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Building Statistics, 2016 Building statistics, 2016 Embargoed until: 29 August 2018 14:30 Statistics South Africa Risenga Maluleke Report No. 50-11-01 (2016) Statistician-General THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA i Building statistics, 2016 / Statistics South Africa Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2018 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 Building statistics, 2016 / Statistics South Africa. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2018 Report No. 50-11-01 (2016) 150 pp ISBN 978-0-621-46769-7 A complete set of Stats SA publications is available at Stats SA Library and the following libraries: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division Eastern Cape Library Services, King William's Town National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Division Central Regional Library, Polokwane Library of Parliament, Cape Town Central Reference Library, Mbombela Bloemfontein Public Library Central Reference Collection, Kimberley Natal Society Library, Pietermaritzburg Central Reference Library, Mmabatho Johannesburg Public Library This report is available on the Stats SA website: www.statssa.gov.za For technical enquiries, please contact: Tsholofelo Ditinti / Nicolai Claassen Tel.: 012 310 6990 / 012 310 8007 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Building statistics, Report No. 50-11-01 (2016) STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA ii Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iii Key findings for the monthly and annual surveys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ iv List of detailed tables ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ viii List of municipalities covered in the monthly and annual surveys ..................................................................................................................................................................................... xiii Part 1 – Municipal reporting of buildings completed aggregated to provincial level: monthly survey Table 1 to Table 6 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Part 2 – Municipal reporting of buildings completed aggregated to provincial level: monthly and annual surveys Table 7 to Table 12 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Part 3 – Municipal reporting of buildings completed by province and municipality: monthly and annual surveys Table 13 to Table 66 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Municipalities covered in the monthly and annual surveys by province Table 67 to Table 75 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Explanatory notes ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Glossary.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149 Building statistics, Report No. 50-11-01 (2016) STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA iii Introduction Purpose of the surveys Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) conducts a monthly survey of metropolitan municipalities The results of these surveys are used in monitoring the state of the economy and the and large local municipalities on building plans passed and buildings completed for the formulation of economic policy. The results are important inputs for estimating gross private sector. An annual survey of the remaining municipalities is conducted regarding domestic product (GDP) and are extensively used by the private sector. buildings completed. The following information is presented in this report: Table A – Value of buildings reported as completed to municipalities In Part 1, Tables 1 to 6, information is published for the monthly survey on buildings completed by type of building at provincial level for 2014, 2015 and % Monthly and contribution 2016. Monthly survey annual surveys of monthly survey Year In Part 2, Tables 7 to 12, information is published for the monthly and annual to total of monthly and annual surveys on buildings completed by type of building at provincial level for 2014, R million R million surveys 2015 and 2016. 2014 52 814,3 60 374,3 87,5 2015 56 691,1 65 850,9 86,1 In Part 3, Tables 13 to 66, detailed information on buildings completed for both 2016 61 417,2 69 974,2 87,8 surveys is published by province, municipality and type of building for 2016. Building plans passed and buildings reported as completed for 2017 (monthly survey only) The percentage contribution of the total value of buildings completed as reported in the were published in the annual statistical release P5041.3 – Selected building statistics of the monthly survey compared with the value of monthly and annual surveys increased by 1,7 private sector as reported by local government institutions, 2017 on 27 June 2018 and can percentage points from 86,1% in 2015 to 87,8% in 2016 (see Table A). be accessed on Stats SA’s website, www.statssa.gov.za. Building statistics, Report No. 50-11-01 (2016) STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA iv Key findings for the monthly and annual surveys Table B – Selected key figures regarding buildings reported as completed Figure 1 – Contribution (percentage points) of type of building to the (at current prices) for 2015 and 2016 by type of building percentage change in the total value of buildings completed between 2015 and 2016 Difference % Contribution % in the value change (% points)¹ contribution of buildings in the value to the to the total completed of buildings % Estimates at 2015 2016 value of between completed change current prices buildings 2015 between between completed and 2015 2015 during 2016 and and 2015 2016 2016 R million R million R million Residential buildings 38 263,1 40 346,2 58,1 5,4 3,1 2 083,2 Dwelling-houses 28 712,8 28 335,6 43,6 -1,3 -0,6 -377,3 Flats and townhouses 8 961,2 11 315,8 13,6 26,3 3,6 2 354,6 Other residential buildings 589,0 694,8 0,9 18,0 0,2 105,8 Non-residential buildings 16 635,8 17 335,4 25,3 4,2 1,1 699,6 Office and banking space 4 804,3 4 293,7 7,3 -10,6 -0,8 -510,7 Shopping space 4 509,1 4 508,0 6,8 0,0 0,0 -1,1 Industrial space 5 774,7 6 485,9 8,8 12,3 1,1 711,2 Other non-residential 1 547,6 2 047,8 2,4 32,3 0,8 500,1 Additions and alterations 10 952,1 12 292,6 16,6 12,2 2,0 1 340,6 Total² 65 850,9 69 974,2 100,0 6,3 6,3 4 123,3 1 The contribution (percentage points) is calculated by multiplying the percentage change of the type of building between 2015 and 2016 by the percentage contribution of the corresponding type of building to the total value of buildings completed during 2015, divided by 100. 2 Figures have been rounded off. As indicated in Figure 1, positive contributions were made by residential buildings (contributing 3,1 percentage points), additions and alterations (contributing 2,0 percentage As indicated in Table B, the value of buildings reported as completed to municipalities in points) and non-residential buildings (contributing 1,1 percentage points) to the year-on- the monthly and annual surveys increased by 6,3% from R65 850,9 million in 2015 to year growth rate of 6,3% in 2016. R69 974,2 million in 2016. Increases were reported for additions and alterations (12,2% or R1 340,6 million), residential buildings (5,4% or R2 083,2 million) and non-residential buildings (4,2% or R699,6 million). Building statistics, Report No. 50-11-01 (2016) STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA v Table C – Total value of buildings reported as completed (at current prices) Figure 2 – Provincial
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