General Household Survey 2023
South Africa, 2023
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_GHS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 11, 2025
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Type of main dwelling (hsg_maind)
Data file: ghs-2023-hhold-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
96
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or on a farm | 646 |
64.6%
|
| 2 | 2. Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | 3. Flat or apartment in a block of flats | 52 |
5.2%
|
| 4 | 4. Cluster house in complex | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | 5. Townhouse (semi-detached house in complex) | 18 |
1.8%
|
| 6 | 6. Semi-detached house | 96 |
9.6%
|
| 7 | 7. Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | 8. Informal dwelling/shack in backyard | 54 |
5.4%
|
| 9 | 9. Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm | 107 |
10.7%
|
| 10 | 10. Room/flatlet on a property or a larger dwelling servants' quarters/granny flat | 10 |
1%
|
| 11 | 11. Caravan/tent | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | 12. OTHER DWELLING TYPE | 6 |
0.6%
|
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.