SAS Output

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

1.Western Cape

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	4.70	2.65	28	36	39	305.13	32	24.43	63	66	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	4.75	4.04	43	44	32	677.33	47	6.81	13161	14498	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	4.13	9.62	41	37	38	464.23	51	9.60	3299	3902	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	4.34	2.64	41	40	39	430.24	49	8.07	3966	4075	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	4.12	7.29	35	38	41	358.64	43	19.02	5944	6438	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	4.00	6.81	30	37	35	310.21	47	24.28	1202	1287	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	3.73	8.43	38	35	47	373.80	41	19.40	9876	11166	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	4.00	9.18	39	35	47	320.66	42	18.24	11341	12830	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	3.64	25.70	29	33	46	547.89	40	26.50	2138	2370	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	4.02	5.06	33	38	46	400.55	42	10.88	3142	3554	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
14.PHP subsidy housing	Government-supported serviced owner-built permanent housing, usually through subsidized contractor building services. Often outer periphery but in small towns concentrate in core. Owners often older women with strong transport priority.	4.07	2.61	38	37	36	505.60	44	12.67	380	399	PHP delivers good quality residential housing in outer communities with subsidy assist. To expand coverage needs serviced building sites in safe inner urban and rural areas with accessible transport.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	3.46	9.89	36	36	39	488.96	52	19.19	5779	6486	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	3.88	0.81	41	43	35	594.13	42	8.46	1453	1652	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
17.Upgraded hostels	Older workers hostels upgraded into family accommodation, as rental units, public or private ownership.	4.86	2.97	22	42	29	356.15	28	7.11	66	69	Serviced sites, single-family subsidy housing or self-build options for households now in hostel-related shacks or unimproved hostel accommodation wanting to remain in locality.
21.Urban rental and flats (0-20- km)	Up-market private rentals as blocks of flats, concentrated in metro central zone and inner periphery. Medium- to long-term population, incl. single women with higher incomes needing family housing.	4.17	4.15	43	42	36	560.46	43	10.23	5749	6353	Gap-market and affordable housing to allow professionals with families to move up to permanent titled housing when ready. Access to bank finance or government credit to promote elite-quality self-build housing.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	4.17	7.36	39	38	37	553.09	39	17.41	1970	2237	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

2.Eastern Cape

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	5.36	3.49	60	52	22	250.14	115	3.20	90743	98903	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
02.New traditional	Resembles 01, settlement age less than 12 years. Distribution is similar to 01 but closer to core zone in middle cities.	5.34	4.13	60	51	19	252.03	114	5.56	2561	2731	Resembles 01, younger families & household preference for fully serviced localities on municipal or informal land.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	4.68	3.90	56	47	26	610.59	92	11.19	1152	1323	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	5.03	2.39	57	51	24	355.15	94	5.75	25930	27944	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	4.48	4.26	50	47	32	802.45	52	9.37	35594	39872	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	3.62	10.52	48	42	33	1169.26	54	24.49	918	1094	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	3.57	2.53	45	43	44	342.21	56	5.20	1839	1900	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	4.29	7.30	48	42	43	233.08	57	13.13	11630	12580	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	3.98	6.45	46	40	49	253.75	43	9.98	4774	5119	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	4.16	8.41	46	41	46	253.71	52	6.10	13733	15355	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	4.25	9.04	47	43	41	395.98	59	10.42	3669	4146	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	4.10	26.28	47	44	44	261.13	76	5.40	1162	1321	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	4.46	5.52	41	45	29	724.58	52	15.17	15718	17304	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
14.PHP subsidy housing	Government-supported serviced owner-built permanent housing, usually through subsidized contractor building services. Often outer periphery but in small towns concentrate in core. Owners often older women with strong transport priority.	4.94	2.65	35	44	20	775.32	57	15.99	4806	4953	PHP delivers good quality residential housing in outer communities with subsidy assist. To expand coverage needs serviced building sites in safe inner urban and rural areas with accessible transport.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	3.88	10.23	49	44	35	319.88	63	8.99	5714	6457	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	2.91	2.15	52	42	37	1169.63	50	6.89	254	292	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
17.Upgraded hostels	Older workers hostels upgraded into family accommodation, as rental units, public or private ownership.	4.29	3.39	23	43	37	272.38	25	4.78	117	122	Serviced sites, single-family subsidy housing or self-build options for households now in hostel-related shacks or unimproved hostel accommodation wanting to remain in locality.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.49	3.17	43	45	27	586.95	55	31.87	352	381	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.00	5.60	48	47	18	512.23	83	9.99	14288	15473	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.84	6.07	46	49	14	518.40	87	10.16	1686	1874	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
21.Urban rental and flats (0-20- km)	Up-market private rentals as blocks of flats, concentrated in metro central zone and inner periphery. Medium- to long-term population, incl. single women with higher incomes needing family housing.	4.04	4.51	48	44	37	752.48	45	9.34	7664	8566	Gap-market and affordable housing to allow professionals with families to move up to permanent titled housing when ready. Access to bank finance or government credit to promote elite-quality self-build housing.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	4.37	4.28	58	45	16	696.74	107	11.65	4184	4646	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	4.36	7.20	51	44	33	668.42	60	15.60	6824	7795	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

3.Northern Cape

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	5.10	3.55	59	49	18	163.09	100	7.07	1296	1429	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
02.New traditional	Resembles 01, settlement age less than 12 years. Distribution is similar to 01 but closer to core zone in middle cities.	5.63	6.26	66	48	4	133.61	107	4.99	91	98	Resembles 01, younger families & household preference for fully serviced localities on municipal or informal land.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	5.58	4.67	54	48	9	188.17	98	8.51	146	168	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	5.30	2.33	58	47	19	240.62	87	8.00	2626	2872	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	4.47	4.31	45	48	31	691.85	60	7.17	7916	8779	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	6.93	9.01	7	43	0	607.06	55	56.62	11	13	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	3.51	2.64	43	40	39	539.35	67	36.59	243	252	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	3.97	7.17	42	43	35	279.44	63	15.87	1178	1340	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	3.82	6.22	41	37	41	388.83	54	34.89	174	201	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	4.22	8.22	50	44	33	172.55	71	45.24	207	237	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	3.70	7.90	30	43	23	384.03	81	19.84	138	159	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	3.75	27.73	42	44	12	266.86	111	28.20	68	79	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	4.58	5.40	36	43	20	738.86	59	21.18	1076	1204	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
14.PHP subsidy housing	Government-supported serviced owner-built permanent housing, usually through subsidized contractor building services. Often outer periphery but in small towns concentrate in core. Owners often older women with strong transport priority.	5.16	2.31	31	41	6	523.33	49	24.40	2122	2177	PHP delivers good quality residential housing in outer communities with subsidy assist. To expand coverage needs serviced building sites in safe inner urban and rural areas with accessible transport.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	3.60	10.00	44	42	29	472.16	67	22.55	909	1049	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	4.02	2.02	12	42	22	1631.16	40	15.26	34	40	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	3.75	3.47	15	41	7	1763.55	56	27.97	85	94	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.57	4.75	26	43	11	677.63	50	27.74	1157	1246	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.45	6.04	19	44	6	806.88	57	30.11	728	809	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	4.23	2.45	38	37	7	852.04	74	29.40	521	560	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	3.85	8.47	39	44	33	599.26	59	18.78	460	542	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

4.Free State

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	4.59	3.60	52	48	38	175.82	71	3.84	1451	1723	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	10.77	4.33	42	40	33	53.21	60	44.19	758	808	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	4.76	2.49	53	47	34	305.80	68	4.22	2622	3068	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	3.93	4.21	46	47	30	699.88	55	6.96	40446	45070	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	3.70	9.61	44	42	33	568.73	57	29.00	591	699	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	3.47	2.62	42	41	38	332.98	58	12.83	4633	4776	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	7.34	7.26	47	42	34	148.04	62	17.82	21103	22454	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	7.64	6.80	43	39	42	107.50	47	27.00	9225	9580	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	6.99	8.59	37	37	38	161.32	42	13.93	6676	7158	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	6.19	8.97	24	39	24	100.54	73	38.90	530	574	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	8.04	25.14	42	38	36	148.75	54	7.43	1276	1356	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	5.38	5.39	30	43	22	612.33	57	16.88	25785	27810	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
14.PHP subsidy housing	Government-supported serviced owner-built permanent housing, usually through subsidized contractor building services. Often outer periphery but in small towns concentrate in core. Owners often older women with strong transport priority.	5.15	3.05	27	43	20	494.80	54	9.86	1899	1949	PHP delivers good quality residential housing in outer communities with subsidy assist. To expand coverage needs serviced building sites in safe inner urban and rural areas with accessible transport.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	4.35	10.00	44	42	34	279.20	66	16.10	9883	11240	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	3.12	1.49	34	44	33	791.38	39	13.20	2142	2471	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.56	3.37	21	44	13	773.38	58	13.77	1195	1254	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	6.49	6.33	20	44	13	446.06	61	14.68	19081	19924	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.36	6.87	10	39	11	705.20	55	12.43	175	186	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
21.Urban rental and flats (0-20- km)	Up-market private rentals as blocks of flats, concentrated in metro central zone and inner periphery. Medium- to long-term population, incl. single women with higher incomes needing family housing.	3.86	4.56	41	39	24	776.58	62	20.23	2884	3214	Gap-market and affordable housing to allow professionals with families to move up to permanent titled housing when ready. Access to bank finance or government credit to promote elite-quality self-build housing.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	6.66	3.77	20	42	17	779.36	59	17.78	938	978	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	3.45	7.08	41	42	29	724.67	56	14.87	3289	3842	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

5.KwaZulu-Natal

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	6.46	3.49	59	50	28	182.76	103	2.37	156950	165722	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
02.New traditional	Resembles 01, settlement age less than 12 years. Distribution is similar to 01 but closer to core zone in middle cities.	6.48	3.67	57	50	27	212.10	101	2.99	2992	3109	Resembles 01, younger families & household preference for fully serviced localities on municipal or informal land.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	6.23	4.24	52	48	35	348.39	81	8.85	2185	2393	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	6.40	2.37	55	49	30	280.08	88	4.96	63530	66378	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	5.47	4.21	47	45	33	632.28	50	8.42	82749	87865	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	4.59	9.76	49	39	34	582.27	52	19.69	2142	2440	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	4.76	2.55	47	42	46	304.46	54	7.93	3676	3732	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	4.64	7.19	45	40	42	264.88	60	21.66	5936	6353	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	4.13	6.53	41	36	48	227.77	43	17.01	4718	5018	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	5.02	8.47	45	41	43	261.23	59	5.79	25969	28667	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	5.13	9.15	45	42	41	227.00	70	6.93	6950	7741	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	5.23	26.12	44	42	41	242.05	66	6.92	2540	2760	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	5.58	5.16	42	43	29	438.97	57	11.21	39029	42429	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
14.PHP subsidy housing	Government-supported serviced owner-built permanent housing, usually through subsidized contractor building services. Often outer periphery but in small towns concentrate in core. Owners often older women with strong transport priority.	5.21	2.60	49	42	37	460.36	64	3.92	1333	1380	PHP delivers good quality residential housing in outer communities with subsidy assist. To expand coverage needs serviced building sites in safe inner urban and rural areas with accessible transport.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	4.84	10.10	46	42	40	248.63	69	11.19	13126	14365	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	3.27	1.02	24	37	47	386.16	33	12.51	1868	2104	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.78	3.00	50	43	17	443.21	79	8.28	1961	2084	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	6.37	6.00	47	46	24	407.15	81	13.00	48216	51322	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	9.71	6.61	51	50	36	144.28	103	4.98	1465	1579	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
21.Urban rental and flats (0-20- km)	Up-market private rentals as blocks of flats, concentrated in metro central zone and inner periphery. Medium- to long-term population, incl. single women with higher incomes needing family housing.	3.58	4.62	40	38	38	613.17	46	13.40	29625	32074	Gap-market and affordable housing to allow professionals with families to move up to permanent titled housing when ready. Access to bank finance or government credit to promote elite-quality self-build housing.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	6.02	4.45	55	47	24	400.33	101	7.52	10277	10979	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	5.22	7.20	44	43	38	416.37	55	8.12	36424	40459	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

6.North West

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	4.88	3.49	51	50	28	266.01	84	5.29	3907	4254	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
02.New traditional	Resembles 01, settlement age less than 12 years. Distribution is similar to 01 but closer to core zone in middle cities.	4.47	6.38	49	56	27	252.19	78	4.99	24	26	Resembles 01, younger families & household preference for fully serviced localities on municipal or informal land.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	4.71	4.37	47	48	32	332.84	73	13.41	688	788	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	4.98	2.37	50	51	29	357.36	75	5.20	37337	40465	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	4.58	4.23	42	45	27	837.21	53	13.84	21996	24235	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	3.58	9.94	49	37	40	961.67	40	53.00	232	276	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	4.25	2.53	40	41	35	402.68	57	18.59	3108	3211	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	4.15	7.11	38	40	36	283.45	57	23.46	3736	4184	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	3.95	6.72	39	39	36	437.27	49	27.38	934	1034	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	4.43	8.35	39	42	31	348.30	63	19.32	8673	10061	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	4.33	9.24	47	43	31	242.58	79	12.23	1937	2288	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	4.32	24.03	47	45	21	221.78	93	13.16	852	978	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	5.24	5.36	27	42	15	619.96	56	15.58	20291	22466	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	3.77	10.46	39	41	30	451.85	62	19.02	9294	10662	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	3.29	0.74	27	41	24	776.70	28	12.42	480	549	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	2.52	4.70	28	40	11	2181.85	26	51.49	23	26	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.43	6.31	27	43	13	622.22	60	16.12	8329	8974	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.83	7.74	27	46	11	496.83	72	14.38	958	1084	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	4.15	3.70	42	42	12	1032.06	75	20.39	1519	1658	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	3.53	7.29	37	40	20	1066.18	56	29.52	1383	1603	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

7.Gauteng

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	4.93	3.02	39	51	31	295.70	66	3.12	65	72	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	4.50	2.06	32	46	46	344.45	36	13.64	13	14	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	4.96	2.45	38	49	34	395.82	41	4.42	1092	1155	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	5.00	4.21	40	46	33	859.91	41	7.35	123211	135279	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	4.12	9.63	40	38	36	652.51	47	27.72	9171	10889	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	3.97	2.59	37	39	41	416.60	49	13.58	19694	20217	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	3.15	7.06	28	37	39	551.84	30	24.83	6182	6684	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	3.25	6.63	39	37	42	393.05	32	19.33	7014	7523	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	3.47	8.43	35	38	42	419.43	36	14.20	29394	33067	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	3.61	9.05	31	37	42	454.28	39	16.06	49192	55775	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	3.99	25.13	37	39	38	435.87	54	24.72	8021	9085	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	4.32	5.16	40	41	35	566.61	50	32.33	13893	15609	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	3.38	10.12	37	38	38	510.44	48	15.43	32489	36564	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	2.34	1.00	29	37	42	601.47	35	17.61	5163	5781	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
17.Upgraded hostels	Older workers hostels upgraded into family accommodation, as rental units, public or private ownership.	3.85	3.42	25	43	35	808.39	28	7.64	594	629	Serviced sites, single-family subsidy housing or self-build options for households now in hostel-related shacks or unimproved hostel accommodation wanting to remain in locality.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.25	3.14	24	45	10	1070.30	46	20.62	7900	8209	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.04	6.03	24	43	12	1071.81	41	18.76	23597	24565	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
21.Urban rental and flats (0-20- km)	Up-market private rentals as blocks of flats, concentrated in metro central zone and inner periphery. Medium- to long-term population, incl. single women with higher incomes needing family housing.	3.42	4.44	38	38	31	1183.23	37	15.61	82851	91181	Gap-market and affordable housing to allow professionals with families to move up to permanent titled housing when ready. Access to bank finance or government credit to promote elite-quality self-build housing.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	5.95	-6.44	87	43	7	169.55	59	18.53	19	20	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	3.94	7.29	36	41	32	928.00	45	13.74	42340	48437	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

8.Mpumalanga

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	5.10	3.43	54	47	25	252.83	99	5.05	6848	7599	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
02.New traditional	Resembles 01, settlement age less than 12 years. Distribution is similar to 01 but closer to core zone in middle cities.	5.33	4.02	52	46	28	243.15	92	7.62	285	306	Resembles 01, younger families & household preference for fully serviced localities on municipal or informal land.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	4.89	4.26	56	43	28	307.26	86	14.14	2270	2660	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	5.26	2.37	53	46	26	337.78	83	5.03	32488	35796	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	4.24	4.05	42	45	27	904.95	58	9.96	32474	35368	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	3.34	9.52	40	41	43	655.49	65	18.51	967	1115	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	3.63	2.61	40	40	37	379.86	65	24.54	2558	2619	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	3.91	7.18	41	40	32	392.29	56	11.01	4627	5169	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	3.88	6.66	34	39	38	362.29	51	17.43	1725	1941	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	4.15	8.45	39	39	34	332.41	63	22.26	9177	10287	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	4.55	9.39	51	42	26	270.15	89	9.97	655	770	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	4.57	27.32	53	40	29	283.42	90	18.06	581	668	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	5.18	5.37	34	42	19	544.66	63	12.41	68120	72874	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
14.PHP subsidy housing	Government-supported serviced owner-built permanent housing, usually through subsidized contractor building services. Often outer periphery but in small towns concentrate in core. Owners often older women with strong transport priority.	4.06	2.18	37	42	14	1027.78	58	17.30	513	530	PHP delivers good quality residential housing in outer communities with subsidy assist. To expand coverage needs serviced building sites in safe inner urban and rural areas with accessible transport.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	3.85	10.25	42	41	31	374.61	69	16.34	7232	8097	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	3.85	1.49	24	41	23	1029.10	46	11.79	1616	1765	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
17.Upgraded hostels	Older workers hostels upgraded into family accommodation, as rental units, public or private ownership.	3.57	3.22	38	42	28	566.58	63	3.74	74	77	Serviced sites, single-family subsidy housing or self-build options for households now in hostel-related shacks or unimproved hostel accommodation wanting to remain in locality.
18.Inner village (0-8- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Small areas of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural inner periphery zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	3.46	2.41	37	38	34	633.83	55	64.27	145	167	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	5.76	6.71	35	45	18	612.57	69	7.76	6400	6724	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	8.30	7.37	42	49	16	485.23	82	6.69	1849	1952	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	4.72	4.07	49	44	19	798.23	84	12.04	1728	1868	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	3.68	7.26	38	41	27	812.11	62	16.88	4030	4652	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.

Provincial delivery demand guide chart

9.Limpopo

Settlement typology	Description of the settlement type	Average household size	Expected annual rise in household size (%)	Proportion female household heads (%)	Average age of household heads (years)	Proportion adults out of work (%)	Per capita household income (R/month)	Dependency ratio (% of population aged <15 or 65+ yrs)	Household head in-migration rate (1996-2001) (%)	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Lower estimate	No. of housing units needed by 2015: Upper estimate	Types of appropriate housing options + linked needs
01.Old traditional	Older style rural-type housing with more than 60% earth-built or cement-combination structures + iron, asbestos or thatch roofs. Age of settlement 12+ yrs. Concentrations in metro & middle cities outer periphery and in smaller towns closer zones, most in rural periphery out to 40+ kilometers.	5.26	3.53	60	47	27	217.50	97	3.74	29198	32416	Serviced sites or single-family owned units at moderate density on municipal or informal land. Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, material and institutional support. Some rental options.
02.New traditional	Resembles 01, settlement age less than 12 years. Distribution is similar to 01 but closer to core zone in middle cities.	5.04	3.76	57	45	29	210.03	95	7.72	695	756	Resembles 01, younger families & household preference for fully serviced localities on municipal or informal land.
03.Self-development	Self-established greenfields informal areas thinly scattered in middle cities outer core zone and inner periphery, and in 0-20 km zone around smaller towns, extending out into rural former homelands. Younger families constructing mainly decent-quality permanent self-build housing.	5.39	4.00	55	46	27	345.50	88	5.90	2277	2659	To increase self-delivery needs release of serviced land and financial/ materials/ institutional support for owner-built housing provision. Site & service in outer core zone and inner-periphery suburban type of localities.
04.Self-upgrade	Existing areas of traditional self-build housing with half or more self-upgraded to higher-quality units, durable materials. Older families often with women heads, holding permanent residential priorities. Mainly on informal land in old homelands, with some inside 0-20 km zones of middle cities and smaller towns.	5.32	2.42	59	47	23	329.46	92	5.27	77197	84670	To increase development of quality self-build housing, needs service delivery plus access to construction materials and bank finance or government-backed household-level construction credit. Bkyds and site/service for expansion.
05.Old townships	Formal urban or rural townships family housing on serviced individual plots, government delivery, age of settlement 12+ years. Metro periphery 8-30 km, middle cities 0-20 km, smaller towns 0-8 km. Older households holding mainly residential priorities with assumption of urban access.	4.21	4.25	47	43	23	1227.91	60	18.30	14632	15973	Single-family owned units with full services, high density, in urban core zones and inner peripheral locations given land availability. Plot sizes to allow backyard development 1-2 units. Option of rental blocks and high-turnover rental options.
06.New townships	Formal urban or rural townships of family houses on serviced individual plots, government, RDP or owner-built, age of settlement less than 12 years. Younger growing households developing residential priorities. Concentrated in metro inner and middle periphery, + middle cities and small towns core zones.	3.54	10.06	49	37	28	1095.84	67	43.65	1022	1191	Housing extension areas, densification options, shorter-term rentals in outer core zone. Provision of serviced sites allowing backyard densification at 1+ units. Option of rental blocks. Priority to metro inner periphery or smaller centres core zone localities given land availability.
07.Mixed formal & informal	Areas with informal self-build mixed with formal-type houses, concentrating in metro outer periphery and in smaller centres central core zones. Occupants hold mainly residential but sometimes shorter-term access priorities.	3.58	2.53	44	37	29	906.17	69	39.65	345	353	Densification options with plot sizes allowing for backyard rentals. Options for shorter-term rentals in outer core zone, depending on determining nature of demand. Availability of serviced sites for in-migration important.
08.Informal shacks, inner CBD (0-4- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access short-term shelter in central metro rental zones, or for longer-term residential housing in centres core zones.	6.40	7.39	39	38	32	320.70	56	38.22	8550	8959	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelopment. Shack areas upgrading to permanent is feasible in smaller centres core zones where population turnover and through-cycling are lower, but doubtfully advisable in metro core zones dominated by rentals.
09.Informal shacks, outer CBD (4-8- km)	Shack structures, old buildings & other types of found housing, used as short or medium-term informal temporary shelter in strategic central city zone to access economic opportunities. Household priority may be for high access or long-term residential.	10.03	5.76	27	41	35	81.84	71	3.79	454	469	Public rental RDP-type units with bulk servicing capacity and plot size promoting backyard or cottage-type ultra-low-priced informal rental development, crowding in around formal units. Or equivalent bldg redevelpment. Shacks upgrading in metro core zones doubtfully advisable.
10.Informal shacks, inner periphery (8-20- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and shack areas upgrading possible.	4.74	8.21	44	39	24	268.79	63	28.31	7609	8257	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks, bldg redevelpment, informal rental options, shacks area upgrading or self-upgrade with with support, avoiding displacemt.
11.Informal shacks, outer periphery (20-30- km)	Shack areas + township informal infill settlement, used as short-term or longer-term economic access and/or residential. Less temporary occupn, permanency as priority, and upgrading possible.	5.12	9.54	53	41	23	263.20	85	13.03	2323	2565	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, or low-priced rental options. Site & service, formal rental blocks or informal rental, or support to self-upgrading all possible, with care to avoid displacemt.
12.Informal shacks, rural (30+ km)	Informal settlement or free-standing area of shack housing, in periphery of metro city or in outlying rural or former homeland area. Semi-permanent densification with household residential priority for urban access.	4.44	24.70	50	40	17	252.72	76	23.43	2091	2274	Permanent single-family units in serviced upgrading or greenfields areas, low-priced rental options or site & service. Option of self-upgrade with building materials and credit support.
13.RDP subsidy housing	Subsidy housing allocated to poor citizens or communities, concentrated in metro outer periphery zone but middle cities inner periphery also core zones of smaller centres, extending into old homeland mid-distance. Frequently younger individuals or families not necessarily ready for permanent housing.	4.37	5.18	37	40	9	654.94	51	22.76	45511	48203	Promotion of infill rental units, as support to rental-oriented densification to allow more housing turnover and flexibility, for shorter-term accommodation options. Space for self-build and also options for expansion and improvement of houses. Priority to informal provision to increase low-cost inner rental stock.
15.Backyard shacks/ structures	Formal or informal backyard structures on plots of township or other mainly formal housing. Backyards are widely distributed, with most inner periphery and some in core zones. Backyards renting population younger and poorer than township housing.	4.36	10.08	49	40	23	347.24	74	20.05	6951	7667	Support to self-build provision to increase total numbers of backyard rental units, along with attention to increasing supply of serviced sites and subsidy housing in both inner and outlying zones, so as to allow backyard population to move up housing ladder when ready.
16.Old hostels	Older-type workers hostel as individual rooms or shared space in large blocks of housing, either public or privately owned. Some no longer serviced, informally occupied, planned for upgrading with fears of displacement.	2.81	0.76	15	43	3	2117.18	40	18.30	320	356	Attention to providing options for informal housing sometimes associated with old hostels. Consideration to formal and informal single and family owning options, space for self-build. Resolution of servicing challenge and rental pricing policy issues.
17.Upgraded hostels	Older workers hostels upgraded into family accommodation, as rental units, public or private ownership.	2.81	3.76	35	38	28	814.98	69	21.83	37	39	Serviced sites, single-family subsidy housing or self-build options for households now in hostel-related shacks or unimproved hostel accommodation wanting to remain in locality.
19.Midzone village (8-30- km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Settlements of relatively well-off population on informal land in metro and middle cities mobilized inner rural zone and in rural middle distance zone, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.59	5.30	51	44	18	585.54	77	18.73	9578	10241	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
20.Outer village (30+ km)	Contemporary lower-quality non-traditional rural housing mainly as square houses with asbestos, zinc or iron roofs. Less well-off conservative population on informal land, with permanent urban access as household priority.	4.35	6.07	32	41	5	555.24	50	28.65	10163	10712	Emphasis on enabling informal self-build decent-quality housing provision, with financial, materials and institutional support. Also serviced sites or single-family owned units at medium-high comparative density on informal or municipal land, in addition to rental options using self-build.
22.Outer rental and flats (20+ km)	Small amounts of formal rental housing located on outer peripheries, often with lower-professional medium-term tenants.	4.44	4.83	51	42	14	957.82	84	15.51	6401	6875	Requiring quantity of lower-priced formal or decent informal housing readily available on the open market, needing measures to loosen up formal housing supply in rural sector.
23.Mixed urban rental	Middle- and lower-market mainly informal urban rental, concentrated in metro and smaller towns inner core zone but in middle cities periphery 8-30 km zone, with second significant pool located beyond 40 km zone.	3.36	7.21	46	39	18	1051.97	60	36.12	2586	2915	Subsidy housing, site and service and bonded housing as options for rental population to move up to permanent housing after reaching stage of family household formation. Bank finance or government credit for self-build.