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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Ownership of dwelling (hsg_tenure)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Mean: 4.280517541677

Standard deviation: 1.8520702898092

Type: Discrete

Width: 77

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Rented from private individual	3866	19.2%
2	2. Rented from other (including municipality and social housing institutions)	215	1.1%
3	3. Owned, but not yet paid off to bank/financial institution	754	3.8%
4	4. Owned, but not yet paid off to private lender	131	0.7%
5	5. Owned and fully paid off	12089	60.2%
6	6. Occupied rent-free	2904	14.5%
7	7. Other tenure status	113	0.6%
8	8. DO NOT KNOW	22	0.1%
99	99. Unspecified	1	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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