{"id":1114,"date":"2013-07-18T08:27:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T08:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta2.statssa.gov.za\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2013-07-30T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T15:48:05","slug":"the-power-of-place-my-suburb-my-township-my-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=1114","title":{"rendered":"The power of place: My suburb, my township, my village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Silvertown is a township in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape named after all the silver zinc shacks used as housing in the area.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">After the Census 2011 place name data was released in the township in April 2013, the media reported Silvertown to be the worst place to live in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The census data provides information on the community\u2019s people, households and access to services.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Silvertown in numbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">During Census 2011, Silvertown was home to 508 households with an average of 4,5 people per household.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The average household size was 3,5 people nationally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The number of people living in informal dwellings in Silvertown decreased slightly to 82% from 98% in 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">In 1996, none of the households in Silvertown had access to electricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">In 2011, 82% of households used paraffin for lighting and 11% used electricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Nationally, 85% of households had access to electricity. The Eastern Cape had 75%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">74% of households access water via a communal tap.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">48% of persons had no income and 55% were unemployed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Very little has changed in terms of\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">toilet access, with a 2% decline in bucket toilet use. This figure is down to 96% from 98% in 1996.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Nationally, 57% or six in ten households had access to a flush toilet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">The Port Elizabeth Herald news-paper reported, 100 families are due to be temporarily relocated from June and July 2013.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">These families will rebuild their shacks in the new location as they wait for the land in Silvertown to be serviced and houses to be built.<\/p>\n<p>The article states: \u201cThis is the first move by the government after the Census 2011 results were released by Stats SA\u2019s Statistician-General, Pali Lehohla.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silvertown is a township in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape named after all the silver zinc shacks used as housing in the area. After the Census 2011 place name data was released in the township in April 2013, the media reported Silvertown to be the worst place to live in South Africa. 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