Stats SA: Gauteng contributes 6,5% to the increase in building statistics

Statistics South Africa conducted a monthly survey of building statistics, including the data from metropolitan municipalities, large local municipalities on building plans passed, and other buildings completed by the private sector.

Building Statistics: A 19,2% increase was experienced in the sector

The survey monitors the state of the economy, and the results play a pivotal role in the estimation of the gross domestic product. The value of buildings completed by municipalities, in the monthly and annual survey prove a 19,2% increase, from R69 974,2 million in 2016 to R83 385,2 million in 2017.

Non-residential buildings also experienced a bountiful increase of 44,6% which amounts to R 7 724,6 million. While residential buildings experienced an increase of 11,3% which subsequently amounts to R4 554,3 million.

The total value of buildings completed increased by 0,2% since 2016, making a firm stand at 88% in 2017.

Building Statistics: The largest provincial contributors:

The Gauteng province is leading the pack, in the contributors of the 19,2% increase experienced by the sector. Gauteng contributed 6,5% which amounts to R 4 566,1 million.

Tagging behind is the province of KwaZulu-Natal which contributed 6,4%, amounting to R4 467,4 million. The Western Cape contributed 5% to the sector which amounts to R3 480 million.

In 2017, Gauteng experienced an increase in the three major categories and contributed:

• R2 785,3 million to non-residential buildings.
• R1 685 million to residential buildings.
• R95,9 million to the category of additions and alterations.

KwaZulu-Natal, on the other hand, contributed to a large increase experienced in non-residential buildings, which contributed R3 132,4 million to the sector. The Western Cape lagged and contributed R1 428,6 million to the sector, also in the non-residential buildings category.

Building Statistics: The cities that contributed to the sector’s increase:

In Gauteng, the buildings that were reported to be completed were dominated by the City of Tshwane, which contributed 48,6 % and subsequently translates to an R14 886,3 million contribution, in the total sum of R30 636,3 million brought in by the province.

Furthermore, the City of Tshwane stood firm as a contributor in all three major building categories reported as completed in Gauteng:

• Contributing 55,8% or R10 372,7 million to residential buildings category.
• Contributing 37,5% or R3 514,7 million to non-residential buildings category.
• Contributing 37,2% or R998,8 million to the additions and alterations category.

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality was reported as a significant contributor, in all three major building categories reported as completed in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Contributing 83,0% or R1 793,3 million to the additions and alterations category.
• Contributing 68,0% or R4 889,9 million to the non-residential buildings category.
• Contributing 55,8% or R3 117,4 million to the residential buildings category.