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ity mun Com ey Surv 2007 BASIC RESULTS: FREE STATE Preferred supplier of quality statistics General information Statistics South Africa User information services Private Bag X44 Tel: (012) 310 8600 Pretoria 0001 Fax: (012) 310 8500 South Africa Main switchboard 170 Andries Street Tel: (012) 310 8911 Pretoria www.statssa.gov.za Tel: (012) 310-8600 Community Survey, 2007 Basic Results: Free State Statistics South Africa Pali Lehohla Report No. 03-01-30 Statistician-General Statistics South Africa i Community Survey 2007: Basic Results - Free State Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2009 Users may apply or process this data, provided Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is acknowledged as the original source of the data; that it is specified that the application and/or analysis is the result of the user's independent processing of the data; and that neither the basic data nor any reprocessed version or application thereof may be sold or offered for sale in any form whatsoever without prior permission from Stats SA. Community Survey 2007: Basic Results - Free State/Statistics South Africa. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2009 29p. [Report No. 03-01-30] ISBN 978-0-621-39017-9 A complete set of Stats SA publications is available at Stats SA Library and the following libraries: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Division Library of Parliament, Cape Town Bloemfontein Public Library Natal Society Library, Pietermaritzburg Johannesburg Public Library Eastern Cape Library Services, King William’s Town Central Regional Library, Polokwane Central Reference Library, Nelspruit Central Reference Collection, Kimberley Central Reference Library, Mmabatho This report is available on the Stats SA website: www.statssa.gov.za Copies are obtainable from: Printing and Distribution, Statistics South Africa Tel: (012) 310 8619 Fax: (012) 321 7381 Email: [email protected] Community Survey, 2007 - Free State (03-01-30) Statistics South Africa ii Contents 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Objectives of the release .................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Background......................................................................................................................................................1 1.2.1 New municipalities and domains of statistical reporting ..................................................................................1 1.2.2 MDB codes ......................................................................................................................................................2 1.3 How the CS was conducted.............................................................................................................................2 1.4 Response rates................................................................................................................................................2 1.5 Outline of the release.......................................................................................................................................2 1.6 Technical notes................................................................................................................................................3 1.6.1 Rounding off of data ........................................................................................................................................3 1.6.2 Imputation ........................................................................................................................................................3 1.6.3 Concepts and definitions .................................................................................................................................3 1.7 Methods used to estimate the population and households at municipal level ................................................3 1.7.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................3 1.7.2 The methods of estimation for different municipalities ....................................................................................4 1.7.2.1 The estimation of the number of persons ........................................................................................................4 1.7.2.2 Re-calculation of the person weights...............................................................................................................5 1.7.2.3 The estimation of the number of households ..................................................................................................5 1.7.2.4 The derivation of CS out-of-scope population .................................................................................................5 1.7.3 Consideration for CS interpretation of results..................................................................................................5 2. Population size and distribution ..................................................................................................................6 3. Trends in average household size...............................................................................................................8 4. Housing conditions .......................................................................................................................................9 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................9 4.2 Type of main dwelling: formal and informal .....................................................................................................9 4.3 Tenure status.................................................................................................................................................10 4.4 Source of energy for lighting, cooking and heating .......................................................................................12 4.4.1 Electricity for lighting......................................................................................................................................12 4.4.2 Electricity for cooking.....................................................................................................................................12 4.4.3 Electricity for heating .....................................................................................................................................12 4.5 Access to piped water....................................................................................................................................12 4.6 Toilet facilities ................................................................................................................................................14 4.7 Refuse removal..............................................................................................................................................15 5. Household goods ........................................................................................................................................16 5.1 Cellphone.......................................................................................................................................................16 5.2 Radio..............................................................................................................................................................17 5.3 Computer .......................................................................................................................................................18 5.4 Internet facilities.............................................................................................................................................19 5.5 Refrigerator....................................................................................................................................................20 5.6 Television.......................................................................................................................................................21 5.7 Landline telephone ........................................................................................................................................22 6. Summary.......................................................................................................................................................23 References.................................................................................................................................................................24 Community Survey, 2007 - Free State (03-01-30) Statistics South Africa iii List of Tables Table FS1: Total population by province – Censuses 1996, 2001 and CS 2007 ................................................6 Table FS2: Number of persons and households by province – Censuses 1996, 2001 and Community Survey 2007................................................................................................................................6 Table FS3: Population distribution by local municipality – Census 2001 and CS 2007 .......................................7 Table FS4: Average household size by