Soweto at a glance

Where the wealthy live:

R 41

Tshepisong Rietvallei Slovoville Doornkop

R559 R558

Orlando West, where 21 respondents said they earn between R1.22 million and R2.45 million a year

Dobsonville

Zola Moletsane

Orlando West
Dube

SOWETO

Naledi

Orlando East
Diepkloof
N1

Protea Glen
R558

Dlamini Protea South Eldorado Park

N12

8km

Protea Glen, where 63 households reported a combined income of between R1.22 million and R2.45 million a year, and 69 reported a household income of more than that

Orlando East, where 36 census respondents said they earn more than R1.22 million and R2.45 million a year

Consumption:
of Sowetans have never seen a movie in a cinema

44%

55%

have never bought a book that wasnt a school book or magazine

42%

have never been to a restaurant

What most earn:

Households in Soweto that reported no household income at all, the highest number of Soweto residents in a single income band The next most populated annual household income bracket was that of between R19 601 and R38 200 Households that told Census 2011 enumerators that they earned between R38 201 and R76 400 a year

66 618 65 328 62 397

What they have:

86% an electric stove 84% a radio 84% a TV 80% a fridge/freezer 77% a cellphone 49% a DVD player 44% a microwave oven 42% a hi- or music centre 38% a built-in kitchen sink 29% a Telkom landline 28% hot running water 26% a washing machine 22% a running motor vehicle 14% a computer 10% a vacuum cleaner 7% a domestic worker 5% pay TV 3% a dishwasher

The homes Sowetans live in:

Other

1%

Former council house

34%

Hostel

3%

Renovated and rebuilt former council house

26%

RDP houses

4%

Back-yard rooms and shacks

13%

Freestanding shack

8%

Bonded houses

11%

How they earn:

Government employees (eg police, soldiers, teachers, nurses) Unemployed, self-employed, students, pensioners, survivalists

2%

66%

Managers, supervisors, professionals and consultants

Blue-collar workers (eg waiters, cleaners, domestic workers, labourers, home help)

3%

11%

Drivers and security guards

3%

White-collar workers (eg bank tellers, administrators, personal assistants)

Cashiers, sales reps, merchandisers and technicians

7%

4%

Semiskilled and skilled manual workers (eg machine operators)

5%

Sources: Class in Soweto and Census 2011

NICKI GULES, JACO GROBBELAAR, Graphics24