Description. This map shows the average household size in South Africa in 2021, in a multiscale map (Country, Province, District, Municipality, Main Place, Sub Place, and Small Area). Nationally, the average household size is 3.4 people per household.
Average Family Size In South Africa
How many children does the average South African family have?
In Africa women have 4.5 children on average, while in Asia the figure is 2.1 children, in Latin America 2.0, in North America 1.9 and in Europe 1.6. On average across the world women had 2.5 children in 2017. The high fertility rate is driving rapid population growth in Africa.
What is the average size of a family in Africa?
In 2019, the average household size in Sub-Saharan Africa was 6.9 people per household, which was the largest average household size worldwide.
What is the typical family structure in South Africa?
In South Africa, most households consist of parents, or a parent, and their children. Sometimes grandparents, aunts, uncles or cousins live in the same house, and even extended relatives may come to stay if the financial situation requires it.
What are the family types in South Africa?
The above shows that 62% of children in South Africa live in an extended family situation, while only a quarter forms part of a nuclear family. In fact, children in Africa are most likely to live apart from both parents.
Is South Africa family oriented?
In terms of overall self-rated family assessments, South African society remained distinctly family oriented and people tended to voice satisfaction with their family lives: An estimated 95% reported that family was an important part of their lives.
What percentage of children live with mothers only in South Africa?
Forty-one percent of all children (8.1 million children) live with their mothers but not with their fathers. Only 3% of children live in households where their fathers are present and their mothers absent.