Black Africans remain dominant as SA population grows from 51.7 million to 62 million

Black Africans remain the dominant population group at 81.4%, followed by the coloured population at 8.2%.

The white population percentage declined to 7.3% in 2022 from 8.9% observed in 2011, while that for Indians/Asians increased slightly from 2.5% in 2011 to 2.7% in 2022,” Maluleke said.

The population and housing census was conducted in February 2022 and provides comprehensive data on population size, demographic trends, and other service delivery-related information. “The household size declined from 3.6 to 3.5 in 2022. KwaZulu-Natal consistently had the highest household size , followed by Northern Cape . The majority of households resided in formal dwellings ; Limpopo maintained the highest proportion of formal dwellings, as was observed in 2011, increasing from 90% in 2011 to 95% in 2022.

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