Selected Building Statistics of the Private Sector As Reported by Local Government Institutions, 2008
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Statistical release P5041.3 Selected building statistics of the private sector as reported by local government institutions, 2008 Embargoed until: 29 June 2009 10:00 Enquiries: Forthcoming issue: Expected release date User Information Services 2009 June 2010 Tel: (012) 310 8600 / 4892 / 8390 Statistics South Africa i P5041.3 Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................ ii Key findings ....................................................................................................................... iii List of detailed tables ......................................................................................................... xxvii List of municipalities covered in the monthly survey.......................................................... xxxvii Municipal reporting of building plans passed aggregated to provincial level..................... 1 Municipal reporting of building plans passed by province and municipality ...................... 17 Municipal reporting of buildings completed aggregated to provincial level ....................... 89 Municipal reporting of buildings completed by province and municipality......................... 105 Municipalities covered in the monthly survey .................................................................... 177 Explanatory notes .............................................................................................................. 185 Glossary............................................................................................................................. 187 General information ........................................................................................................... 188 Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2008 Statistics South Africa ii P5041.3 Introduction Data published in this statistical release are based on a monthly survey of Cross-border municipalities metropolitan municipalities and large local municipalities on building plans passed The boundaries and the names of local government institutions have changed as and buildings completed for the private sector, released monthly on national and described in the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 provincial level as P5041.1. This annual release contains aggregated data for the of 1998) and the Local Government Municipal Demarcation Bill (B36B-98). twelve months of 2008 by province, municipality and type of building. Further information may be found on the website of the South African Purpose of the survey Government, www.gov.za, see section GOVZA: Government System; and the website of the Municipal Demarcation Board, www.demarcation.org.za. In some The results of the survey are used to monitor the state of the economy and the cases borders of municipalities extend over two provinces. formulation of economic policy. Furthermore, the results are important inputs to estimate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and to calculate the Composite Merafong City Local Municipality is the only cross-border municipality for which Leading Business Cycle Indicator. The data are extensively used by the private data have been reported in two different provinces in the annual statistical sector. release P5041.3, namely in Gauteng up to 2006 and from 2007 in North West. Table B lists the percentage contribution of building activities for Merafong City Low-cost housing projects as reported by the National Department of Local Municipality to the total value of the province in which the municipality was Housing included in the specific year. Data regarding low-cost housing, generated by the National Department of Housing from reports on the Housing Subsidy System (HSS) and confirmed and Table B – Merafong City Local Municipality: Percentage contribution of amended, if necessary, by the Provincial Housing Departments (PHD), are shown building activities according to province and year in Table A. Type of building Municipal Municipal Municipal Table A – Subsidised low-cost dwelling-houses completed and in process of activity percentage percentage percentage completion: 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 contribution contribution contribution Province Number1 R'0002,3 of building of building of building Eastern Cape 12 684 397 248 plans passed/ plans passed/ plans passed/ Free State 12 482 473 160 buildings buildings buildings Gauteng 90 886 2 612 566 completed completed completed KwaZulu-Natal 34 471 1 311 040 to the total to the total to the total Limpopo 18 970 635 351 value reported value reported value reported Mpumalanga 16 569 652 190 for Gauteng for North West for North West North West 19 945 785 510 in 2006 in 2007 in 2008 Northern Cape 8 686 231 021 Passed 0,3 3,9 5,5 Western Cape 34 517 1 121 708 Completed 0,2 2,9 2,8 South Africa 249 210 8 219 794 Response rate: The response rate for the year 2008 was 100%. Source: Housing Subsidy System and Provincial Housing Departments coordinated by the National Department of Housing (Table A presents the latest available data) 1 All top structures completed and sites serviced in respect of the reporting period. 2 Expenditure by the Provincial Housing Departments in respect of subsidies for the financial year 2007/08. 3 Subsidies not yet fully paid out in all cases. Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2008 Statistics South Africa iii P5041.3 Key findings Value of recorded building plans passed by larger municipalities for 2008 by Value of recorded building plans passed by larger municipalities for 2008 type of building by province The highest provincial contribution to the total value of building plans passed The value of recorded building plans passed by the larger municipalities for 2008 during 2008 was reported for Gauteng (contributing 41,3% or R32 828,6 amounted to R79 474,8 million. Residential building plans passed contributed the million to the total of R79 474,8 million of South Africa), followed by Western most to the total value of building plans passed (48,5% or R38 498,7 million), Cape (21,0% or R16 693,7 million) and KwaZulu-Natal (19,1% or R15 211,8 followed by additions and alterations (28,4% or R22 591,2 million) and non- million) (see Figure 2). Table D (page v) lists the largest municipal contributors residential buildings (23,1% or R18 384,8 million) (see Figure 1 and Table 1, page to the value of recorded building plans passed for 2008 by province. 1). Figure 2 – Provincial percentage contribution to the total value of building Figure 1 – Percentage contribution of the value of type of building to the plans passed for 2008 total value of building plans passed for 2008 Percentage contribution Percentage contribution Limpopo Western Cape Mpumalanga 2,2% 21,0% 4,8% Additions and alterations Dwelling-houses Eastern Cape 28,4% 61,7% 4,1% Residential buildings 48,5% Northern Cape Flats and townhouses 0,6% 34,2% Gauteng Non-residential buildings 41,3% 23,1% Other residential buildings 4,1% Free State 3,0% KwaZulu-Natal 19,1% North West 3,9% Regarding residential building plans passed, the largest contribution was recorded for dwelling-houses (61,7% or R23 763,5 million), followed by flats and townhouses (34,2% or R13 160,3 million) and other residential buildings (4,1% or R1 575,0 million) (see Table 2, page 3). Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2008 Statistics South Africa iv P5041.3 Value of recorded building plans passed by the six metropolitan Figure 3 – Metropolitan percentage contribution to the total value of municipalities for 2008 building plans passed for 2008 The combined value of building plans passed for the six metropolitan municipalities contributed 64,1% or R50 938,0 million to the total value of building Percentage contribution plans passed (R79 474,8 million) during 2008 (see Table C). 18,0 16,3 Table C – Value of recorded building plans passed by the six metropolitan 15,6 16,0 municipalities for 2008 14,0 Value of Metropolitan 12,4 11,6 building municipal 12,0 plans percentage passed contribution 10,0 Metropolitan at to the total 8,0 municipality metropolitan value of building 6,9 municipal plans passed 6,0 level R million 4,0 City of Cape Town 12 377,1 15,6 Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality 984,0 1,2 2,0 1,2 Ethekwini Municipality 9 223,0 11,6 City of Johannesburg 5 523,4 6,9 0,0 City of Cape Town Nelson Mandela Bay Ethekwini Municipality City of Johannesburg City of Tshwane Ekurhuleni City of Tshwane 12 990,3 16,3 Municipality Metropolitan Municipality Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality 9 840,2 12,4 Total metropolitan municipalities 50 938,0 64,1 The highest metropolitan percentage contribution to the total value of building plans passed during 2008 was recorded by City of Tshwane (16,3% or R12 990,3 million), followed by City of Cape Town (15,6% or R12 377,1 million) and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (12,4% or R9 840,2 million) (see Table C and Figure 3). Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2008 Statistics South Africa v P5041.3 Table D – The largest municipal contributors to the value of recorded Table D – The largest municipal contributors to the value of recorded building plans passed for 2008 by province building plans passed for 2008 by province (concluded) Value of Municipal Value of Municipal Province/Municipality building percentage Reference Province/municipality building percentage Reference plans contribution plans contribution passed to value of passed to value of at building plans at building plans provincial/ passed