General Household Survey 2025

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-ghs-2025-v1

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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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Type of main dwelling (hsg_maind)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 12

Mean: 2.7273451107241

Standard deviation: 3.0135647995221

Type: Discrete

Width: 96

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on a farm	13873	69%
2	2. Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	917	4.6%
3	3. Flat or apartment in a block of flats	716	3.6%
4	4. Cluster house in complex	90	0.4%
5	5. Townhouse (semi-detached house in complex)	170	0.8%
6	6. Semi-detached house	397	2%
7	7. Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	1059	5.3%
8	8. Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	717	3.6%
9	9. Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm	1439	7.2%
10	10. Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat	671	3.3%
11	11. Caravan/tent	3	0%
12	12. OTHER DWELLING TYPE	43	0.2%

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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