Topic
Housing
Households with piped water inside, electricity for lighting, and formal dwellings, from the census.
Homes with piped water inside
59.7%
2022. Up from 46.3% in 2011.
Percentage of households with piped (tap) water inside their dwelling in Census 2022 (46.3% in 2011). A broader 82.4% had piped water either inside the dwelling or inside the yard. Access remains uneven: 20.5% of households in Limpopo and 19.5% in the Eastern Cape had no access to piped water at all.
Source: Statistics South Africa, Census 2022 Statistical Release. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.
Show the numbers as a table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 42.3% |
| 2011 | 46.3% |
| 2022 | 59.7% |
Homes using electricity for lighting
94.7%2022. Up from 88.2% in 2016.
Percentage of households using electricity as their main source of energy for lighting in Census 2022 (58.1% in 1996). This measures the main lighting source, not a metered or grid connection, and not reliability: load-shedding and tariff pressures still affect effective access.
Source: Statistics South Africa, Census 2022 Statistical Release. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.
Show the numbers as a table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 58.1% |
| 2001 | 70.0% |
| 2011 | 85.4% |
| 2016 | 88.2% |
| 2022 | 94.7% |
Households in formal dwellings
88.5%2022. Up from 78.1% in 2016.
Percentage of households living in formal dwellings (brick/concrete houses, flats, townhouses, cluster and semi-detached houses, and formal backyard units) in Census 2022, up from 65.1% in 1996. About 8.1% lived in informal dwellings (13.6% in 2011) and 3.1% in traditional dwellings.
Source: Statistics South Africa, Census 2022 Statistical Release. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.
Show the numbers as a table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 65.1% |
| 2001 | 65.2% |
| 2011 | 77.6% |
| 2016 | 78.1% |
| 2022 | 88.5% |
Questions people ask
About this data
Download
Every statistic on this page as a CSV file.
Cite
Update status and log
Housing & Services: May be out of date
Stats SA, Census 2022 / General Household Survey. Updated annual (ghs); decennial (census). Last updated . Source (opens in a new tab)
- : Corrected to verified Census 2022 values: piped water in dwelling 59.7% (was 63.0%), electricity for lighting 94.7% (was 91.2%), formal dwellings 88.5% (was 80.9%), households 17,828,778 / size 3.5 (was 17.3M / 3.0), internet access 79% (was 64%). Historical points and GHS comparison not re-verified.
- : Housing and services indicators updated from Census 2022 and household survey sources.