1996 South African census

The National Census of 1996 was the 1st comprehensive national census of the Republic of South Africa, after the end of Apartheid. It undertook to enumerate every person present in South Africa on the census night at a cost of .

Pre-enumeration

Enumeration

Post-enumeration Survey

Results

Demographics

+ Population change in the South Africa by race Rank Race 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percentdifference 1 Black African 21,646,000 9,481,631 43.8% 2 White 5,068,000 633,303 12.4% 3 Coloured 3,286,000 314,446 9.5% 4 Asian or Indian 987,000 58,596 5.9% Total population 30,987,000 9,596,573 30.9%

+ Population group by province (percentages) First language Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-NatalMpumalangaNorthern CapeNorthern ProvinceNorth WestWestern CapeSouth Africa Black African 86.4 84.4 70 81.789.233.296.791.220.976.7 Coloured 7.4 3 3.8 1.40.751.80.21.454.28.9 Asian or Indian 0.3 0.1 2.2 9.40.50.30.10.312.6 White 5.2 12 23.2 6.6913.32.46.620.810.9 Unspecified/Other 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.80.61.50.70.53.10.9 Total 100 100 100 100100100100100100100

+ Population change in the South Africa by language Rank First language 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference PercentDifference 1 IsiZulu % 2 IsiXhosa % 3 Afrikaans % 4 Sepedi % 5 Setswana % 6 English % 7 Sesotho % 8 Xitsonga % 9 SiSwati % 10 Tshivenda % 11 IsiNdebele % 12 Other %

+ Population change in the South Africa by gender Rank Gender 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percentdifference 1 Female 15,507,000 5,755,685 37.1% 2 Male 15,480,000 4,040,887 26.1%

+ Population change in the South Africa by province Rank Province 1991 Census 1996 Census Difference Percentdifference 1 KwaZulu-Natal % 2 Gauteng % 3 Eastern Cape % 4 Limpopo % 5 Western Cape % 6 North West % 7 Mpumalanga % 8 Free State % 9 Northern Cape % Total population %

+ Home language by province (percentages) First language Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-NatalMpumalangaNorthern CapeNorthern ProvinceNorth WestWestern CapeSouth Africa Afrikaans 9.6 14.5 16.7 1.68.369.32.27.559.214.4 English 3.7 1.3 13.0 15.82.02.40.41.020.38.6 IsiNdebele 0 0.2 1.6 012.501.51.30.11.5 IsiXhosa 83.8 9.4 7.5 1.61.36.30.254.419.117.9 IsiZulu 0.4 4.8 21.5 79.825.40.30.72.50.122.9 Sepedi 0 0.2 9.5 010.5052.74.009.2 Sesotho 2.2 62.1 13.1 0.53.20.91.15.10.47.7 SiSwati 0 0.1 1.3 0.130.001.20.502.5 Setswana 0 6.5 7.9 02.719.91.467.20.18.2 Tshivenda 0 0.1 1.4 00.1015.50.402.2 Xitsonga 0 0.5 5.3 03.5022.64.704.4 Other 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.50.40.80.30.50.60.6Total100100100100100100100100100100

Employment + Economically active population by province amongst those aged 15 – 65 years First language Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-NatalMpumalangaNorthern CapeNorthern ProvinceNorth WestWestern CapeSouth Africa Employed 786 818 701 175 2 564 243 1 570 573605 925215 523570 129725 2871 374 1749 113 847 Unemployed 742 427 299 948 1 007 766 1 008 944297 29086 060486 554443 546299 1144 671 647 Total 1 529 244 1 001 122 3 572 009 2 579 517903 215301 5831 056 6831 168 8331 673 28813 785 493Unemployed as percentage of total48%29%28%39%32%28%46%37%17%33%

1996 South African census

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