South African Census 1980
South Africa, 1980
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Reference ID
zaf-dos-census-1980-v1.3
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa)
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Oct 18, 2012
Last modified
May 09, 2020
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Population group (RACE)
Data file: sa-census-1980-v1.3
Overview
Valid:
25016525
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
loc_start_pos:
24
loc_end_pos:
25
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 20
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | 4551068 |
18.2%
|
| 2 | Cape Coloured | 2424375 |
9.7%
|
| 3 | Cape Malay | 168250 |
0.7%
|
| 4 | Griqua | 22426 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | Other coloured | 8956 |
0%
|
| 6 | Chinese | 10226 |
0%
|
| 7 | Indian | 805533 |
3.2%
|
| 8 | Other Asian | 3443 |
0%
|
| 9 | Xhosa | 2927377 |
11.7%
|
| 10 | Zulu | 5769718 |
23.1%
|
| 11 | Swazi | 848749 |
3.4%
|
| 12 | South Ndebele | 394856 |
1.6%
|
| 13 | North Ndebele | 265977 |
1.1%
|
| 14 | North Sotho | 2372522 |
9.5%
|
| 15 | South Sotho | 1780511 |
7.1%
|
| 16 | Tswana | 1356067 |
5.4%
|
| 17 | Shangaan/Tsonga | 1024160 |
4.1%
|
| 18 | Venda | 182034 |
0.7%
|
| 19 | Lemba | 0 |
0%
|
| 20 | Other Black | 100277 |
0.4%
|
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.