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New Thorndale

Moderate

Rustenburg, Gauteng

Residential

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Safety

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Schools — 2 schools within range

Transport

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Safety — based on limited evidence

Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

What's happening

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Mpumalanga couple arrested after 200 people found at unregistered rehab centre Sunday World

About 200 people were rescued from an unregistered rehabilitation centre in Mpumalanga on Friday, police said. Reports indicate that some had

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Mpumalanga couple arrested after 200 people found at alleged illegal rehab centre Sowetanlive

The couple face charges of kidnapping, operating an unregistered treatment centre and failing to comply with health and

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Mpumalanga couple arrested after 200 people found at alleged illegal rehab centre Timeslive

The couple face charges of kidnapping, operating an unregistered treatment centre and failing to comply with health and

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Final four a battle of history and heartache in Pick n Pay Gold Cup Ebnewsdaily

All club roads will lead to the Bushveld and Surf City on Saturday as the Pick n Pay Gold Cup reaches the semi-final stage after three weeks of nail-biting action from club venues across...

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Tharisa signs PGM offtake deal with Valterra Platinum subsidiary Mining Technology

Tharisa Minerals, a fully owned subsidiary of Tharisa, has signed a binding sale agreement with Rustenburg Platinum Mines, a subsidiary of Valterra Platinum, for the offtake of platinum group metals (PGM) concentrate. The post Tharisa signs PGM offtake deal with Valterra Platinum subsidiary appeared first on Mining Technology.

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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

20 pts

record coverage

7 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Verified schools

2 inside · 0 nearby

Rand Gold Primary Farm School

Primary · Inside suburb

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Directions official_schools

Magaliesburg Group Of Schools

Intermediate · Inside suburb

inside

Directions official_schools

Amenity access

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outdoor recreation

1 inside · 0 nearby

1 within 3 km · 1 within 5 km

Nearest: Parks and play (0.3 km)

shopping

1 inside · 0 nearby

0 within 3 km · 1 within 5 km

Nearest: Norma's Nook (4.8 km)

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amenity · verified 2026-09-23

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amenity · verified 2026-09-23

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Score dashboard

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Safety

Top 31%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

modelled

Schools

Bottom 41%

2020

Transport

Bottom 45%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 44%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 42%

pending

Property Confidence

Bottom 48%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 4,714 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

85%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

11%

Has electricity

91%

Regular refuse removal

77%

Water interruptions (past yr)

39%

Less happy than last year

42%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 16%

Littering 30%

Water pollution 15%

Air pollution 17%

Land degradation 21%

Noise pollution 19%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 10,479 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

68%

Flush toilet

86%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

92%

Regular refuse removal

85%

Home internet access

14%

No internet access

17%

Owns a motor car

32%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 24%

Child hunger 21%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Quality of life

GCRO Survey · 2023-2024

Small sample (4 respondents) — treat as indicative.

/ 100 overall quality-of-life index

4 residents surveyed

Service delivery 4.7/10

Government satisfaction 4.0/10

Life satisfaction 5.5/10

Health 8.1/10

Perceived safety 5.6/10

Civic participation 3.5/10

Source: GCRO, person-weighted. Perceived safety ≠ measured crime data (see Safety tab).

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Load-shedding

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Safety & crime

Safety is estimated

Not matched to a SAPS station yet — the safety score (80/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

Nearest police stations

Magaliesburg 7.8 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

2.2 km

School mix

1 public · 1 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

R8,502

Median income

R23,980

Avg property price

R850,200

Price trend YoY

+1.7%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

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

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 59.9, 2010-02: 60.0, 2010-03: 60.0, 2010-04: 60.0, 2010-05: 60.0, 2010-06: 59.9, 2010-07: 59.9, 2010-08: 60.1, 2010-09: 60.4, 2010-10: 60.8, 2010-11: 61.2, 2010-12: 61.6, 2011-01: 61.9, 2011-02: 62.2, 2011-03: 62.3, 2011-04: 62.4, 2011-05: 62.5, 2011-06: 62.7, 2011-07: 62.9, 2011-08: 63.0, 2011-09: 63.0, 2011-10: 63.0, 2011-11: 63.0, 2011-12: 63.1, 2012-01: 63.3, 2012-02: 63.5, 2012-03: 63.9, 2012-04: 64.3, 2012-05: 64.8, 2012-06: 65.2, 2012-07: 65.7, 2012-08: 66.2, 2012-09: 66.6, 2012-10: 66.9, 2012-11: 67.2, 2012-12: 67.4, 2013-01: 67.6, 2013-02: 67.8, 2013-03: 68.1, 2013-04: 68.4, 2013-05: 68.8, 2013-06: 69.2, 2013-07: 69.7, 2013-08: 70.2, 2013-09: 70.7, 2013-10: 71.2, 2013-11: 71.8, 2013-12: 72.5, 2014-01: 73.1, 2014-02: 73.7, 2014-03: 74.2, 2014-04: 74.6, 2014-05: 74.8, 2014-06: 74.9, 2014-07: 75.1, 2014-08: 75.4, 2014-09: 75.7, 2014-10: 76.1, 2014-11: 76.5, 2014-12: 76.9, 2015-01: 77.2, 2015-02: 77.6, 2015-03: 78.1, 2015-04: 78.7, 2015-05: 79.2, 2015-06: 79.6, 2015-07: 80.0, 2015-08: 80.3, 2015-09: 80.5, 2015-10: 80.6, 2015-11: 80.8, 2015-12: 81.0, 2016-01: 81.2, 2016-02: 81.4, 2016-03: 81.7, 2016-04: 82.0, 2016-05: 82.3, 2016-06: 82.7, 2016-07: 83.0, 2016-08: 83.4, 2016-09: 83.6, 2016-10: 83.9, 2016-11: 84.1, 2016-12: 84.2, 2017-01: 84.4, 2017-02: 84.6, 2017-03: 84.9, 2017-04: 85.2, 2017-05: 85.5, 2017-06: 85.8, 2017-07: 86.1, 2017-08: 86.5, 2017-09: 87.0, 2017-10: 87.7, 2017-11: 88.4, 2017-12: 89.2, 2018-01: 89.8, 2018-02: 90.3, 2018-03: 90.5, 2018-04: 90.7, 2018-05: 90.9, 2018-06: 91.2, 2018-07: 91.5, 2018-08: 91.9, 2018-09: 92.1, 2018-10: 92.3, 2018-11: 92.4, 2018-12: 92.4, 2019-01: 92.5, 2019-02: 92.7, 2019-03: 92.8, 2019-04: 92.8, 2019-05: 92.9, 2019-06: 92.9, 2019-07: 92.8, 2019-08: 92.7, 2019-09: 92.7, 2019-10: 92.8, 2019-11: 92.9, 2019-12: 93.1, 2020-01: 93.4, 2020-02: 93.7, 2020-03: 94.2, 2020-04: 94.8, 2020-05: 95.4, 2020-06: 96.1, 2020-07: 96.9, 2020-08: 97.6, 2020-09: 98.2, 2020-10: 98.8, 2020-11: 99.4, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.6, 2021-02: 101.2, 2021-03: 101.7, 2021-04: 102.2, 2021-05: 102.7, 2021-06: 103.1, 2021-07: 103.5, 2021-08: 104.0, 2021-09: 104.4, 2021-10: 104.8, 2021-11: 105.4, 2021-12: 105.9, 2022-01: 105.9, 2022-02: 106.3, 2022-03: 106.6, 2022-04: 107.0, 2022-05: 107.3, 2022-06: 107.5, 2022-07: 107.6, 2022-08: 107.7, 2022-09: 107.8, 2022-10: 107.9, 2022-11: 108.1, 2022-12: 108.5, 2023-01: 108.8

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

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