Welfare & population How many people live in South Africa? Source Mid-year Population Estimates 2020 (Statistics South Africa) Short answer How many people live in South Africa? As of June 2022 an estimated 60.6 million people called South Africa home. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population Sex & gender What share of South Africa’s population is female? Source Stats SA: Mid-year population estimates 2022 Short answer What share of South Africa’s population is female? For 2022, Statistics South Africa estimates the mid-year population to be 60.6 million people. Approximately 51% (about 31 million) of the population is female. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population What is the divorce rate in South Africa? Source Stats SA: Marriages and Divorces 2019 Short answer What is the divorce rate in South Africa? According to STATS SA’s most recent Marriages and Divorces report, the observed crude divorce rate was 40 divorces per 100,000 estimated resident population in 2019. There were 23,710 completed divorce forms processed in 2019, a decrease of 6.2% from the 25,284 divorces processe... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Welfare & population Does the child support grant encourage teenage pregnancy? Source Human Sciences Research Council report Short answer Does the child support grant encourage teenage pregnancy? A 2006 analysis of teenage fertility trends found that there were “no grounds to believe that young South African girls are deliberately having children in order to access welfare benefits”.According to the research, teenage childbearing had not increased after the grant was introduced in 1998. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Welfare & population What share of black, coloured, Indian and white people live in poverty in South Africa? Source Poverty Trends in South Africa 2017 (Statistics South Africa) Short answer What share of black, coloured, Indian and white people live in poverty in South Africa? In 2015, an estimated 64.2% of black (African) people were considered to be poor as defined by the upper-bound poverty line – the highest of three poverty lines.An estimated 41.3% of coloured people; 5.9% of Indian/Asian people and 1% of white people were also deemed poor.More: Frequently asked qu... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Welfare & population Why are 15-year-olds included in South Africa’s working-age population? Source Statistics South Africa response to an Africa Check enquiry Short answer Why are 15-year-olds included in South Africa’s working-age population? Fifteen-year-olds are included in the working-age population because you can leave school at the end of the year in which you turn 15. If a 15-year-old is without work in the week before the Quarterly Labour Force Survey interview, looked for work in the four weeks before the interview and was av... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Welfare & population Are people working in the informal sector, such as street hawkers, considered to be unemployed in South Africa’s official unemployment rate? Source Statistics South Africa response to an Africa Check enquiry Short answer Are people working in the informal sector, such as street hawkers, considered to be unemployed in South Africa’s official unemployment rate? No, they are considered employed, as long as they did that activity (e.g. trade) for at least one hour in the week before the Quarterly Labour Force Survey interview. ... Back Full answer