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St. Francis Bay

Moderate

Gqeberha, Eastern Cape

Peri Urban 2 months ago

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SAPS 2022-2023 · modelled

Safety

2022-2023

Affordability

modelled

Schools

2020

Transport

pending

Amenities

pending

Lifestyle

pending

Property Confidence

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Is this area good for families?

St. Francis Bay scores 55/100 for schools and 58/100 for safety — the two factors families weigh most. Its strongest areas are affordability and property confidence. No dimension scores in the concerning range.

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Population (Census 2022)

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality — for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

1,187,335 people in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Black African 63%

Coloured 19%

Indian or Asian 1%

White 16%

Other 1%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 461 households surveyed in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

96%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

Has electricity

98%

Regular refuse removal

87%

Water interruptions (past yr)

70%

Less happy than last year

30%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 35%

Littering 42%

Water pollution 15%

Air pollution 11%

Land degradation 2%

Noise pollution 4%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 1,967 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

69%

Flush toilet

83%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

10%

Electricity for lighting

94%

Regular refuse removal

91%

Home internet access

18%

No internet access

26%

Owns a motor car

34%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 14%

Child hunger 13%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS

No significant hazards on record

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

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Load-shedding

No load-shedding

National status

✓ No load-shedding

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

St Francis Bay

Total incidents

687

Violent crime

217 +24

Burglary & robbery

202 +7

Property crime

206 -31

Vehicle crime

38 -9

Other

24 -8

Most reported crimes

Burglary Res

145

Other Theft

124

Assault Gbh

Commercial Crime

Common Assault

Burglary Nonres

Theft From Vehicle

Malicious Damage

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

St Francis Bay 780 m

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

Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

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

R10,780

Median income

R33,320

Avg property price

R1,323,000

Price trend YoY

+3.2%

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Monthly income

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Median household income in Eastern Cape (Stats SA GHS 2022) R3,770/mo

Official house price index — Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

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

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St Francis Bay SAPS location

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