City of Cape Town

 

Indicator

Households without access to weekly refuse removal services.

Description

The number and % of households that use communal refuse dumps, own dumps, have nowhere to dump their waste or who have refuse removed less than once a week.

 

Existing Trends

 

Year

Number

%

Source

1996

74,467

11.4

Census 1996

2001

45,217

5.8

Census 2001

2005

34,413

3.9

GHS 2005

2006

32,232

3.6

GHS 2006

2007

41,198

4.4

GHS 2007

 

 

 

Significance

Households having no access to at least a weekly refuse removal service are vulnerable to diseases and epidemics

Implications

The number and % of households without refuse removal services at least once a week decreased from 11.4% in 1996 to 3.6% in 2006 and then increased to 4.4% in 2007..

Map

A map, using the 2001 Census suburbs, showing % of households who have no refuse removal at least once a week.

References

Statistics South Africa: Census 1996, Census 2001, General Household Survey (GHS) 2005, 2006 and 2007.

www.statssa.gov.za

Contact

Karen Small

Head: Strategic Information Analysis and Research

Strategic Development Information and GIS

Karen.Small@capetown.gov.za

 

Janet Gie

Senior Professional Officer

Strategic Development Information and GIS

Janet.Gie@capetown.gov.za  

 

Complied by

Strategic Information, Strategic Development Information and GIS Department

Updated

2008/12/03