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Boitshoko

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Kimberley, Northern Cape

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Property confidence

Affordability

Safety — 1,715 reported incidents in the latest period

Trade-offs

Transport

Amenities

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Lifestyle — no source available yet

What's happening

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Success of Kimberley youth night spaces labelled a 'blueprint' for region's crime issues ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Community leaders say youth night centres in Broome and Fitzroy Crossing have significantly reduced youth crime. Advocates hope a new temporary hub in Kununurra will deliver the same outcome for young people.

3 weeks ago Read article

Kimberly Guilfoyle and the MAGA swamp The Spectator

Kimberley Guilfoyle has been fired as an ambassador. Her demands for cash are just the most brazen examples of Trump administration averice.

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Olympus Shares Drop by Most Since 2011 After New FDA Warning MarketScreener

By Kimberley Kao Olympus shares suffered their biggest one-day drop in nearly 15 years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new warning following inspections of some facilities....

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Woodside, activists face off again as heat rises in latest Browse gas fields bid ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The giant resource basin off WA's Kimberley coast has eluded oil and gas players for decades, and fresh analysis argues it should stay that way, despite a last-ditch bid by Woodside and its partners to seize the prize.

3 weeks ago Read article

Chinese nationals avoid jail over failed people smuggling attempt near remote air base ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The trio were behind the arrival of a boatload of Chinese nationals found near a remote air base in Western Australia's far northern Kimberley in 2024.

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Data confidence

High coverage

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography

25 pts

source authority

20 pts

freshness

20 pts

record coverage

10 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Verified schools

2 inside · 6 nearby

Htt Bidi Memorial Primary School

Primary · Inside suburb

inside

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Ratang-Thuto Secondary School

Secondary · Inside suburb

inside

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Shiloah Academy

Intermediate · 2.3 km away

nearby

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Trinity College

Combined · 2.3 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Laerskool Postmasburg

Primary · 2.4 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

HoËRskool Postmasburg

Secondary · 2.7 km away

nearby

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Postdene PrimÊRe Skool

Primary · 4.7 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Asmandia Primary School

Primary · 4.7 km away

nearby

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Data sources

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school · verified 2026-09-22

Source

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · modelled

Safety

Top 32%

2022-2023

Affordability

Bottom 1%

modelled

Schools

Top 40%

2020

Transport

Bottom 45%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 44%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 42%

pending

Property Confidence

Top 14%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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AI neighbourhood summary

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Is this area good for families?

Boitshoko scores 74/100 for schools and 79/100 for safety — the two factors families weigh most. Its strongest areas are safety and affordability. No dimension scores in the concerning range.

Generated by AI · 3 months ago

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 834 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

71%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

24%

Has electricity

94%

Regular refuse removal

60%

Water interruptions (past yr)

79%

Less happy than last year

30%

What residents are complaining about

% of households reporting each problem as present in their area.

Illegal rubbish dumping 38%

Littering 46%

Water pollution 26%

Air pollution 26%

Land degradation 40%

Noise pollution 20%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 838 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

60%

Flush toilet

79%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

88%

Regular refuse removal

71%

Home internet access

11%

No internet access

25%

Owns a motor car

36%

Food security

% of households reporting hunger at least sometimes in the past year.

Adult hunger 20%

Child hunger 15%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Postmasburg

Total incidents

1,715

Violent crime

717 +172

Burglary & robbery

271 +1

Property crime

502 +92

Vehicle crime

84 +24

Other

141 +94

Most reported crimes

Assault Gbh

264

Other Theft

206

Burglary Res

156

Malicious Damage

135

Common Assault

125

Drug Crime

122

Aggr Robbery

114

Commercial Crime

Reporting history (2008–2023)

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Total Burglary share Latest period

Source: SAPS crime statistics, SAPACR dataset (2008–2023). South African Police Service.

Nearest police stations

Postmasburg 2.7 km

Straight-line distances from suburb centre. Source: OpenStreetMap.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

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Nearby schools

DBE National Masterlist 2020 · within 5km

Schools within 5 km

Closest school

229 m

School mix

6 public · 2 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS

No significant hazards on record

No notable floods or earthquakes recorded near this area since 2006.

Affordability

Estimated

Estimated figures — modelled from NeighbourhoodIQ score and area type. No suburb-level Stats SA survey exists. Use as a rough planning guide, not a valuation.

Avg monthly rent

R6,942

Median income

R19,580

Avg property price

R694,200

Price trend YoY

+3.3%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Northern Cape (Stats SA GHS 2022) R4,730/mo

Official house price index — Northern Cape Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 51.6, 2010-02: 51.4, 2010-03: 51.1, 2010-04: 50.8, 2010-05: 50.3, 2010-06: 50.1, 2010-07: 50.2, 2010-08: 51.1, 2010-09: 52.6, 2010-10: 54.2, 2010-11: 55.6, 2010-12: 56.4, 2011-01: 56.8, 2011-02: 56.9, 2011-03: 56.9, 2011-04: 57.2, 2011-05: 57.7, 2011-06: 58.4, 2011-07: 58.9, 2011-08: 59.1, 2011-09: 59.2, 2011-10: 59.4, 2011-11: 59.9, 2011-12: 60.5, 2012-01: 61.1, 2012-02: 61.5, 2012-03: 61.6, 2012-04: 61.5, 2012-05: 61.3, 2012-06: 61.3, 2012-07: 61.4, 2012-08: 61.5, 2012-09: 61.5, 2012-10: 61.4, 2012-11: 61.5, 2012-12: 62.0, 2013-01: 62.8, 2013-02: 64.0, 2013-03: 65.1, 2013-04: 65.8, 2013-05: 66.1, 2013-06: 66.1, 2013-07: 66.1, 2013-08: 66.3, 2013-09: 66.9, 2013-10: 67.8, 2013-11: 68.8, 2013-12: 69.5, 2014-01: 69.9, 2014-02: 70.4, 2014-03: 71.2, 2014-04: 72.1, 2014-05: 73.2, 2014-06: 74.5, 2014-07: 76.1, 2014-08: 77.6, 2014-09: 78.8, 2014-10: 79.7, 2014-11: 80.3, 2014-12: 80.6, 2015-01: 80.8, 2015-02: 80.9, 2015-03: 81.2, 2015-04: 81.8, 2015-05: 82.7, 2015-06: 83.3, 2015-07: 83.6, 2015-08: 83.8, 2015-09: 83.9, 2015-10: 84.0, 2015-11: 83.9, 2015-12: 84.0, 2016-01: 84.3, 2016-02: 84.8, 2016-03: 85.6, 2016-04: 86.4, 2016-05: 87.1, 2016-06: 87.5, 2016-07: 87.6, 2016-08: 87.1, 2016-09: 86.2, 2016-10: 85.5, 2016-11: 85.5, 2016-12: 86.3, 2017-01: 87.6, 2017-02: 88.8, 2017-03: 89.5, 2017-04: 89.7, 2017-05: 89.6, 2017-06: 89.4, 2017-07: 89.7, 2017-08: 90.8, 2017-09: 92.4, 2017-10: 94.2, 2017-11: 95.1, 2017-12: 95.2, 2018-01: 94.5, 2018-02: 93.7, 2018-03: 93.1, 2018-04: 92.9, 2018-05: 93.3, 2018-06: 93.9, 2018-07: 94.4, 2018-08: 94.4, 2018-09: 93.9, 2018-10: 92.9, 2018-11: 92.0, 2018-12: 91.5, 2019-01: 91.2, 2019-02: 91.3, 2019-03: 91.9, 2019-04: 92.6, 2019-05: 93.3, 2019-06: 93.7, 2019-07: 94.1, 2019-08: 94.2, 2019-09: 94.2, 2019-10: 94.4, 2019-11: 94.8, 2019-12: 95.5, 2020-01: 96.2, 2020-02: 96.2, 2020-03: 95.6, 2020-04: 94.7, 2020-05: 94.0, 2020-06: 93.6, 2020-07: 93.8, 2020-08: 94.9, 2020-09: 96.5, 2020-10: 98.1, 2020-11: 99.3, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.5, 2021-02: 101.2, 2021-03: 101.8, 2021-04: 102.1, 2021-05: 102.2, 2021-06: 102.0, 2021-07: 101.4, 2021-08: 100.5, 2021-09: 99.7, 2021-10: 99.3, 2021-11: 100.2, 2021-12: 99.9, 2022-01: 99.4, 2022-02: 100.6, 2022-03: 102.1, 2022-04: 103.9, 2022-05: 105.3, 2022-06: 106.2, 2022-07: 106.5, 2022-08: 106.5, 2022-09: 106.7, 2022-10: 107.4, 2022-11: 108.4, 2022-12: 109.3, 2023-01: 109.6

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