Table 1. Selected socio-economic indicators by provinces, South Africa.

Province	Population	Urban population (%)	% living in formal dwelling*	Serious crime rate per 100,000	Contribution to GDP (%)	Unemploy ment rate (%)	Gini- coefficient
Western Cape	5 822 734	88.9	80.4	6601.9	14.1	23.9	0.63
Eastern Cape	6 562 053	36.6	63.2	2806.2	7.7	29.8	0.68
Northern Cape	1 145 861	70.1	82.4	3793.5	2.3	28.4	0.56
Freestate	2 745 590	68.6	81.1	4343.9	5.5	33.2	0.62
Kwazulu Natal	10 819 100	43.1	71.6	2669.9	15.8	22.5	0.77
North West	3 509 953	34.9	76.2	3061.1	6.7	23.3	0.64
Gauteng	11 328 200	97.0	79.8	4576.1	33.7	23.7	0.60
Mpumalanga	4 039 939	39.1	83.8	3073.7	7.0	29.4	0.65
Limpopo	5 404 868	11.0	89.8	1873.3	7.2	19.6	0.65
National	51 378 298	53.7	77.6	3608.7		24.9

Sources: Stats SA (www.statssa.gov.za), *SAPS (www.saps.gov.za).