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De Fontein

Moderate

Johannesburg, Gauteng

Residential

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

Schools — 16 schools within range

Trade-offs

Amenities — 4 amenities mapped nearby

Lifestyle

Unknowns

Safety — based on limited evidence

What's happening

Local & city news, notices and alerts

‘We’re terrified all the time’: Fear and anger in South Africa after nine women’s bodies found The Independent

A series of gruesome discoveries in Johannesburg have put renewed focus on gender-based violence in the country. But campaigners tell Maira Butt that women have been raising the alarm for years yet little is being done

16 hours ago Read article

England prioritising South Africa Tests: Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue may not play Australia T20Is Hindustan Times

The five-T20I series will be played in November-December, and just a couple of weeks later, the first Test in South Africa kicks off at Johannesburg. | Cricket

16 hours ago Read article

Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa The Nation

JOHANNESBURG - “What we are going to do, I have no idea,” sobs Nokwanda Matshikiza, reflecting on the murder of her niece Dineo Motapane.

1 day ago Read article

'It has to stop': runners protest women's murders in S.Africa district Bangkok Post

KEMPTON PARK (SOUTH AFRICA) - Hundreds of runners gathered Saturday in South Africa's Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, where the body of a 38-year-old mother was discovered earlier this month -- one of nine woman to be murdered in the district in two months.

1 day ago Read article

Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know Al Jazeera

Police examining ‘all possibilities’ as women in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, fear murders could be linked.

1 day ago Read article

Data confidence

Moderate 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

10 pts

record coverage

14 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Reliable enriched schools, amenity details, ratings, and official area demographics are not available for this suburb yet. Existing evidence elsewhere on this page remains visible; missing facts are not estimated.

Score dashboard

OSM Sep 2026 · modelled

Safety

Bottom 20%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

modelled

Schools

Top 30%

2020

Transport

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Bottom 48%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Population (Census 2022)

City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality — for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

4,694,290 people in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Black African 85%

Coloured 5%

Indian or Asian 3%

White 7%

Other 0%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,285 households surveyed in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

88%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

10%

Has electricity

91%

Regular refuse removal

83%

Water interruptions (past yr)

45%

Less happy than last year

43%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 17%

Littering 40%

Water pollution 27%

Air pollution 26%

Land degradation 34%

Noise pollution 30%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

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Load-shedding

No load-shedding

National status

✓ No load-shedding

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Safety & crime

Safety is estimated

Not matched to a SAPS station yet — the safety score (67/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

Nearest police stations

Randfontein 3.8 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

1.3 km

School mix

9 public · 7 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Healthcare 0

Shops 0

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 0

Parks 0

Community 0

Transport 0

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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

R7,722

Median income

R21,780

Avg property price

R772,200

Price trend YoY

+2.1%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Gauteng (Stats SA GHS 2022) R5,607/mo

Official house price index — City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 61.8, 2010-02: 61.9, 2010-03: 62.0, 2010-04: 61.9, 2010-05: 61.9, 2010-06: 61.7, 2010-07: 61.6, 2010-08: 61.6, 2010-09: 61.9, 2010-10: 62.3, 2010-11: 62.7, 2010-12: 63.1, 2011-01: 63.4, 2011-02: 63.6, 2011-03: 63.8, 2011-04: 64.1, 2011-05: 64.3, 2011-06: 64.6, 2011-07: 64.8, 2011-08: 64.9, 2011-09: 64.8, 2011-10: 64.7, 2011-11: 64.5, 2011-12: 64.4, 2012-01: 64.4, 2012-02: 64.6, 2012-03: 64.8, 2012-04: 65.1, 2012-05: 65.6, 2012-06: 66.1, 2012-07: 66.7, 2012-08: 67.2, 2012-09: 67.8, 2012-10: 68.3, 2012-11: 68.7, 2012-12: 68.9, 2013-01: 69.2, 2013-02: 69.6, 2013-03: 70.0, 2013-04: 70.6, 2013-05: 71.1, 2013-06: 71.7, 2013-07: 72.2, 2013-08: 72.6, 2013-09: 73.1, 2013-10: 73.7, 2013-11: 74.5, 2013-12: 75.3, 2014-01: 76.1, 2014-02: 76.8, 2014-03: 77.3, 2014-04: 77.6, 2014-05: 77.8, 2014-06: 78.0, 2014-07: 78.5, 2014-08: 79.1, 2014-09: 79.7, 2014-10: 80.3, 2014-11: 80.9, 2014-12: 81.3, 2015-01: 81.6, 2015-02: 82.0, 2015-03: 82.4, 2015-04: 83.0, 2015-05: 83.5, 2015-06: 84.0, 2015-07: 84.4, 2015-08: 84.7, 2015-09: 84.9, 2015-10: 85.0, 2015-11: 85.2, 2015-12: 85.5, 2016-01: 85.8, 2016-02: 86.2, 2016-03: 86.7, 2016-04: 87.1, 2016-05: 87.4, 2016-06: 87.7, 2016-07: 87.9, 2016-08: 88.0, 2016-09: 88.2, 2016-10: 88.4, 2016-11: 88.7, 2016-12: 88.9, 2017-01: 89.2, 2017-02: 89.5, 2017-03: 89.6, 2017-04: 89.8, 2017-05: 89.8, 2017-06: 89.9, 2017-07: 90.1, 2017-08: 90.4, 2017-09: 90.9, 2017-10: 91.6, 2017-11: 92.3, 2017-12: 92.9, 2018-01: 93.4, 2018-02: 93.7, 2018-03: 93.8, 2018-04: 93.8, 2018-05: 93.9, 2018-06: 94.2, 2018-07: 94.6, 2018-08: 95.0, 2018-09: 95.2, 2018-10: 95.3, 2018-11: 95.3, 2018-12: 95.2, 2019-01: 95.1, 2019-02: 95.0, 2019-03: 94.9, 2019-04: 94.9, 2019-05: 94.9, 2019-06: 94.8, 2019-07: 94.6, 2019-08: 94.6, 2019-09: 94.5, 2019-10: 94.5, 2019-11: 94.6, 2019-12: 94.7, 2020-01: 94.9, 2020-02: 95.3, 2020-03: 95.7, 2020-04: 96.2, 2020-05: 96.7, 2020-06: 97.2, 2020-07: 97.7, 2020-08: 98.1, 2020-09: 98.5, 2020-10: 99.0, 2020-11: 99.5, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.4, 2021-02: 100.7, 2021-03: 100.9, 2021-04: 101.3, 2021-05: 101.6, 2021-06: 102.0, 2021-07: 102.4, 2021-08: 102.7, 2021-09: 102.9, 2021-10: 102.9, 2021-11: 103.2, 2021-12: 103.6, 2022-01: 103.4, 2022-02: 103.8, 2022-03: 104.1, 2022-04: 104.4, 2022-05: 104.6, 2022-06: 104.6, 2022-07: 104.6, 2022-08: 104.7, 2022-09: 104.8, 2022-10: 105.1, 2022-11: 105.5, 2022-12: 105.9, 2023-01: 106.3

Official residential property price index (Dec 2020 = 100) — metro/province trend.

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