Media advisory: The Social profile of older persons report and the 2015 census of the South African mining industry report
Media advisory                                                                                        27 March 2017  Statistician-General to release the results of the Census of Mining and a report on the Social profile of older persons  The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release two key datasets at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 read more »
Media Statement: Financial Census of Municipalities
29 June 2016 Financial census of municipalities for the year ended June 2015 Â According to the Financial Census of Municipalities results released by Statistics South Africa today, for the financial year ended 30 June 2015, municipalities across South Africa had received an income of R309 billion from all sources of income, this represented an read more »
Media advisory: Financial Census of Municipalities, 2015
Statistician-General to release the Financial Census of Municipalities, 2015 results The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the results of the 2015 Financial Census of Municipalities at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 in Pretoria. The survey collected a variety of financial information from local, district and read more »
Media Release: Non-financial census of municipalities (NFCM)
07 June 2016 Non-financial census of municipalities for the year ended 30 June 2015 The latest results of the Non-financial census of municipalities (NFCM) released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) today shows that the number of consumer units receiving services from municipalities increased between 2014 and 2015. The highest percentage increase from 2014 to read more »
Media Invite: Non-financial Census of Municipalities
6 June 2016 Statistician-General releases the results of the non-financial census of municipalities for 2015 The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release the Non-financial census of municipalities for the year ended June 2015 (NFCM) statistical release at a media briefing to be held on Tuesday, 07 June 2016. The NFCM measures selected read more »
Press Statement : Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011
Press Statement                                                                                                        12 May 2016 Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 (Report No. 03-10-14) According to the South African Multidimensional Poverty Index (SAMPI), the number of households that were multidimensionally poor in South Africa had decreased to 8.0% by 2011 from 18.2% in 2001. The decrease read more »
Using the 2001 Census: Approaches to analysing data (Census Handbook) New !!
A collaboration between Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Download instructions: This product is provided in PDF format. Census Handbook (PDF format) (4837KB)
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 »
Achieving a better life for all: Progress between Census ’96 and Census 2001
Description: This report, drawing on census data from 1996 and 2001, illustrates in detailed statistics the number of areas where achievements are evident and others where there remains much to be done. In the areas where much remains to be done, we ask: at what speed should those changes be occurring? This is a very 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 »