Introduction
These tables summarise the number of households with telephone and
cellular phone access between 2009 and 2023 based on the race profile of
the head of the household.
Access to Phones
2023
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
22,527 |
32,919 |
1,417 |
33,265 |
90,128 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
895 |
0 |
1,299 |
2,195 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
582,330 |
428,601 |
33,458 |
214,433 |
1,258,821 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
30,756 |
18,580 |
0 |
0 |
49,336 |
Total |
635,613 |
480,996 |
34,875 |
248,997 |
1,400,480 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
3.5% |
6.8% |
4.1% |
13.4% |
6.4% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
91.6% |
89.1% |
95.9% |
86.1% |
89.9% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
4.8% |
3.9% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
3.5% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 96.5%.
2022
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
103,435 |
67,015 |
4,208 |
54,298 |
228,955 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
872 |
440 |
2,862 |
4,174 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
474,610 |
356,326 |
28,761 |
235,162 |
1,094,859 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
16,072 |
12,763 |
0 |
1,880 |
30,715 |
Total |
594,118 |
436,976 |
33,409 |
294,201 |
1,358,704 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
17.4% |
15.3% |
12.6% |
18.5% |
16.9% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
79.9% |
81.5% |
86.1% |
79.9% |
80.6% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
2.7% |
2.9% |
0.0% |
0.6% |
2.3% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
0.2% |
1.3% |
1.0% |
0.3% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 97.7%.
2021
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
16,005 |
63,364 |
5,415 |
62,446 |
147,230 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
3,748 |
5,899 |
0 |
0 |
9,646 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
525,367 |
353,411 |
12,526 |
255,365 |
1,146,669 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
10,067 |
7,117 |
0 |
3,150 |
20,334 |
Total |
555,186 |
429,790 |
17,942 |
320,961 |
1,323,879 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
2.9% |
14.7% |
30.2% |
19.5% |
11.1% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.7% |
1.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.7% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
94.6% |
82.2% |
69.8% |
79.6% |
86.6% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
1.8% |
1.7% |
0.0% |
1.0% |
1.5% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 98.5%.
2020
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
18,247 |
67,377 |
3,468 |
103,306 |
192,398 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
10,800 |
0 |
6,856 |
17,656 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
519,557 |
331,907 |
9,248 |
214,396 |
1,075,107 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
1,956 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,956 |
Total |
539,759 |
410,084 |
12,716 |
324,559 |
1,287,118 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
3.4% |
16.4% |
27.3% |
31.8% |
14.9% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
96.3% |
80.9% |
72.7% |
66.1% |
83.5% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
2.6% |
0.0% |
2.1% |
1.4% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 99.8%.
2019
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
20,605 |
99,994 |
12,381 |
119,755 |
252,734 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
2,187 |
0 |
2,119 |
4,306 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
528,324 |
306,578 |
12,950 |
139,875 |
987,725 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
10,458 |
12,131 |
581 |
1,226 |
24,397 |
Total |
559,387 |
420,890 |
25,912 |
262,974 |
1,269,162 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
3.7% |
23.8% |
47.8% |
45.5% |
19.9% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
94.4% |
72.8% |
50.0% |
53.2% |
77.8% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
1.9% |
2.9% |
2.2% |
0.5% |
1.9% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
0.5% |
0.0% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 98.1%.
2018
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
8,217 |
82,072 |
5,808 |
147,716 |
243,813 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
1,193 |
0 |
0 |
1,193 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
482,993 |
295,112 |
7,738 |
167,188 |
953,031 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
9,172 |
16,142 |
0 |
956 |
26,270 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
4,042 |
4,214 |
0 |
840 |
9,096 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
914 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
914 |
Total |
505,339 |
398,733 |
13,546 |
316,699 |
1,234,317 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
1.6% |
20.6% |
42.9% |
46.6% |
19.8% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
95.6% |
74.0% |
57.1% |
52.8% |
77.2% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
1.8% |
4.0% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
2.1% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.8% |
1.1% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.7% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 97.8%.
2017
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
12,483 |
87,340 |
7,218 |
153,969 |
261,009 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
1,419 |
0 |
0 |
1,419 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
458,588 |
290,457 |
6,791 |
146,041 |
901,877 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
15,043 |
14,835 |
0 |
821 |
30,699 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
3,985 |
751 |
0 |
0 |
4,736 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0 |
655 |
0 |
0 |
655 |
Total |
490,099 |
395,457 |
14,009 |
300,831 |
1,200,396 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
2.5% |
22.1% |
51.5% |
51.2% |
21.7% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
93.6% |
73.4% |
48.5% |
48.5% |
75.1% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
3.1% |
3.8% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
2.6% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.8% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.4% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 97.4%.
2016
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
15,545 |
95,207 |
5,274 |
160,151 |
276,177 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
1,385 |
0 |
874 |
2,259 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
444,578 |
282,121 |
2,198 |
126,445 |
855,342 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
10,524 |
15,924 |
0 |
0 |
26,448 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
2,266 |
2,429 |
0 |
0 |
4,695 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
760 |
0 |
0 |
1,229 |
1,989 |
Total |
473,673 |
397,067 |
7,472 |
288,699 |
1,166,911 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
3.3% |
24.0% |
70.6% |
55.5% |
23.7% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
93.9% |
71.1% |
29.4% |
43.8% |
73.3% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
2.2% |
4.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
2.3% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.5% |
0.6% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.4% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.2% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 97.6%.
2015
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
26,260 |
106,515 |
7,231 |
177,990 |
317,996 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
393,363 |
265,509 |
2,597 |
120,582 |
782,051 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
11,828 |
14,224 |
0 |
0 |
26,051 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
3,754 |
1,424 |
0 |
945 |
6,124 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
900 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
900 |
Total |
436,104 |
387,672 |
9,828 |
299,517 |
1,133,121 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
6.0% |
27.5% |
73.6% |
59.4% |
28.1% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
90.2% |
68.5% |
26.4% |
40.3% |
69.0% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
2.7% |
3.7% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
2.3% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.9% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
0.5% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 97.6%.
2014
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
25,799 |
140,050 |
7,203 |
186,222 |
359,273 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
339 |
4,175 |
0 |
2,342 |
6,857 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
385,269 |
257,459 |
6,181 |
74,848 |
723,758 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
10,018 |
11,892 |
0 |
1,115 |
23,025 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
2,140 |
1,614 |
0 |
0 |
3,754 |
NA |
0 |
977 |
0 |
0 |
977 |
Total |
423,565 |
416,168 |
13,384 |
264,527 |
1,117,644 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
6.1% |
33.7% |
53.8% |
70.4% |
32.1% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.1% |
1.0% |
0.0% |
0.9% |
0.6% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
91.0% |
61.9% |
46.2% |
28.3% |
64.8% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
2.4% |
2.9% |
0.0% |
0.4% |
2.1% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.5% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.3% |
NA |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 97.9%.
2013
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
24,099 |
147,338 |
7,107 |
169,871 |
348,415 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0 |
6,535 |
0 |
3,974 |
10,510 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
363,714 |
227,729 |
2,492 |
82,217 |
676,152 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
16,561 |
24,518 |
0 |
1,511 |
42,590 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
9,993 |
4,122 |
0 |
1,723 |
15,838 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
1,535 |
361 |
0 |
0 |
1,896 |
NA |
0 |
740 |
0 |
0 |
740 |
Total |
415,902 |
411,342 |
9,599 |
259,296 |
1,096,140 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
5.8% |
35.8% |
74.0% |
65.5% |
31.8% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
87.5% |
55.4% |
26.0% |
31.7% |
61.7% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
4.0% |
6.0% |
0.0% |
0.6% |
3.9% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
2.4% |
1.0% |
0.0% |
0.7% |
1.4% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.4% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.0% |
1.6% |
0.0% |
1.5% |
1.0% |
NA |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 95.9%.
2012
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
25,952 |
162,416 |
8,872 |
198,660 |
395,899 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
579 |
5,943 |
383 |
3,999 |
10,904 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
338,883 |
210,033 |
3,025 |
69,834 |
621,774 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
17,983 |
18,436 |
0 |
549 |
36,967 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
1,048 |
612 |
0 |
0 |
1,660 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
688 |
2,792 |
0 |
1,322 |
4,802 |
Total |
385,132 |
400,231 |
12,280 |
274,364 |
1,072,007 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
6.7% |
40.6% |
72.2% |
72.4% |
36.9% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.2% |
1.5% |
3.1% |
1.5% |
1.0% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
88.0% |
52.5% |
24.6% |
25.5% |
58.0% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
4.7% |
4.6% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
3.4% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.2% |
0.7% |
0.0% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 96.1%.
2011
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
34,788 |
160,586 |
4,035 |
156,253 |
355,662 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
819 |
17,494 |
0 |
10,133 |
28,446 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
318,794 |
219,879 |
0 |
69,823 |
608,495 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
24,076 |
37,285 |
0 |
510 |
61,871 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
1,515 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,515 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
5,694 |
1,957 |
0 |
0 |
7,651 |
NA |
483 |
523 |
0 |
0 |
1,006 |
Total |
386,167 |
437,725 |
4,035 |
236,719 |
1,064,646 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
9.0% |
36.7% |
100.0% |
66.0% |
33.4% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.2% |
4.0% |
0.0% |
4.3% |
2.7% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
82.6% |
50.2% |
0.0% |
29.5% |
57.2% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
6.2% |
8.5% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
5.8% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
1.5% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.7% |
NA |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.1% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 93.4%.
2010
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
36,834 |
158,556 |
8,901 |
166,258 |
370,549 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
1,472 |
16,278 |
359 |
11,457 |
29,566 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
283,754 |
185,462 |
1,293 |
73,680 |
544,190 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
31,491 |
38,716 |
0 |
1,588 |
71,796 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
981 |
1,872 |
0 |
3,442 |
6,295 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
2,664 |
1,881 |
0 |
500 |
5,046 |
NA |
2,456 |
2,173 |
648 |
0 |
5,277 |
Total |
359,652 |
404,938 |
11,202 |
256,927 |
1,032,719 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
10.2% |
39.2% |
79.5% |
64.7% |
35.9% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.4% |
4.0% |
3.2% |
4.5% |
2.9% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
78.9% |
45.8% |
11.5% |
28.7% |
52.7% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
8.8% |
9.6% |
0.0% |
0.6% |
7.0% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.3% |
0.5% |
0.0% |
1.3% |
0.6% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.7% |
0.5% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
NA |
0.7% |
0.5% |
5.8% |
0.0% |
0.5% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 92.0%.
2009
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
23,670 |
173,578 |
6,147 |
144,825 |
348,220 |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
616 |
14,613 |
0 |
8,630 |
23,859 |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
237,795 |
146,122 |
1,509 |
51,800 |
437,226 |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
84,939 |
46,705 |
0 |
877 |
132,521 |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
1,634 |
329 |
0 |
0 |
1,963 |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
1,337 |
1,209 |
0 |
1,216 |
3,762 |
NA |
3,492 |
684 |
868 |
0 |
5,044 |
Total |
353,484 |
383,238 |
8,524 |
207,348 |
952,595 |
|
Black_African |
Coloured |
Indian_Asian |
White |
Total |
Has Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
6.7% |
45.3% |
72.1% |
69.8% |
36.6% |
Has Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
0.2% |
3.8% |
0.0% |
4.2% |
2.5% |
No Landline Phone & Has Cellular Phone |
67.3% |
38.1% |
17.7% |
25.0% |
45.9% |
No Landline Phone & No Cellular Phone |
24.0% |
12.2% |
0.0% |
0.4% |
13.9% |
Unspecified & Has Cellular Phone |
0.5% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.2% |
Unspecified & Unspecified |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.0% |
0.6% |
0.4% |
NA |
1.0% |
0.2% |
10.2% |
0.0% |
0.5% |
Total |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
The total number of households with access to telephony is 85.2%.