Census 2022, 10% Sample

South Africa, 2022

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Reference ID

ZAF_2022_SAC_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

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Feb 24, 2026

Last modified

Feb 24, 2026

Religious affiliation (P09_RELIGIOUS_AFFILIATION)

Data file: sa-census-2022-person-v1

Overview

Valid: 4230792

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Christianity
2	Islam
3	Traditional African Religion (e.g.ancestral,tribal,animist,etc)
4	Hinduism
5	Buddhism
6	Bahaism
7	Judaism
8	Atheism
9	Agnosticism
10	No religious affiliation/belief
11	Other
12	Do not know
88	Not applicable
99	Unspecified

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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