Volunteer Activities Survey 2024
South Africa, 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2024_VAS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Created on
Jun 10, 2026
Last modified
Jun 10, 2026
Activity 1:Specific unpaid activities (Q75ActTasksOccupation_1)
Data file: vas-2024-activity1-v1
Overview
Valid:
3554
Minimum:
1110
Maximum:
9333
Mean:
7012.8908272369
Standard deviation:
2147.1556778925
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Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1110 | Legislators |
| 1210 | Directors and chief executives |
| 1231 | Finance and administration managers/department managers |
| 1232 | Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers |
| 1315 | General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services |
| 2221 | Medical practitioners, physicians, Medical specialists and Medical occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 2419 | Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants |
| 2452 | Sculptors, painters and related artists |
| 2460 | Religious professionals |
| 3114 | Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering |
| 3121 | Computer assistants |
| 3131 | Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators |
| 3159 | N/A |
| 3241 | Traditional medicine practitioners |
| 3310 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 3391 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 3411 | Securities and finance dealers and brokers |
| 3415 | Technical and commercial sales representatives |
| 3416 | Buyers |
| 3419 | Finance and sales associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 3431 | Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals |
| 3433 | Bookkeepers |
| 3471 | Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified |
| 3472 | Radio, television and other announcers |
| 3473 | Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers |
| 3475 | Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals |
| 3479 | Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 3480 | Religious associate professionals |
| 4115 | Secretaries |
| 4121 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks |
| 4141 | Library and filing clerks |
| 4144 | Scribes and related workers |
| 4190 | Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) |
| 4212 | Tellers and other counter clerks |
| 4215 | Debt-collectors and related workers |
| 4222 | Receptionists and information clerks |
| 5122 | Cooks |
| 5123 | Waiters, waitresses and bartenders |
| 5124 | Tavern and shebeen operators |
| 5131 | Child-care workers |
| 5132 | Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants |
| 5133 | Home-based personal care workers |
| 5139 | Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 5141 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers |
| 5143 | Undertakers and embalmers |
| 5161 | Fire-fighters |
| 5162 | Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers |
| 5163 | Prison guards |
| 5169 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens |
| 6141 | Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers |
| 7122 | Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7124 | Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7129 | Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7131 | Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7136 | Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7137 | Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7141 | Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7190 | Extraction and building trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7212 | Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7214 | Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7231 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7245 | Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7290 | Metal, machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7321 | Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7331 | Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7411 | Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7412 | Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7433 | Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 8141 | Wood-processing plant operators |
| 8163 | Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators |
| 8263 | Sewing-machine operators |
| 8320 | Taxi drivers, informal |
| 8322 | Car, taxi and van drivers |
| 9111 | Street food vendors and related workers |
| 9112 | Street vendors, non-food products |
| 9120 | Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations |
| 9131 | Domestic helpers and cleaners |
| 9132 | Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments |
| 9133 | Hand-launderers and pressers |
| 9152 | Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers |
| 9161 | Garbage collectors |
| 9162 | Sweepers and related labourers |
| 9190 | Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 9211 | Farmhands and labourers |
| 9212 | Forestry labourers |
| 9312 | Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers |
| 9322 | Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers |
| 9333 | Freight handlers |
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.