Census In Brief

2.36 Individual monthly income amongst the employed by province, aged 15 - 65 years*

Eastern
Cape

Free
State

Gauteng

Kwazulu-
Natal

Mpuma-
langa

Northern
Cape

Northern
Province

North
West

Western
Cape

South
Africa

None

12,562

6,815

22,829

20,655

7,087

1,926

10,510

9,590

11,381

103,354

R1 - R200

88,748

120,459

94,438

123,918

68,958

29,101

87,462

74,930

43,714

731,729

R201 - R500

139,093

133,285

261,406

272,529

132,732

57,388

132,078

131,750

185,180

1,445,441

R501 - R1 000

139,298

131,152

446,066

278,924

119,333

33,810

88,115

144,153

256,474

1,637,326

R1 001 - R1 500

117,556

114,104

475,290

253,291

85,769

26,398

76,169

137,136

251,312

1,537,026

R1 501 - R2 500

99,558

67,548

374,680

209,122

61,914

21,957

61,145

92,223

202,360

1,190,508

R2 501 - R3 500

61,422

40,004

228,649

123,130

36,385

13,434

43,114

47,934

116,941

711,013

R3 501 - R4 500

39,537

26,700

159,607

78,626

23,783

9,384

24,793

27,929

77,800

468,158

R4 501 - R6 000

30,734

22,324

144,152

67,816

20,479

8,130

16,944

19,710

68,377

398,666

R6 001 - R8 000

15,486

11,408

89,132

37,123

11,391

4,190

7,181

9,765

38,435

224,111

R8 001 - R11 000

9,595

7,188

66,008

24,368

7,017

2,358

4,168

5,692

26,628

153,021

R11 001 - R16 000

5,077

3,474

43,590

13,171

3,639

1,239

2,096

2,909

15,832

91,026

R16 001 - R30 000

2,728

1,771

27,274

7,238

1,796

764

1,079

1,574

9,488

53,712

R30 001 or more

1,264

903

9,773

2,751

830

417

595

738

3,950

21,221

Unspecified

24,159

14,039

121,348

57,912

24,812

5,028

14,679

19,254

66,301

347,533

Total

786,818

701,175

2,564,243

1,570,573

605,925

215,523

570,129

725,287

1,374,174

9,113,847

* Excluding institutions

Monthly income of the employed (rands) – October 1996*

• Summing up the first three columns on the left shows that 26% of the employed earn R500 or less per month, and summing up the first five columns shows that 62% of the employed earn less than R1 501 a month. However, only 11% earn more than R4 500 per month (the last six columns).

Percentage of employed people earning R500 per month or less by province – October 1996*

• Forty-two percent of employed people in Northern Cape earn R500 a month or less, compared with 16% in Gauteng.

Percentage of employed people earning more than R4 500 per month by province – October 1996*

• Sixteen percent of employed people in Gauteng earn more than R4 500 a month, compared with only 6% in North West and Northern Province.

	Eastern Cape	Free State	Gauteng	Kwazulu- Natal	Mpuma- langa	Northern Cape	Northern Province	North West	Western Cape	South Africa
None	12,562	6,815	22,829	20,655	7,087	1,926	10,510	9,590	11,381	103,354
R1 - R200	88,748	120,459	94,438	123,918	68,958	29,101	87,462	74,930	43,714	731,729
R201 - R500	139,093	133,285	261,406	272,529	132,732	57,388	132,078	131,750	185,180	1,445,441
R501 - R1 000	139,298	131,152	446,066	278,924	119,333	33,810	88,115	144,153	256,474	1,637,326
R1 001 - R1 500	117,556	114,104	475,290	253,291	85,769	26,398	76,169	137,136	251,312	1,537,026
R1 501 - R2 500	99,558	67,548	374,680	209,122	61,914	21,957	61,145	92,223	202,360	1,190,508
R2 501 - R3 500	61,422	40,004	228,649	123,130	36,385	13,434	43,114	47,934	116,941	711,013
R3 501 - R4 500	39,537	26,700	159,607	78,626	23,783	9,384	24,793	27,929	77,800	468,158
R4 501 - R6 000	30,734	22,324	144,152	67,816	20,479	8,130	16,944	19,710	68,377	398,666
R6 001 - R8 000	15,486	11,408	89,132	37,123	11,391	4,190	7,181	9,765	38,435	224,111
R8 001 - R11 000	9,595	7,188	66,008	24,368	7,017	2,358	4,168	5,692	26,628	153,021
R11 001 - R16 000	5,077	3,474	43,590	13,171	3,639	1,239	2,096	2,909	15,832	91,026
R16 001 - R30 000	2,728	1,771	27,274	7,238	1,796	764	1,079	1,574	9,488	53,712
R30 001 or more	1,264	903	9,773	2,751	830	417	595	738	3,950	21,221
Unspecified	24,159	14,039	121,348	57,912	24,812	5,028	14,679	19,254	66,301	347,533
Total	786,818	701,175	2,564,243	1,570,573	605,925	215,523	570,129	725,287	1,374,174	9,113,847