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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Energy for space heating (eng_sheat)

Data file: ghs-2025-household-v1

Overview

Valid: 20095

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 11

Mean: 4.4951480467778

Standard deviation: 3.8860375440924

Type: Discrete

Width: 47

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1. Electricity from mains	9254	46.1%
2	2. Other source of electricity (i.e. generator)	379	1.9%
3	3. Gas/LPG	807	4%
4	4. Paraffin	905	4.5%
5	5. Wood	2511	12.5%
6	6. Coal/Charcoal	209	1%
8	8. Animal dung	15	0.1%
9	9. NONE	31	0.2%
10	10. OTHER SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR SPACE HEATING	5755	28.6%
11	11. OTHER SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR SPACE HEATING	229	1.1%

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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