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Piet Tlou

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eMalahleni, Gauteng

Peri Urban

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

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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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National gig guide: Ne-Yo, Cape Malay choirs and more Sunday World

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WEATHER TODAY: Richards Bay hits 39°C as heat wave holds Eastern Cape and KZN South African

Weather for Friday: Thunderstorms bring a 30% chance of rain to Johannesburg and Pretoria, while Cape Town stays dry and mild under high cloud at 20°C.

3 weeks ago Read article

WEATHER TODAY: Afternoon storms for Thabazimbi and Bela-Bela, Richards Bay 40°C South African

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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

15 pts

source authority

20 pts

freshness

20 pts

record coverage

4 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Verified schools

0 inside · 2 nearby

Batlagae Primary School

Primary · 0.1 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Mkhulu Combined School

Combined · 4.5 km away

nearby

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Data sources

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school · verified 2026-09-23

Source

Score dashboard

modelled

Safety

Bottom 17%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

modelled

Schools

Bottom 47%

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.

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Load-shedding

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National status

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Safety & crime

Safety is estimated

Not matched to a SAPS station yet — the safety score (65/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

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

141 m

School mix

2 public · 0 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

R7,956

Median income

R22,440

Avg property price

R795,600

Price trend YoY

+2.9%

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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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