Area Database (v4.2.1)

Quality of housing
% households with three or more sleeping rooms
Subnational regions
South Africa
All years

% households with three or more sleeping rooms

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
South Africa (Africa)  
Total 36.1 35.6 35.1 34.6 34.1 33.6 33.1 32.6 32.2 31.7 31.2 30.7 30.2 29.7 29.2 28.7 28.2 29.2 30.2 31.1 32.1 33.1 34.1 35.1 36.1
Eastern Cape 31.0 30.4 29.8 29.2 28.6 28.0 27.4 26.8 26.2 25.6 25.0 24.4 23.8 23.2 22.6 22.0 21.4 23.4 25.4 27.4 29.4 31.5 33.5 35.5 37.5
Free State 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.7 22.8 23.0 23.1 23.3 23.4 23.6 23.7 23.8 24.0 24.1 24.3 24.4 24.6 25.7 26.9 28.0 29.1 30.3 31.4 32.6 33.7
Gauteng 32.1 31.6 31.2 30.8 30.3 29.9 29.5 29.0 28.6 28.1 27.7 27.3 26.8 26.4 26.0 25.5 25.1 24.8 24.6 24.3 24.0 23.7 23.5 23.2 22.9
KwaZulu Natal 39.6 38.8 38.0 37.2 36.4 35.6 34.9 34.1 33.3 32.5 31.7 30.9 30.1 29.3 28.5 27.7 27.0 28.7 30.4 32.1 33.8 35.5 37.2 38.9 40.7
Mpumalanga 45.0 44.4 43.9 43.3 42.7 42.2 41.6 41.0 40.5 39.9 39.3 38.8 38.2 37.6 37.1 36.5 35.9 37.3 38.7 40.1 41.5 42.9 44.3 45.7 47.1
North West 44.8 43.8 42.7 41.7 40.7 39.7 38.6 37.6 36.6 35.6 34.5 33.5 32.5 31.5 30.4 29.4 28.4 27.8 27.2 26.6 26.0 25.4 24.8 24.2 23.6
Northern Cape 27.4 27.4 27.4 27.4 27.4 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.7 27.7 27.8 27.9
Northern Province 52.7 51.9 51.1 50.3 49.5 48.7 47.9 47.1 46.3 45.5 44.7 43.9 43.1 42.3 41.5 40.7 40.0 42.8 45.6 48.4 51.2 54.0 56.8 59.6 62.4
Western Cape 28.7 28.9 29.0 29.2 29.3 29.5 29.6 29.8 29.9 30.1 30.2 30.4 30.5 30.7 30.8 31.0 31.1 32.2 33.3 34.5 35.6 36.7 37.8 39.0 40.1
Lighter numbers are estimates