National and Regional Economically Active Population Profile QLFS Q3:2021

December 30, 2021
Written by Gary Watkins
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National Economically Active Population Profile QLFS Q3:2021

National EAP by population group/race and gender (15-64yrs)

National and Regional EAP Q3:2021

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
South Africa	43.6%	5.0%	1.7%	4.8%	35.9%	4.1%	0.9%	3.9%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Western cape	20.5%	23.9%	1.1%	10.3%	15.9%	19.3%	0.4%	8.6%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	42.6%	6.3%	1.2%	2.6%	39.2%	5.4%	0.2%	2.4%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Northern Cape	28.8%	23.8%	0.3%	2.9%	22.3%	18.2%	0.0%	3.7%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Free State	48.6%	2.1%	0.4%	4.5%	40.4%	1.2%	0.0%	2.9%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
KwaZulu-Natal	46.2%	0.6%	6.0%	1.5%	40.5%	0.5%	3.6%	1.1%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
North West	56.0%	0.0%	0.2%	3.9%	35.9%	0.4%	0.0%	3.5%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Gauteng	46.6%	1.4%	1.3%	6.1%	37.5%	1.1%	0.7%	5.2%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Mpumalanga	49.6%	0.3%	0.2%	4.4%	42.8%	0.3%	0.0%	2.4%	100.0%

	AM	CM	IM	WM	AF	CF	IF	WF	TOTAL
Limpopo	52.8%	0.0%	1.5%	1.3%	44.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	100.0%

Graphic Representation of National and Regional EAP Q3:2021

Original Data Source - StatsSA 30 November 2021 (in thousands)

Population group	Male					Female					Total
	Total	NEA	Economically active			Total	NEA	Economically active			Total	NEA	Economically active
	Total	NEA	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Total	NEA	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Total	NEA	Total	Employed	Unemployed

South Africa
Black African	16,017	6,454	9,563	6,093	3,470	16,282	8,411	7,871	4,606	3,266	32,299	14,865	17,434	10,699	6,735
Coloured	1,706	600	1,106	759	347	1,837	947	891	632	259	3,543	1,547	1,997	1,391	606
Indian/ Asian	539	155	383	305	78	492	305	187	140	47	1,031	460	571	445	125
White	1,436	373	1,063	972	91	1,436	575	860	775	86	2,872	948	1,924	1,747	177
Total	19,698	7,582	12,116	8,130	3,986	20,047	10,237	9,810	6,152	3,657	39,745	17,820	21,925	14,282	7,643

Western Cape
Black African	852	233	619	437	181	824	344	480	307	173	1,676	578	1,098	744	354
Coloured	1,085	363	722	505	217	1,156	572	584	428	155	2,241	935	1,306	933	372
Indian/ Asian	54	21	32	23	9	23	12	12	7	5	77	33	44	31	14
White	415	104	310	283	28	430	169	261	234	26	845	274	571	517	54
Total	2,405	721	1,684	1,248	436	2,433	1,098	1,336	977	359	4,839	1,819	3,019	2,225	794

Eastern Cape
Black African	1,796	809	987	495	492	1,932	1,025	907	428	479	3,728	1,834	1,894	924	970
Coloured	221	75	146	93	53	229	105	124	65	60	450	180	270	157	113
Indian/ Asian	29	0	29	25	4	15	9	6	2	3	43	9	34	27	7
White	91	31	60	54	6	83	28	56	54	2	174	59	115	108	7
Total	2,136	915	1,221	667	555	2,260	1,167	1,093	550	544	4,396	2,081	2,314	1,216	1,098

Northern Cape
Black African	193	88	105	70	35	218	137	82	52	29	412	225	187	122	65
Coloured	170	83	87	72	15	197	130	67	55	12	367	213	154	127	26
Indian/ Asian	1	0	1	1			0	0			1	0	1	1
White	16	6	10	10		23	9	14	14		39	15	24	24
Total	381	177	204	154	50	438	276	162	121	41	819	453	366	275	91

Free State
Black African	862	297	565	364	202	870	400	470	255	215	1,732	696	1,036	619	417
Coloured	26	2	24	10	15	26	13	13	11	3	53	15	38	20	18
Indian/ Asian	6	2	4	3	1	5	5	0			11	7	4	3	1
White	70	18	52	50	2	56	22	33	28	5	126	40	85	78	8
Total	965	319	646	426	220	957	440	517	294	223	1,922	758	1,163	720	443

KwaZulu-Natal
Black African	3,106	1,618	1,488	1,046	442	3,406	2,100	1,306	885	421	6,512	3,718	2,794	1,931	863
Coloured	35	16	19	17	2	55	39	16	14	2	90	55	35	31	4
Indian/ Asian	292	97	195	157	38	303	188	115	100	16	595	285	310	257	53
White	68	21	48	43	4	78	43	35	35		146	64	82	78	4
Total	3,501	1,752	1,749	1,263	486	3,842	2,370	1,472	1,034	438	7,343	4,122	3,221	2,297	924

North West
Black African	1,244	503	741	463	278	1,271	797	474	291	184	2,515	1,300	1,215	754	461
Coloured	13	13	0			22	16	6	6		34	29	6	6
Indian/ Asian	5	2	3	3		3	2	1	1		8	4	3	3
White	69	17	52	48	4	65	19	46	40	7	135	37	98	87	11
Total	1,331	535	796	514	282	1,361	834	527	337	190	2,692	1,369	1,323	851	472

Gauteng
Black African	4,723	1,439	3,285	2,035	1,250	4,375	1,727	2,649	1,471	1,178	9,099	3,165	5,933	3,506	2,428
Coloured	146	43	102	59	44	140	66	75	48	27	286	109	177	106	71
Indian/ Asian	112	20	92	66	26	115	62	53	29	24	227	82	145	95	50
White	583	151	432	408	23	605	236	368	333	36	1,187	387	800	741	59
Total	5,564	1,653	3,911	2,568	1,343	5,235	2,091	3,145	1,880	1,265	10,799	3,744	7,056	4,448	2,607

Mpumalanga
Black African	1,412	534	877	557	320	1,451	694	757	450	307	2,862	1,228	1,634	1,007	627
Coloured	9	4	5	4	1	8	3	5	4	1	18	7	10	8	2
Indian/ Asian	3	0	3	3		1	1	0			4	1	3	3
White	94	16	78	54	24	68	26	42	33	9	162	42	120	87	33
Total	1,517	554	963	617	346	1,528	724	804	487	317	3,045	1,279	1,767	1,104	663

Limpopo
Black African	1,828	933	896	626	270	1,934	1,188	746	466	280	3,762	2,121	1,642	1,092	550
Coloured	1	1	0			4	3	1	1		6	5	1	1
Indian/ Asian	37	13	25	25		26	25	1	1		64	38	26	26
White	30	9	21	21		28	22	6	5	1	59	31	28	27	1
Total	1,897	956	942	672	270	1,993	1,239	754	473	281	3,890	2,194	1,696	1,145	551

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