General Household Survey 2024

South Africa, 2024

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ZAF_2024_GHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jul 08, 2025

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Type of main dwelling (hsg_maind)

Data file: ghs-2024-hhold-v1

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Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 12

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on a farm	618	61.8%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	1	0.1%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	48	4.8%
4	Cluster house in complex	23	2.3%
5	Townhouse (semi-detached house in complex)	14	1.4%
6	Semi-detached house	117	11.7%
7	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	7	0.7%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	53	5.3%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm	98	9.8%
10	Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat	16	1.6%
11	Caravan/tent	0	0%
12	OTHER DWELLING TYPE	5	0.5%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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