Question NW1386 to the Minister of Social Development
22 June 2021 - NW1386
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) total number of persons are beneficiaries of the State’s social welfare grants and (b) are the relevant details of the (i) age, (ii) gender and (iii) race of each specified person?
Reply:
(a). Table 1 shows the number of persons who are benefitting from the State’s social grants as at 30 April 2021. The total number is 18 478 567.
Table 1: Number of social grants by grant type as at 30 April 2021
|
Region |
Care Dependency Grant (CDG) |
Child Support Grant (CSG) |
Disability Grant (DG) |
Foster Care Grant (FCG) |
Grant-In-Aid (GIA) |
Old Age Grant (OAG) |
War Veteran’s Grant (WVG) |
Grand Total |
|
Eastern Cape |
23 042 |
1 957 054 |
177 510 |
72 585 |
32 823 |
593 015 |
8 |
2 856 037 |
|
Free State |
8 753 |
711 420 |
75 633 |
22 956 |
10 267 |
213 604 |
|
1 042 633 |
|
Gauteng |
20 504 |
1 989 063 |
116 726 |
38 939 |
10 077 |
681 084 |
10 |
2 856 403 |
|
Kwazulu Natal |
38 514 |
2 952 283 |
217 560 |
58 033 |
78 987 |
731 196 |
4 |
4 076 577 |
|
Limpopo |
16 383 |
1 949 424 |
98 024 |
37 984 |
54 366 |
489 863 |
2 |
2 646 046 |
|
Mpumalanga |
11 334 |
1 159 496 |
75 679 |
21 061 |
23 275 |
267 300 |
|
1 558 145 |
|
North West |
9 752 |
899 905 |
63 829 |
25 242 |
17 047 |
279 105 |
1 |
1 294 881 |
|
Northern Cape |
5 755 |
326 678 |
49 724 |
10 175 |
18 516 |
93 480 |
1 |
504 329 |
|
Western Cape |
16 121 |
1 054 197 |
139 560 |
31 186 |
23 951 |
378 511 |
10 |
1 643 536 |
|
Total |
150 158 |
12 999 520 |
1 014 245 |
318 161 |
269 309 |
3 727 158 |
36 |
18 478 587 |
(b). (i) Table 2a shows the age breakdown of people receiving child grants.
Table 2a: Age breakdown of persons receiving adult grants
(b). (i) Table 2b shows the age breakdown of people receiving child grants.
Table 2b: Age breakdown of persons receiving child grants
|
Child Age |
Grant Type |
Grand Total |
||
|
Care Dependency Grant |
Child Support Grant |
Foster Care Grant |
||
|
0 |
444 |
546 717 |
141 |
547 302 |
|
1 |
1 715 |
744 641 |
650 |
747 003 |
|
2 |
2 848 |
750 091 |
1 338 |
754 266 |
|
3 |
3 831 |
728 832 |
2 116 |
734 757 |
|
4 |
4 508 |
710 442 |
2 812 |
717 728 |
|
5 |
5 763 |
724 330 |
4 174 |
734 209 |
|
6 |
7 039 |
785 798 |
5 587 |
798 349 |
|
7 |
7 803 |
782 103 |
7 171 |
796 969 |
|
8 |
8 520 |
779 319 |
9 308 |
797 018 |
|
9 |
9 216 |
779 117 |
11 501 |
799 676 |
|
10 |
10 047 |
759 839 |
14 503 |
784 192 |
|
11 |
10 777 |
748 303 |
17 917 |
776 740 |
|
12 |
11 923 |
772 218 |
22 562 |
806 373 |
|
13 |
12 843 |
745 274 |
27 078 |
784 752 |
|
14 |
13 320 |
731 030 |
32 099 |
775 889 |
|
15 |
13 683 |
703 467 |
36 422 |
752 984 |
|
16 |
14 138 |
673 022 |
40 864 |
727 332 |
|
17 |
11 735 |
534 977 |
40 758 |
586 832 |
|
18+ |
|
|
22 465 |
22 465 |
|
Grand Total |
150 153 |
12 999 520 |
299 466 |
13 444 836 |
(b). (ii) Table 3 shows the number of social grants by gender.
Table 3: Number of social grants by gender as at 30 April 2021
b. (iii) race of each specified person?
SASSA does not collect information on the race of grant beneficiaries. Thus the information on the racial breakdown of grant beneficiaries is not available.