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General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25828/a4a6-p161
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Statistics South Africa
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South African Household Survey Data
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Jun 02, 2026
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Age of household head (head_age)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 104
Mean: 50.329783528241
Standard deviation: 15.698775554943
Type: Discrete
Width: 16
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
11 11. 11 1
0%
14 14. 14 2
0%
15 15. 15 4
0%
16 16. 16 9
0%
17 17. 17 16
0.1%
18 18. 18 46
0.2%
19 19. 19 68
0.3%
20 20. 20 86
0.4%
21 21. 21 111
0.6%
22 22. 22 119
0.6%
23 23. 23 117
0.6%
24 24. 24 128
0.6%
25 25. 25 176
0.9%
26 26. 26 186
0.9%
27 27. 27 233
1.2%
28 28. 28 253
1.3%
29 29. 29 266
1.3%
30 30. 30 296
1.5%
31 31. 31 292
1.5%
32 32. 32 356
1.8%
33 33. 33 343
1.7%
34 34. 34 381
1.9%
35 35. 35 392
2%
36 36. 36 387
1.9%
37 37. 37 429
2.1%
38 38. 38 431
2.1%
39 39. 39 454
2.3%
40 40. 40 483
2.4%
41 41. 41 418
2.1%
42 42. 42 496
2.5%
43 43. 43 466
2.3%
44 44. 44 427
2.1%
45 45. 45 474
2.4%
46 46. 46 423
2.1%
47 47. 47 431
2.1%
48 48. 48 440
2.2%
49 49. 49 417
2.1%
50 50. 50 501
2.5%
51 51. 51 376
1.9%
52 52. 52 411
2%
53 53. 53 384
1.9%
54 54. 54 363
1.8%
55 55. 55 458
2.3%
56 56. 56 419
2.1%
57 57. 57 366
1.8%
58 58. 58 381
1.9%
59 59. 59 385
1.9%
60 60. 60 436
2.2%
61 61. 61 375
1.9%
62 62. 62 413
2.1%
63 63. 63 331
1.6%
64 64. 64 328
1.6%
65 65. 65 382
1.9%
66 66. 66 333
1.7%
67 67. 67 313
1.6%
68 68. 68 289
1.4%
69 69. 69 250
1.2%
70 70. 70 284
1.4%
71 71. 71 244
1.2%
72 72. 72 214
1.1%
73 73. 73 226
1.1%
74 74. 74 183
0.9%
75 75. 75 162
0.8%
76 76. 76 170
0.8%
77 77. 77 155
0.8%
78 78. 78 113
0.6%
79 79. 79 124
0.6%
80 80. 80 103
0.5%
81 81. 81 85
0.4%
82 82. 82 65
0.3%
83 83. 83 71
0.4%
84 84. 84 62
0.3%
85 85. 85 52
0.3%
86 86. 86 47
0.2%
87 87. 87 29
0.1%
88 88. 88 31
0.2%
89 89. 89 26
0.1%
90 90. 90 21
0.1%
91 91. 91 16
0.1%
92 92. 92 9
0%
93 93. 93 13
0.1%
94 94. 94 9
0%
95 95. 95 6
0%
96 96. 96 7
0%
97 97. 97 7
0%
98 98. 98 1
0%
99 99. 99 2
0%
100 100. 100 1
0%
102 102. 102 1
0%
103 103. 103 1
0%
104 104. 104 4
0%
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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