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Final FACT SHEET.Cdr Fact sheet THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND Table 1 Population distribution by province, population group, sex and functional age group (number and percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 Population size 1996 2001 2011 Number % Number % Number % South Africa 40 583 573 44 819 778 51 770 560 Province Western Cape 3 956 875 9,8 4 524 335 10,0 5 822 734 11,2 Eastern Cape 6 147 244 15,2 6 278 651 14,0 6 562 053 12,7 Northern Cape 1 011 864 2,5 991 919 2,2 1 145 861 2,2 Free State 2 633 504 6,5 2 706 775 6,0 2 745 590 5,3 KwaZulu-Natal 8 572 302 21,1 9 584 129 21,4 10 267 300 19,8 North West 2 727 223 6,7 2 984 098 6,7 3 509 953 6,8 Gauteng 7 834 125 19,3 9 388 854 20,9 12 272 263 23,7 Mpumalanga 3 123 869 7,7 3 365 554 7,5 4 039 939 7,8 Limpopo 4 576 566 11,3 4 995 462 11,1 5 404 868 10,4 Population group Black African 31 127 631 77,4 35 416 166 79,0 41 000 938 79,6 Coloured 3 600 446 9,0 3 994 505 8,9 4 615 401 9,0 Indian/Asian 1 045 596 2,6 1 115 467 2,5 1 286 930 2,5 White 4 434 697 11,0 4 293 640 9,6 4 586 838 8,9 Sex Male 19 520 887 48,1 21 434 040 47,8 25 188 791 48,7 Female 21 062 685 51,9 23 385 737 52,2 26 581 769 51,3 Sex ratio1 92,7 91,7 94,8 Age 0-14 13 766 443 34,3 14 365 288 32,1 15 100 089 29,2 15-64 24 392 271 60,8 28 239 279 63,0 33 904 480 65,5 65+ 1 934 664 4,8 2 215 211 4,9 2 765 991 5,3 Dependency ratio2 64,4 58,7 52,7 1The proportion of males to females 2The proportion of the population aged below 15 years and those aged 60 years and older divided by those between ages 15 and 64 - In terms of population size, Gauteng and Western Cape showed an increase in their percentage share of the population. - Results also show that the population aged 0–14 has decreased from 34,3% in 1996 to 29,2% in 2011. - Over the period 1996–2011, the percentage share of the population aged 65 and older increased from 4,8% in 1996 to 5,3% in 2011. Table 2 Highest level of education amongst persons aged 20 years and older (number and percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 Education 1996 2001 2011 Number % Number % Number % No schooling 4 055 646 19,1 4 567 498 17,9 2 665 875 8,6 Some primary 3 522 956 16,6 4 083 742 16,0 3 790 134 12,3 Completed primary 1 571 774 7,4 1 623 467 6,4 1 413 895 4,6 Some secondary 7 130 121 33,6 7 846 125 30,8 10 481 577 33,9 Grade12/Std10/Matric 3 458 434 16,3 5 200 602 20,4 8 919 608 28,9 Higher 1 512 602 7,1 2 151 336 8,4 3 644 617 11,8 1 THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND Table 3 School attendance and type of educational institution for persons aged 5 and 24 (number and percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 Education 1996 2001 2011 Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage School attendance Yes 11 855 142 70,1 13 727 893 71,5 13 837 961 73,4 No 5 062 620 29,9 5 463 823 28,5 5 023 110 26,6 Type of educational institution Pre-school * * 575 936 4,2 128 719 0,9 School * * 12 584 818 91,7 12 862 961 92,9 FET college/College * * 191 234 1,4 359 228 2,6 University/Technikon * * 315 592 2,3 410 063 3,0 ABET * * 26 505 0,2 22 730 0,2 Other * * 33 809 0,2 57 883 0,4 Public or Private Public * * 13 028 486 94,9 11 924 285 92,7 Private * * 699 407 5,1 934 480 7,3 *Questions were not included in the 1996 Census - Results on educational attainment show a significant decrease in the proportion of the population with no formal education. The proportion of persons aged 20 years and older with no schooling has halved over the period 1996–2011. - The proportion of the population that completed matric has increased significantly (from 16% in 1996 to 29% in 2011). - Although the proportion of persons completing a higher education remained low, results showed upward trends over the period. Table 4 Percentage distribution of persons aged 20 years and older by highest level of education and province (percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 Variable Western Cape Eastern Cape Northern Cape Free State KwaZulu-Natal 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 No schooling 6,6 5,7 2,7 20,9 22,8 10,5 22,7 19,3 11,3 16,0 16,0 7,1 22,5 21,9 10,8 Some primary 15,6 15,2 10,7 21,1 19,5 18,3 21,9 21,9 17,1 22,3 21,7 16,2 18,1 17,1 13,6 Completed primary 8,8 7,9 5,6 8,9 7,4 6,2 8,5 8,0 6,4 8,8 7,8 5,4 6,6 5,7 4,2 Some secondary 38,8 36,5 38,3 32,7 29,7 36,4 29,6 29,1 35,0 33,5 30,7 34,7 31,4 28,8 31,2 Grade12/Std10/Matric 18,8 23,4 28,2 11,2 14,3 19,8 11,1 15,8 22,7 13,5 17,5 26,8 15,6 19,6 30,9 Higher 11,5 11,2 14,4 5,1 6,3 8,7 6,2 5,9 7,5 5,9 6,3 9,8 5,8 6,9 9,3 Table 4 Percentage distribution of persons aged 20 years and older by highest level of education and province (percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 (concluded) Variable North West Gauteng Mpumalanga Limpopo 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 No schooling 23,0 20,7 11,8 9,7 8,7 3,7 30,3 28,5 14,1 36,4 33,1 17,3 Some primary 20,7 20,1 16,8 11,7 11,5 7,4 14,6 15,9 11,7 12,2 14,1 11,6 Completed primary 7,8 6,7 5,3 6,6 5,6 3,4 6,5 5,8 4,2 6,1 5,6 4,4 Some secondary 30,8 28,6 33,2 39,3 34,2 33,0 28,1 26,2 31,4 26,7 26,3 34,9 Grade12/Std10/Matric 12,8 18,1 25,2 22,8 27,7 34,4 14,9 17,7 29,0 13,6 14,1 22,4 Higher 5,0 5,7 7,7 9,9 12,3 18,1 5,5 6,0 9,7 5,1 6,8 9,5 3 4 Table 5 Percentage distribution of persons aged 5 to 24 years by school attendance and type of educational institution (percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 Variable Western Cape Eastern Cape Northern Cape Free State KwaZulu-Natal 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 School attendance Yes 64,9 65,2 67,0 72,5 76,1 77,6 64,2 65,9 69,3 74,1 72,6 73,1 69,0 70,9 74,0 No 35,1 34,8 33,0 27,5 23,9 22,4 35,8 34,1 30,7 25,9 27,4 26,9 31,0 29,1 26,0 Educational institution Pre-school * 5,4 1,5 * 3,9 0,5 * 4,7 0,8 * 3,8 1,3 * 3,3 0,5 School * 87,7 90,5 * 93,7 96,3 * 93,5 96,6 * 92,5 92,8 * 93,5 94,2 FET college/College * 1,9 2,9 * 0,7 1,3 * 0,9 1,4 * 1,2 2,5 * 0,9 2,1 University/Technikon * 4,3 4,5 * 1,4 1,4 * 0,5 0,6 * 1,9 2,9 * 1,9 2,5 ABET * 0,2 0,1 * 0,1 0,1 * 0,2 0,1 * 0,4 0,2 * 0,2 0,1 Other * 0,4 1,2 * 0,2 0,8 * 0,2 1,0 * 0,2 0,9 * 0,2 0,9 Public or private Public * 94,5 92,5 * 97,0 95,5 * 96,6 95,9 * 96,2 93,6 * 96,3 95,4 Private * 5,5 7,5 * 3,0 4,5 * 3,4 4,1 * 3,8 6,4 * 3,7 4,6 *Questions were not included in the 1996 Census Table 5 Percentage distribution of persons aged 5 to 24 years by school attendance and type of educational institution (percentage), Census 1996, 2001 and 2011 (concluded) Variable North West Gauteng Mpumalanga Limpopo 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 1996 2001 2011 School attendance Yes 68,1 68,4 70,4 66,9 66,7 69,1 72,2 73,4 74,8 74,8 78,3 81,1 No 31,9 31,6 29,6 33,1 33,3 30,9 27,8 26,6 25,2 25,2 21,7 18,9 Educational institution Pre-school * 4,8 1,0 * 5,7 1,7 * 3,8 0,6 * 3,6 0,5 School * 92,5 94,4 * 84,1 85,7 * 94,3 90,0 * 94,8 96,0 FET college/College * 0,9 2,0 * 3,8 5,0 * 0,8 2,0 * 0,6 2,0 University/Technikon * 1,4 2,1 * 5,7 6,8 * 0,7 1,0 * 0,8 1,1 ABET * 0,3 0,2 * 0,3 0,3 * 0,1 0,1 * 0,1 0,2 Other * 0,2 0,9 * 0,4 1,3 * 0,2 0,8 * 0,2 0,7 Public or private Public * 96,3 94,5 * 87,4 83,3 * 96,2 94,2 * 96,9 95,7 Private * 3,7 5,5 * 12,6 16,7 * 3,8 5,8 * 3,1 4,3 *Questions were not included in the 1996 Census - The provincial profile shows that education is universal amongst persons of school-going age in all provinces.
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