Building statistics, 2015 Embargoed until: 30 August 2017 14:30 Statistics South Africa PJ Lehohla Report No. 50-11-01 (2015) Statistician-General THE SOUTH AFRICA I KNOW, THE HOME I UNDERSTAND STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA i Building statistics, 2015 / Statistics South Africa Published by Statistics South Africa, Private Bag X44, Pretoria 0001 © Statistics South Africa, 2017 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, 2015 / Statistics South Africa. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2017 Report No. 50-11-01 (2015) 166 pp ISBN 978-0-621-45792-6 A complete set of Stats SA publications is available at Stats SA Library and the following libraries: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria Division 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 (2015) STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA ii Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iii Key findings for the monthly and annual surveys ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ iv List of detailed tables ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... vii List of municipalities covered in the monthly and annual surveys ...................................................................................................................................................................................... xii 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 (2015) 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 2013, 2014 and % Monthly and contribution 2015. 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 2013, R million R million surveys 2014 and 2015. 2013 52 225,8 61 448,4 85,0 2014 52 814,3 60 374,3 87,5 Detailed information on buildings completed for both surveys is published by 2015 56 691,1 65 850,9 86,1 province, municipality and type of building for 2015 in Part 3 (Tables 13 to 66). Building plans passed and buildings reported as completed for 2016 (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 decreased by 1,4 private sector as reported by local government institutions, 2016 on 28 June 2017 and can percentage points from 87,5% in 2014 to 86,1% in 2015 (see Table A). be accessed on Stats SA’s website, www.statssa.gov.za. Building statistics, Report No. 50-11-01 (2015) 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 2014 and 2015 by type of building percentage change in the total value of buildings completed between 2014 and 2015 % % Contribution Difference contribution change (% points) ¹ in the value to the total in the value to the of buildings value of of buildings % completed Estimates at 2014 2015 buildings completed change between current prices completed between between 2014 during 2014 2014 and 2014 and and 2015 2015 2015 R million R million R million Residential buildings 32 733,1 38 263,1 54,2 16,9 9,2 5 529,9 Dwelling-houses 24 054,3 28 712,8 39,8 19,4 7,7 4 658,6 Flats and townhouses 8 002,5 8 961,2 13,3 12,0 1,6 958,7 Other residential buildings 676,4 589,0 1,1 -12,9 -0,1 -87,4 Non-residential buildings 16 973,7 16 635,8 28,1 -2,0 -0,6 -337,9 Office and banking space 4 863,2 4 804,3 8,1 -1,2 -0,1 -58,9 Shopping space 4 673,9 4 509,1 7,7 -3,5 -0,3 -164,8 Industrial space 5 921,4 5 774,7 9,8 -2,5 -0,2 -146,7 Other non-residential 1 515,2 1 547,6 2,5 2,1 0,1 32,5 Additions and alterations 10 667,5 10 952,1 17,7 2,7 0,5 284,6 Total ² 60 374,3 65 850,9 100,0 9,1 9,1 5 476,6 1 The contribution (percentage points) is calculated by multiplying the percentage change of the type of building between 2014 and 2015 by the percentage contribution of the corresponding type of building to the total value of buildings completed during 2014, divided by 100. As indicated in Figure 1, positive contributions were made by residential buildings 2 Figures have been rounded off. (contributing 9,2 percentage points) and additions and alterations (contributing 0,5 of a As indicated in Table B, the value of buildings reported as completed to municipalities in percentage point) to the year-on-year growth rate of 9,1% in 2015. A negative contribution the monthly and annual surveys increased by 9,1% from R60 374,3 million in 2014 to was made by non-residential buildings (contributing -0,6 of a percentage point). R65 850,9 million in 2015. Increases were reported for residential buildings (16,9% or R5 529,9 million) and additions and alterations (2,7% or R284,6 million). Non-residential buildings decreased by 2,0% (-R337,9 million). Building statistics, Report No. 50-11-01 (2015) STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA v Table C – Total value of buildings reported as