| Question | Answer | Description | Datasource and Evidence | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of people living in backyards | Strong Evidence | By multiplying the number of households with the city's average household size according to census 2011 data, we get a sense of how many people live inbackyarder shacks. |
Community Survey (2016) | 32 544 |
| # HH living in backyards | Strong Evidence | The number of households residing in backyarder shacks across the entire city. |
IDP/ BEPP 2019/20 review; Census 2011 | 9 040 |
| % of municipal population | Partial Evidence | This figure represents the proportion of the city's population living in backyarder shacks. In other words, a bit less than one in ten people live in an informal settlement. |
Census 2011 | 3% |
| Does the council have an official backyarder upgrading strategy? | Partial Evidence | Every city with a significant proportion (more than 5% of total city population) of backyarders should have a strategy to improve the living conditions of people living in backyarder shacks articulated in their core municipal doucmentation. |
IDP 2019/20 review | Makes mention that a plan is underway, but has given no indication as to what this plan will entail and when it can be expected. |
| % of Provincial total | Partial Evidence | This figure indicates that 47% of backyard shacks in the Eastern Cape Province is located in East London. |
IDP/ BEPP 2019/20 review | 38% |
| Has a department been assigned to take responsibility for the strategy? | Partial Evidence | A leading department needs to take responsibility for the strategy. |
IDP 2019/20 review | Department of Human Settlements |
| 2001 - 2011 Backyarder Growth Rate | Strong Evidence | The growth rate of households living in backyarder shacks is calculated by comparing census 2001 and 2011 data. |
Census 2011 | 1%. No recent data available in 2019/20 strategic documents - figure used to extrapolate, but highly likely that rate of growth has increased in the period of 2013-2019. |
| What services are provided to backyarder shacks? | No Evidence | Every strategy should be clearly state, without ambiguity and uncertainty, what the city's strategy of improving backyard shacks is. In this way, citizens can hold their governments to account. |
IDP 2019/210 review | No mention of a strategy. |