The numbers
Everything we have, counted.
This is the whole inventory, updated live. Nothing here is rounded up, estimated on your behalf, or presented more favourably than it is.
Updated 14 September 2026, 19:55 SAST. Every number on this page is real, and has never been reset.
The skills inventory
Most common occupations enrolled
Every occupation enrolled, mapped to ANZSCO and ISCO-08 so it can be read against a national shortage list without re-keying.
| Occupation or profession | # |
|---|
By category
Full inventory
Full inventory
| Occupation | Category | ANZSCO | ISCO-08 | Total | Working | Retired | Studying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other professions (4 people) | 4 | ||||||
Occupations with fewer than 5 people are combined into this row. In a group this size, one unusual job title can identify a person, and we would rather publish a slightly blunter figure than do that.
What families would bring
R9 250 000
Households in each band
The sum of each family's self-declared band. Closed bands contribute their midpoint; the open top band contributes its lower bound, so the total understates rather than overstates. Families who chose not to state a figure count as zero. This is a self-declared estimate, not an audited figure, and we describe it that way to every government we speak to.
1 families would bring a business or expect to employ people.
What we employ
We do not only bring workers. We bring employers.
Some of these families own the businesses other people work in. That capacity is not left behind - it is rebuilt wherever we are invited, and it starts hiring locally from the first year.
Employment that exists in South Africa today because of families on this register. It is the same figure read from either side: what leaves, and what a host country would gain the capacity to rebuild.
Self-declared, counted once per family so a household with two business owners cannot count the same staff twice. Families who did not state a figure count as zero.
An average of 10.0 people employed per business-owning family.
Age structure
Age structure
The two figures an immigration department models first: how many people can work, and how many children need school places.
| 55–59 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 45–49 | ||
| 30–34 | ||
| 10–14 | ||
| 5–9 |
Female ◀ ▶ Male
100% of people enrolled report no ongoing care needs.
Where families would go
| Occupation or profession | In top three | First choice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 2 | |
| United States | 1 | 0 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 |
Families rank up to three countries. The bar counts every family that ranked a country at all; the second column counts those who put it first.
Where families are now
| Occupation or profession | # | |
|---|---|---|
| Gauteng | 2 |
Illustration - not real data
This is what the page looks like at five hundred families.
The figures above are the real ones, whatever they currently are. The figures below are invented, and are here to show the shape of the report a government would receive once the register has grown. Nobody in this panel exists.
Example figures
Example: most common occupations
| Occupation or profession | # | |
|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurse | 62 | |
| Electrician | 48 | |
| Plumber | 37 | |
| General Practitioner | 24 |
Example: where families would go
| Occupation or profession | In top three | First choice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 310 | 140 | |
| New Zealand | 270 | 95 | |
| Portugal | 240 | 70 | |
| Netherlands | 180 | 45 |
We label this for the same reason we label the town renderings: a proposal that overstates what exists is worth nothing. None of these families are counted anywhere on this site, and the live totals at the top of this page have never been seeded.