Backyard housing in Gauteng: an analysis of spatial dynamics

This article examines the phenomenon of backyard housing in Gauteng, a prominent driver of urban spatial change in South Africa’s housing market. Backyard housing in South Africa increasingly attracts the attention of policymakers because of the large number of households that this sector accommodates. Moreover, the role played by backyard housing in the overall small-scale rental-housing sector is significant, particularly in Gauteng where a large proportion of households rent their primary dwelling. Drawing on quantitative geo-demographic data from GeoTerraImage (GTI) (2010), Knowledge Factory’s Cluster Plus (2010) as well as StatsSA Census 2011, this article documents the spatial footprint of backyard housing in Gauteng and examines the implications of the findings for infrastructure service planning at the municipal scale.

Serapa sena se shebana le matlo a ka mora jarete Gauteng, e leng moqhubi a moholo oa diphetoho tsa dibaka tse kholo ka hara thekiso ya matlo Afrika Borwa. Matlo a ka mora jarete Afrika Borwa a phela a bitsa batho ba sebetsanang le ho theha maano hore ba sebetsane le ona hoba di jarete tse ngata di na l ona. Haholo holo, matlo a ak mora jarete a bapala karolo e bohlokoa karolong ya matlo a hirisoang, haholo holo Gauteng moo beng ba jarete ba hirisang matlo a bona a maholo. Ho tsoa dipatlisisong tse tsoang Geo-Terra Image (GTO) (2010), Knowledge Factory’s Cluster Plus (2010) le statSA Census 2011, serapa sena se halisa dibaka tse kholo di amane le matlo a ka moha jarete Gauteng ebile se hlahlobisa ditla morao tsa dipatlisiso tsa merero ya dithulusi tsa ho ntlafatsa teropo ka hara masepala.