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Ulco

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Kimberley, Northern Cape

Peri Urban

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

Safety — 531 reported incidents in the latest period

Property confidence

Trade-offs

Schools — 1 schools within range

Transport

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Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

Lifestyle — no source available yet

What's happening

Local & city news, notices and alerts

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.

3 weeks ago Read article

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....

3 weeks ago Read article

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.

3 weeks 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

20 pts

record coverage

2 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Verified schools

1 inside · 0 nearby

Ulco Primary School

Primary · Inside suburb

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Data sources

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school · verified 2026-09-22

Source

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · modelled

Safety

Top 4%

2022-2023

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Bottom 41%

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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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.

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Load-shedding

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Delportshoop

Total incidents

531

Violent crime

241 +72

Burglary & robbery

123 +9

Property crime

135 -37

Vehicle crime

10 -4

Other

22 +1

Most reported crimes

Assault Gbh

Burglary Res

Other Theft

Common Assault

Malicious Damage

Burglary Nonres

Stock Theft

Sexual Offences

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

Delportshoop 13.9 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

392 m

School mix

1 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

R11,220

Median income

R34,680

Avg property price

R1,377,000

Price trend YoY

+2.4%

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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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