3.11 Telephone facilities by population group of head of household*

 

African/ Black

Coloured

Indian/ Asian

White

Unspecified
/Other

Total

Telephone in dwelling/ cellular phone

740,783

321,849

187,433

1,312,267

28,917

2,591,249

Telephone at a neighbour nearby

342,015

109,544

21,792

18,851

3,460

495,662

A public telephone nearby

2,916,226

194,306

24,753

96,622

13,526

3,245,433

At another location nearby eg. work

390,616

57,987

4,398

31,434

2,303

486,736

At another location not nearby

511,573

12,128

1,194

3,142

1,748

529,785

No access to a telephone

1,592,049

42,220

3,269

12,211

5,993

1,655,743

Not stated

40,736

3,171

801

7,965

2,290

54,963

Total

6,533,998

741,206

243,639

1,482,492

58,237

9,059,571

* Excluding institutions and hostels

Percentage of households which have a telephone in the dwelling or a cellular telephone, by province and in South Africa overall – October 1996*
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