DataFirst harmonises Census 2022 geographies
DataFirst harmonises Census 2022 geographies
A value-added version of the Population and Housing Census 2022 data from Statistics SA is now available from DataFirst. This new Census Administrative & Service Provision District Profiles 2022 dataset harmonises the newly released Census 2022 Special District Layer geographic divisions with municipal-level geographies to allow for comparisons with previous census data.
In 2025 Statistics SA released the Census 2022 data as the Census 2022 Special District Layer Product at the level of Administrative and Service Delivery Districts. These divisions are the operational and planning geographies used by public institutions in South Africa.
DataFirst linked the data at the level of Administrative and Service Delivery District to corresponding official district boundary shapefiles, appended higher-level geographic identifiers (Province and District Municipality), standardised variable names, and added descriptive variable labels to the data.
The data includes demographic data and data on household composition, social conditions, and the spatial allocation of public services.
The syntax files used in preparing this research-ready dataset are provided with the data.