President Thabo Mbeki says that the results released ahead of next year's general elections show that the country was 'not standing still',that the average living standards of South Africans have improved.
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However, the census shows enormous disparities between racial groups.About 30% of white South Africans had a higher education qualification, compared to just 5% of black South Africans.
South Africa has the largest HIV-infected population in the world, with around 4.8 million people believed to have the HIV virus that causes Aids.
The census also found out that many white South Africans have emigrated in recent years and the number of white people in South Africa, where the white-ruled apartheid system operated until 1994, fell to 10% from 11% five years earlier.
Unemployment remained a big problem despite an average economic growth of 2.7% over the period.The census put unemployment at about 42% of the total number of South Africans who are eligible for employment.
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