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1996 National Census | ||||
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General information | ||||
Country | Republic of South Africa | |||
Results | ||||
Total population | 40,583,573 ( 30.9%) | |||
Most populous | KwaZulu-Natal | |||
Least populous | Northern Cape |
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 R 419,000,000.
Pre-enumeration※
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Enumeration※
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Results※
Demographics※
Rank | Race | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percent difference |
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1 | Black African | 21,646,000 | 31,127,631 | 9,481,631 | 43.8% |
2 | White | 5,068,000 | 4,434,697 | 633,303 | 12.4% |
3 | Coloured | 3,286,000 | 3,600,446 | 314,446 | 9.5% |
4 | Asian/Indian | 987,000 | 1,045,596 | 58,596 | 5.9% |
Total population | 30,987,000 | 40,583,573 | 9,596,573 | 30.9% |
First language | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | Northern Province | North West | Western Cape | South Africa |
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Black African | 86.4 | 84.4 | 70 | 81.7 | 89.2 | 33.2 | 96.7 | 91.2 | 20.9 | 76.7 |
Coloured | 7.4 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 51.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 54.2 | 8.9 |
Asian or Indian | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.6 |
White | 5.2 | 12 | 23.2 | 6.6 | 9 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 20.8 | 10.9 |
Unspecified/Other | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Rank | First language | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percent Difference |
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1 | IsiZulu | 9,200,144 | % | ||
2 | IsiXhosa | 7,196,118 | % | ||
3 | Afrikaans | 5,811,547 | % | ||
4 | Sepedi | 3,695,846 | % | ||
5 | Setswana | 3,301,774 | % | ||
6 | English | 3,457,467 | % | ||
7 | Sesotho | 3,104,197 | % | ||
8 | Xitsonga | 1,756,105 | % | ||
9 | SiSwati | 1,013,193 | % | ||
10 | Tshivenda | 876,409 | % | ||
11 | IsiNdebele | 586,961 | % | ||
12 | Other | 228,275 | % |
Rank | Gender | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percent difference |
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1 | Female | 15,507,000 | 21,062,685 | 5,755,685 | 37.1% |
2 | Male | 15,480,000 | 19,520,887 | 4,040,887 | 26.1% |
Rank | Province | 1991 Census | 1996 Census | Difference | Percent difference |
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1 | KwaZulu-Natal | 8,417,021 | % | ||
2 | Gauteng | 7,348,423 | % | ||
3 | Eastern Cape | 6,302,525 | % | ||
4 | Limpopo | 4,929,368 | % | ||
5 | Western Cape | 3,956,875 | % | ||
6 | North West | 3,354,825 | % | ||
7 | Mpumalanga | 2,800,711 | % | ||
8 | Free State | 2,633,504 | % | ||
9 | Northern Cape | 840,321 | % | ||
Total population | 40,583,573 | % |
First language | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | Northern Province | North West | Western Cape | South Africa |
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Afrikaans | 9.6 | 14.5 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 69.3 | 2.2 | 7.5 | 59.2 | 14.4 |
English | 3.7 | 1.3 | 13.0 | 15.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 20.3 | 8.6 |
IsiNdebele | 0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
IsiXhosa | 83.8 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 54.4 | 19.1 | 17.9 |
IsiZulu | 0.4 | 4.8 | 21.5 | 79.8 | 25.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 22.9 |
Sepedi | 0 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 52.7 | 4.0 | 0 | 9.2 |
Sesotho | 2.2 | 62.1 | 13.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 7.7 |
SiSwati | 0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 30.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 |
Setswana | 0 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 0 | 2.7 | 19.9 | 1.4 | 67.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 |
Tshivenda | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 15.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 2.2 |
Xitsonga | 0 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 22.6 | 4.7 | 0 | 4.4 |
Other | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Employment※
First language | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | Northern Province | North West | Western Cape | South Africa |
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Employed | 786 818 | 701 175 | 2 564 243 | 1 570 573 | 605 925 | 215 523 | 570 129 | 725 287 | 1 374 174 | 9 113 847 |
Unemployed | 742 427 | 299 948 | 1 007 766 | 1 008 944 | 297 290 | 86 060 | 486 554 | 443 546 | 299 114 | 4 671 647 |
Total | 1 529 244 | 1 001 122 | 3 572 009 | 2 579 517 | 903 215 | 301 583 | 1 056 683 | 1 168 833 | 1 673 288 | 13 785 493 |
Unemployed as percentage of total | 48% | 29% | 28% | 39% | 32% | 28% | 46% | 37% | 17% | 33% |
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Labour market status of the population aged 15 - 65 years by population group – October 1996
See also※
References※
- ^ Using the 2001 Census: Approaches to analysing data (PDF). Statistics South Africa. And the "Human Sciences Research Council." 2007. ISBN 978-0-621-37259-5. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Primary tables South Africa: Census '96 and 2001 compared (PDF). Statistics South Africa. 2004. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-621-34320-X. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "The People of South Africa Population Census 1996 - Census in Brief" (PDF). Stats SA. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Primary tables South Africa: Census '96 and 2001 compared (PDF). Statistics South Africa. 2004. pp. 9–12. ISBN 0-621-34320-X. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Primary tables South Africa: Census '96 and 2001 compared (PDF). Statistics South Africa. 2004. pp. 20–23. ISBN 0-621-34320-X. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Primary tables South Africa: Census '96 and 2001 compared (PDF). Statistics South Africa. 2004. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-621-34320-X. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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