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The South Africa I know, the home I understand GHS Series Volume VII Housing from a human settlement perspective In‐depth analysis of the General Household Survey data 2002–2014 Statistics South Africa Pali Lehohla Report No. 03‐18‐06 (2002–2014) Statistician-General Statistics South Africa ii GHS Series Volume VII, Housing from a human settlement perspective, In‐depth analysis of the General Household Survey data 2002–2014 / Statistics South Africa Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2016 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. Stats SA Library Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) Data GHS Series Volume VII, Housing from a human settlement perspective, In‐depth analysis of the General Household Survey data 2002–2014 / Statistics South Africa. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2016 Report no. Report 03‐18‐06 177pp ISBN 978‐0‐621‐44421‐6 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 For technical enquiries please contact: Isabel Schmidt Email: [email protected] GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective Report 03-18-06(2002-2014) Statistics South Africa iii Contents List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................................... vi List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................... viii List of Maps ....................................................................................................................................................... xi Glossary of concepts ........................................................................................................................................ xiii Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Objectives of this report ............................................................................................................................. 4 2. Methodology ............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Data sources .............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.2 Analytical tools ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Calculation methods ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 Limitations to the data ............................................................................................................................... 7 3. Overview of the legal environment ............................................................................................................ 8 3.1 Constitutional and legislative imperatives ................................................................................................... 8 4. National Development Plan and Medium Term Strategic Framework ........................................................ 9 5. Frameworks, policies and strategies ........................................................................................................ 10 5.1 White Paper on Spatial Planning and Land Use Management, 2001 ........................................................... 10 5.2 National Urban Development Framework ................................................................................................. 10 5.3 White paper: A new housing policy and strategy for South Africa .............................................................. 11 5.4 Comprehensive Housing Plan (CHP) for the Development of Integrated Sustainable Human Settlements (Breaking New Ground) ........................................................................................................ 12 5.5 The National Housing Code, 2009 ............................................................................................................. 12 5.6 Social contract for the development of human settlements ....................................................................... 13 6. Urban density and expansion ................................................................................................................... 14 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 14 6.2 Changes in density of selected metropolitan areas .................................................................................... 14 6.3 Density changes in selected metropolitan areas ........................................................................................ 16 6.4 Changes in density of selected metropolitan areas .................................................................................... 24 7. Urban integration .................................................................................................................................... 25 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 25 7.2 Segregation results using enumeration areas as the base .......................................................................... 25 7.3 Summary and conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 32 GHS Series Volume VII: Housing from a human settlement perspective Report 03-18-06(2002-2014) Statistics South Africa iv 8. Households and migration patterns ......................................................................................................... 33 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 33 8.2 Households, housing and service delivery ................................................................................................. 33 8.3 Internal migration .................................................................................................................................... 34 8.4 International migration ............................................................................................................................ 42 8.5 Summary and conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 44 9. General housing and tenure status profile ............................................................................................... 45 9.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 45 9.2 Access to and changes in dwelling type occupancy .................................................................................... 46 9.3 Household size and number of rooms ....................................................................................................... 51 9.4 Household type, socio‐economic characteristics of households and expenditure on housing ...................... 53 9.5 Travel arrangements and travel times for different dwelling types ............................................................. 63 9.6 Summary and conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 65 10. Tenure status ........................................................................................................................................... 66 10.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 66 10.2 Provincial homeownership rates ............................................................................................................... 66 10.3