General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161

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South African Household Survey Data

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Jun 02, 2026

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Jun 16, 2026

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Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Mean: 5.376810151779

Standard deviation: 2.5141858252378

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Western Cape	1807	9%
2	2. Eastern Cape	2638	13.1%
3	3. Northern Cape	858	4.3%
4	4. Free State	1193	5.9%
5	5. KwaZulu-Natal	3160	15.7%
6	6. North West	1311	6.5%
7	7. Gauteng	5316	26.5%
8	8. Mpumalanga	1568	7.8%
9	9. Limpopo	2244	11.2%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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