[OSGeo Africa] Getting data from Stats SA

[Hanlie Pretorius]

Hi Helene,

I followed the instructions you posted here about a month ago to try and
get the data I need.

The problem is that I can't wait until March, my job is due at the end of
January. So I was hoping to use the midyear population estimates and the
household surveys in place of the full census data. But I really don't know
how to communicate with Stats SA about this.

I'll give the people mentioned by another poster a go, but if you can
suggest a person at Stats SA (not the web site, it's not useful to me at
this stage) who can perhaps help me, I would be grateful.

Regards
Hanlie



> Good morning,
> On www.statssa.gov.za is a schedule of when what will be released.
> Data on small areas is due end March 2013.
> Suggestion: Follow the instructions to request information - response will
> most likely be better.
> All the best,
> Helene
>
> Ms Helene Verhoef
> Manager: Geographic Frames
> (Place Names & EAs)
> Statistics South Africa
> Tel: +27(12) 310 8952
> Fax: +27(12) 310 8915
> Cell: +27 082 888 2521
>
> Private Bag X 44
> Pretoria 0001
> South Africa
>
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>
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>
> >>> Gavin Fleming <gavin at afrispatial.co.za> 1/23/2013 11:26 PM >>>
> based on my experience from the previous census and I believe this one
> is similar:
>
> If you get the full data DVD / download at some point it will consist of
> the sub-place, main-place and larger boundary shapefiles, with IDs.
> These will likely be different from the previous census after
> redistricting.
>
> It will also have the data in proprietary SuperCross format, as well as
> a free SuperCross viewer installer. You use SuperCross to set up
> cross-tabulations, filters, aggregations, etc that you want, then export
> them. Then in a GIS you can join them to your boundary layers to map them.
>
> The data are usually aggregated to sub-place level as EA level data are
> deemed too sensitive and non-anonymous to release unless with special
> permission.
>
> When and how this will all be released by StatsSA is another story...
>
> It *should* all be available on demand via OGC web services. In a few
> years when they've switched to a FOSS infrastructure I'm sure that's
> what we'll get.
>
> On 23/01/2013 21:21, Hanlie Pretorius wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for me.
> >
> > I've been trying to get submunicipal level data from Stats SA for
> > weeks now. Apparently I need permission for this level of data from
> > one Trevor Oosterwyk in the Pretoria office. Unfortunately he hasn't
> > responded to my email I sent last week Monday and getting him on the
> > phone has proven impossible for 3 days.
> >
> > I have the GIS boundaries that I need, it's just the actual data
> > tables that I'm missing so that I can join them to the polygons.
> >
> > The only submunicipal level data that I could find on the Internet is
> > the CSIR's GAP data, but unfortunately they don't have all the
> > variables I'm interested in and their data is slightly old for
> > my  purpose.
> >
> > Specifically, I'm looking for the following data for Gauteng (2010 or
> > later) at enumeration area (or at most suburb) level:
> >
> > 1. Income
> > 2. Access to basic services (water, electricity, housing, sewage)
> > 3. Population
> > 4. Rate of urbanisation between now and 2001.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for getting this data out of Stats
> > SA, or finding it somewhere else? Municipal IQ is not an option - too
> > expensive.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Hanlie
> >
> >
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>
> --
> regards
>
> Gavin
>
> Gavin Fleming
> http://afrispatial.co.za
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