Table 59. Mean monthly rental, rates & services, and security costs of businesses, by business type
Mean amount being paid
Rental Rates & municipal services Security & armed response
Table 61. Communication technologies utilised by businesses
Retail
Catering
Services
Motor
Total
R8765 R1906
R9682 R3380
R6958 R1683
R10418 R2921
R8606 R2224
R1168
R1857
R1352
R3430
R1498
Table 60. Mean monthly rental, rates & services and security costs of businesses, by business premises
Formal
SubIn owner’s In another On the From the divided home person’s home street owner’s person
Mean Rental R10645 R2765 amount being Rates & R2588 R707 paid municipal services Security R1831 R0 & armed response
Total
R483
R1075
R412
R0
R9287
R644
R0
R0
R15000
R2029
R0
R0
R107
R2500
R1692
Cell phone Computer Email Internet Telephone landline Fax Social media
Westbury
Park Station
Orange Grove Marlboro South
Total
98.0 19.5 19.0 16.7 24.4 12.2 0.0
88.7 36.7 43.5 36.7 32.3 23.7 1.3
87.8 50.0 48.2 40.2 53.1 30.0 0.0
88.8 38.6 37.8 32.8 39.2 26.7 0.3
By far the most common communications technology used by businesses was the cell phone, which was part of the business operations of 89% of those interviewed (highest in Westbury at 98%). Between one-quarter and two-fifths indicated that they used a telephone landline (39%), a computer (39%), email
82.5 38.3 30.5 30.0 37.7 35.0 0.0
(38%), the internet (33%) or a fax machine (27%). In most instances, the highest proportional use of these technologies occurred in the Orange Grove node, and the lowest in Westbury. Overall, only 0.3% reported the use of social media in their business.
Figure 5. Mean monthly rental, by node, business type and type of premises
Monthly rentals paid by businesses along the Corridors varied widely from zero rent to as high as R220 000, with a monthly average of R8606. The variation was statistically significant between nodes (F=2.368; df=3; p=0.072), with a mean high of R14 696 in Marlboro South, where more than one in ten businesses paid monthly rentals in excess of R40 000. Variations in mean monthly rentals were not statistically significant between types of business (F=0.252; df=3; p=0.860) or between businesses operating from different types of premises (F=1.770; df=6; p=0.107). Not surprisingly, formal premises commanded a much higher mean rental
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(R10 645) than all other types of business premises. Monthly rates and payments for municipal services varied similarly from zero to as high as R30 000, with a mean of R2030. The only significant variation was between businesses in different types of premises (F=2.693; df=6; p=0.016). As far a security and armed response services were concerned, the mean monthly payment being made amounted to R1498. About one-fifth of businesses indicated that they incur such expenses. These payments were higher, but not significantly so, in Marlboro South, in formal premises and in motor industry businesses. Conditions of work and life
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