Number of female-headed households in South Africa 2021, by province

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 3, 2025
In 2021, around 7.6 million households in South Africa were led by women. Of those, the majority were in Gauteng, with 1.5 million female-headed households. KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape followed with 1.5 million, 900,000, and 900,000, respectively. As of the same year, the total number of South African households was close to 18 million.

Number of households headed by women in South Africa in 2021, by province (in millions)

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October 2022

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South Africa

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2021

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