Statistical Release P5041.3
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Statistical release P5041.3 Selected building statistics of the private sector as reported by local government institutions, 2007 Embargoed until: 26 June 2008 13:00 Enquiries: Forthcoming issue: Expected release date User Information Services 2008 July 2009 Tel: (012) 310 8600 / 4892 / 8390 Statistics South Africa P5041.3 i 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...................... 9 Municipal reporting of buildings completed aggregated to provincial level ....................... 81 Municipal reporting of buildings completed by province and municipality......................... 89 Municipalities covered in the monthly survey ................................................................... 161 Explanatory notes ............................................................................................................ 169 Glossary .......................................................................................................................... 171 General information ......................................................................................................... 172 Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2007 Statistics South Africa P5041.3 ii 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 and buildings completed for the private sector, released monthly on The boundaries and the names of local government institutions have changed national and provincial level as P5041.1. This annual release contains as described in the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act aggregated data for the twelve months of 2007 by province, municipality and No. 117 of 1998) and the Local Government Municipal Demarcation Bill type of building. (B36B-98). Further information may be found on the website of the South African Government, www.gov.za, see section GOVZA: Government System; Purpose of the survey and the website of the Municipal Demarcation Board, The result of the survey is used to monitor the state of the economy and the www.demarcation.org.za. In some cases borders of municipalities extend over formulation of economic policy. Furthermore, the results are important inputs two provinces. to estimate the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and to calculate the Composite Table B lists the cross border municipalities and the provinces in which the Leading Business Cycle Indicator. The data are extensively used by the municipalities are included in the annual statistical release P5041.3 from 2002 private sector. to 2006 and for this annual release. Low-cost housing projects as reported by the National Department of Housing Table B – Cross border municipalities Data regarding low-cost housing, generated by the National Department of Province in Province in Housing from reports on the Housing Subsidy System (HSS) and confirmed which which and amended, if necessary, by the Provincial Housing Departments (PHD), municipality municipality is are shown in Table A. is included in included in this Cross border municipalities previous annual release Table A – Subsidised low-cost dwelling-houses completed and in annual process of completion1: 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 releases: Province Number Square metres2 R'0002 2002 to 2006 2007 Western Cape 34 585 1 037 550 768 200 Gauteng/North West Eastern Cape 16 526 495 780 637 700 Merafong City Local Municipality Gauteng North West3 Northern Cape 3 880 116 400 104 800 City of Tshwane Gauteng Gauteng Free State 19 662 589 860 528 400 KwaZulu-Natal 38 290 1 148 700 1 074 500 Gauteng/Mpumalanga North West 46 972 1 409 160 696 500 Kungwini Local Municipality Gauteng Gauteng Gauteng 77 044 2 311 320 1 748 300 Mpumalanga 10 651 319 530 329 900 Northern Cape/North West Limpopo 23 609 708 270 646 700 Ga-Segonyana Municipality Northern Cape Northern Cape South Africa 271 219 8 136 570 6 535 000 Source: Municipal Demarcation Board Source: Housing Subsidy System and Provincial Housing Departments co-ordinated by the National Department of 3 The value of building plans passed and buildings completed for Merafong City Local Municipality contributed 3,9% Housing and 2,9% respectively to the total values recorded for North West during 2007. 1 Include all top structures completed and sites serviced in respect of the reporting period. Low-cost housing data published in Table A of release P5041.3 of 2005 refers to the number of houses completed and is therefore not comparable with data published in Table A above. Table A presents the latest available data. Response rate: The response rate for the year 2007 was 100%. 2 Estimates by the National Department of Housing. Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2007 Statistics South Africa P5041.3 iii Key findings Value of recorded building plans passed by larger municipalities for Value of recorded building plans passed by larger municipalities for 2007 by type of building 2007 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 during 2007 was reported for Gauteng (contributing 43,4% or R35 248,5 2007 amounted to R81 207,5 million. Residential building plans passed million to the total of R81 207,5 million of South Africa), followed by Western contributed the most to the total value of building plans passed (54,0% or Cape (22,8% or R18 526,9 million) and KwaZulu-Natal (14,8% or R43 841,9 million), followed by additions and alterations (26,7% or R21 690,0 R12 021,4 million) (see Figure 2). Table D (page v) lists the largest municipal million) and non-residential buildings (19,3% or R15 675,6 million) (see Figure contributors to the value of recorded building plans passed for 2007 by 1 and Table 1, page 1). province. Figure 1 – Percentage contribution of the value of type of building to the Figure 2 – Provincial percentage contribution to the total value of total value of building plans passed for 2007 building plans passed for 2007 Percentage contribution Percentage contribution Limpopo Mpumalanga 2,0% Western Cape Additions and alterations Dwelling-houses 4,5% 26,7% 67,3% 22,8% Residential buildings 54,0% Flats and townhouses 30,8% Eastern Cape 5,0% Northern Cape Non-residential buildings Gauteng 0,9% Other residential buildings 19,3% 43,4% 1,9% Free State 2,9% KwaZulu-Natal 14,8% North West 3,7% Regarding residential building plans passed, the largest contribution was recorded for dwelling-houses (67,3% or R29 516,2 million), followed by flats and townhouses (30,8% or R13 480,1 million) and other residential buildings (1,9% or R845,6 million) (see Table 2, page 2). Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2007 Statistics South Africa P5041.3 iv Value of recorded building plans passed by the six metropolitan Figure 3 – Metropolitan percentage contribution to the total value of municipalities for 2007 building plans passed for 2007 The combined value of building plans passed for the six metropolitan municipalities contributed 65,9% or R53 523,6 million to the total value of Percentage contribution building plans passed (R81 207,5 million) during 2007 (see Table C). 18,0 17,2 16,3 Table C – Value of recorded building plans passed by the six 16,0 metropolitan municipalities for 2007 14,0 11,8 12,0 Value of Metropolitan 10,0 9,4 building municipal 8,8 plans percentage 8,0 passed contribution Metropolitan at to the total 6,0 municipality metropolitan value of building 4,0 municipal plans passed 2,4 level 2,0 R million 0,0 City of Cape Town Nelson Mandela Ethekwini Municipality City of Johannesburg City of Tshwane Ekurhuleni City of Cape Town 13 217,6 16,3 Metropolitan Metropolitan Municipality Municipality Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality 1 956,6 2,4 Ethekwini Municipality 7 622,5 9,4 City of Johannesburg 9 565,9 11,8 The highest metropolitan percentage contribution to the total value of building City of Tshwane 14 007,9 17,2 plans passed during 2007 was recorded by the City of Tshwane (17,2% or Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality 7 153,1 8,8 R14 007,9 million), followed by the City of Cape Town (16,3% or R13 217,6 Total metropolitan municipalities 53 523,6 65,9 million) and City of Johannesburg (11,8% or R9 565,9 million) (see Table C and Figure 3). Selected building statistics of the private sector, 2007 Statistics South Africa P5041.3 v 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 2007 by province building plans passed for 2007 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