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September 2026
Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance
Covers furniture, household textiles, appliances, utensils, tools and routine household maintenance.
Stats SA definition
Stats SA classifies these groups under this category:
- 05.1 Furniture, furnishings and loose carpets
- 05.2 Household textiles
- 05.3 Household appliances
- 05.4 Glassware, tableware and household utensils
- 05.5 Tools and equipment for house and garden
- 05.6 Goods and services for routine household maintenance
Source: Stats SA, Consumer Price Index: Sources and Methods, Report No. 01-41-01 (2026), section 2.2 and Annexure 1 – CPI basket of goods and services (COICOP 2018)
Year on year
1.2%
Month on month
+0.4%
Basket weight
3.3%
Contribution to annual inflation
+0.04 pp
percentage points of the 4.5% year-on-year headline
CPI history
History vs headline
Latest year-on-year
Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance: by province
- 1Eastern Cape3.0%
- 2KwaZulu-Natal1.8%
- 3Limpopo1.3%
- 4South Africa1.2%
- 5Gauteng1.1%
- 6Free State0.9%
- 7North West0.9%
- 8Western Cape0.9%
- 9Mpumalanga0.2%
- 10Northern Cape-0.6%