CITY OF CAPE TOWN – CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS

REFUSE REMOVAL

	Black African	%	Coloured	%	Indian or Asian	%	White	%	Total	%
Removed by local authority at least once a week	210610	87.1	299216	97.4	9822	99.0	197381	98.3	717029	94.4
Removed by local authority less often than once a week	5860	2.4	1461	0.5	32	0.3	1120	0.6	8473	1.1
Communal refuse dump	7425	3.1	1632	0.5	26	0.3	449	0.2	9532	1.3
Own refuse dump	9017	3.7	3824	1.2	27	0.3	1378	0.7	14246	1.9
No rubbish disposal	8878	3.7	1166	0.4	14	0.1	427	0.2	10485	1.4
Total	241790	100	307299	100	9921	100	200755	100	759765	100

SOURCE: CENSUS 2001, STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA