The census received sufficient funding over the past few years to execute its mandate and became the instrument through which statistical infrastructure was established. The census of 2001, the community survey of 2007 and the census of 2011 built Stats SA that now consists of nine provincial offices, 56 district offices and 60 satellite offices. The census provided the necessary funding for growing Stats SA. The funding earmarked for the census is coming to an end after the dissemination of census results in the 2012/13 financial year.