free State is one of the smaller provinces in South Africa, ranked eighth according to the latest Census 2022 results. The total population of Free State as counted in Census 2022 increased by 8,0%, from 2,7m more than a read more »
Stats SA enumerates Deputy President David Mabuza Wednesday
MEDIA STATEMENT 9 FEBRUARY 2022 Stats SA enumerates Deputy President David Mabuza Wednesday Deputy President David Mubuza was enumerated today as part of the Census 2022 for population and housing count. Head of Stats SA, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke introduced enumerators in Census 2022 gear to the Deputy President at Rondebosch in Cape Town on read more »
Erroneous reporting of undocumented migrants in SA
Media Statement 05 August 2021 For immediate release Erroneous reporting of undocumented migrants in SA Stats SA is entitled to comment on erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics. This week reports in the media erroneously made a statement of fact that our numbers state that we have 4-million undocumented migrants. The news media reported on read more »
Stats SA updates COVID Vulnerability Index to inform vaccination programme
In December 2020, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released an innovative online mapping tool showing which communities may be more adversely affected by COVID-19 outbreaks. The South African Covid-19 Vulnerability Index (VIndex) was developed as a way of using the smallest area population data available and incorporating dimensions and indicators to statistically reflect localised risk read more »
Mapping vulnerability to COVID-19
With South Africa officially facing its second wave of COVID-19 infections, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has released an innovative online mapping tool that shows which communities may be more adversely affected by COVID-19 outbreaks. The South African Covid-19 Vulnerability Index (VIndex) was developed as a way of using the smallest area population data available read more »