Number of households of South Africa 2022, by province
As of 2022, South Africa's number of households increased to approximately 18.5 million in total, of which the majority lived in Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, and the Western Cape. Gauteng (includes Johannesburg) is the smallest province of South Africa, though highly urbanized, with nearly 5.6 million households, according to estimates. Kwazulu-Natal counted 3.2 million households, whereas the Western Cape had roughly 2.1 million.