Union censuses of the European/White population (quinquennial)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	population census
Producer	Union Office of Census and Statistics
Coverage	1918-1941
Works using it	5

Debates

Debate	Works
White electoral politics, delimitation and party systems	4
Census, race classification and demographic data	2
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform	1
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
Data reliability and econometric method	1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Christopher (2009a)	Census of the European or White races 1918 (UG1-'20), and 1926 and 1936 censuses (Parts on nationality, languages)	1918-1936	Supplies bilingualism and nationality percentages for Whites (42% to 64% bilingual; 52% British and 46% South African in 1926; 98% South African in 1936).
Christopher (2009b)	Union White-only censuses 1918, 1926, 1931, 1941 (e.g. Census 1918 Part III education [UG1-'20]; 1926 Part VI nationality and parentage [UG35-'29])	1918-1941	Used for the White-only enumerations tied to constituency delimitation, and the language-ability and nationality questions (42% bilingual in 1918, 52% British in 1926).
Houghton and Dagut (n.d.)	Census of the European or White Races of the Union, 1918 (U.G. 50-1919; U.G. 1-1921)	1865-1918	Provides white population, density, urban/rural split, occupations and racial ratios.
Laurence et al. (1913)	Quinquennial census of the European population, 1911	1911	Compared with the 1904 male-adult count to decide how many members each province is entitled to.
Neethling (1930)	Census figures for 1926 (European population of towns)	1926	Shows nearby towns are too small to provide markets for perishable farm products.