General household survey - Statistics South Africa

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2. Education
2.1 Population aged 20 years and older, by highest level of education and province (concluded), 2011
Thousands
South
Africa
Mpumalanga
Limpopo
North
West Gauteng
KwaZulu-
Natal
Northern
Cape Free State
Eastern
Cape
Western
Cape
Highest level of education
Diploma with less than Grade 12/Std 10 17 11 2 6 8 5 25 4 7 85
Certificate with Grade 12/Std 10 43 37 8 30 56 29 136 47 37 423
Diploma with Grade 12/Std 10 189 144 12 60 227 47 376 87 95 1 238
Higher Diploma (Technikon/University of Technology) 46 26 4 11 57 12 156 12 20 344
Post Higher Diploma (Technikon/University of Technology Masters, Doctoral) 32 7 2 3 20 3 36 1 3 107
Bachelors Degree 108 52 7 31 109 36 277 26 31 678
Bachelors Degree and post-graduate diploma 22 6 1 4 12 4 52 7 7 116
Honours Degree 43 10 1 13 27 10 71 14 6 195
Higher degree (Masters, Doctorate) 40 4 1 5 9 2 58 8 2 130
Other 14 6 2 * 5 * 29 13 2 72
Do not know 30 11 1 4 6 10 102 4 13 182
Unspecified 11 4 2 4 21 4 47 3 16 111
Total population aged 20 years and older 3 572 3 660 682 1 748 5 925 2 088 7 281 2 043 2 731 29 729
Due to rounding, numbers do not necessarily add up to totals.
Numbers below 10 000 are too small to provide accurate estimates. Sensitive cells are indicated by an asterisk.
This table measures the highest level of education for adults over the age of 20 years.
General Household Survey, July 2011