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Which province has the highest share of households in formal dwellings?

Limpopo had the highest share: 94.7% of households lived in a formal dwelling in Census 2022, worked out from Stats SA's Provinces at a glance.

Households in a formal dwelling by province, Census 2022
  • Limpopo94.7%

    89.8% in 2011

  • Mpumalanga92.2%

    83.8% in 2011

  • Free State88.5%

    81.1% in 2011

  • Gauteng88.5%

    79.8% in 2011

  • Western Cape88.0%

    80.4% in 2011

  • North West88.0%

    76.2% in 2011

  • KwaZulu-Natal86.8%

    71.6% in 2011

  • Northern Cape85.9%

    82.4% in 2011

  • Eastern Cape83.6%

    63.2% in 2011

Source: Stats SA, Census 2022 Provinces at a glance (Report no. 03-01-43), General housing information per municipality (1), province rows, pages 8, 13, 18, 22, 28, 34, 38, 42, 46. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.

Open: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State, Gauteng, Western Cape, North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape

How this was worked out

Formal dwellings divided by all dwellings (formal, traditional, informal and other) in the province rows of the housing table, worked out by SA Data Hub. A formal dwelling includes a house, a flat, a townhouse and a room in a backyard (page 3).

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