According to the 2011 census, 60% of residents in the Mitchells Plain/Khayelitsha Planning District lived in formal dwellings, 39% lived in informal dwellings, while 1% lived in ‘other’ dwellings. There is a continued growth in shack numbers, estimated at 10 000 per annum. In 2012 the average dwelling size in Khayelitsha was 165 square metres. (http://bit.ly/2OYGSF6, http://bit.ly/2CPXur5)