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Western Hills

Moderate

Gqeberha, Eastern Cape

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

Schools — 76 schools within range

Affordability

Safety

Trade-offs

Amenities — 31 amenities mapped nearby

Transport

Unknowns

Safety — based on limited evidence

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

10 pts

record coverage

25 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

Top 36%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

modelled

Schools

Top 1%

2020

Transport

Bottom 38%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Bottom 24%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Top 11%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Top 37%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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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 22,145 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

78%

Flush toilet

90%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

94%

Regular refuse removal

87%

Home internet access

12%

No internet access

22%

Owns a motor car

28%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 37%

Child hunger 35%

Source: Stats SA Census 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 (78/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

Nearest police stations

Gelvandale 3.0 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

535 m

School mix

60 public · 16 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Healthcare 0

Shops 0

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 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

R8,268

Median income

R23,320

Avg property price

R826,800

Price trend YoY

+2.1%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 62.9, 2010-02: 62.8, 2010-03: 62.8, 2010-04: 63.0, 2010-05: 63.3, 2010-06: 63.7, 2010-07: 64.1, 2010-08: 64.1, 2010-09: 63.8, 2010-10: 63.4, 2010-11: 63.2, 2010-12: 63.3, 2011-01: 63.8, 2011-02: 64.7, 2011-03: 65.7, 2011-04: 66.5, 2011-05: 67.1, 2011-06: 67.3, 2011-07: 67.1, 2011-08: 66.8, 2011-09: 66.5, 2011-10: 66.5, 2011-11: 66.7, 2011-12: 67.0, 2012-01: 67.2, 2012-02: 67.1, 2012-03: 66.7, 2012-04: 66.2, 2012-05: 65.6, 2012-06: 65.3, 2012-07: 65.4, 2012-08: 65.9, 2012-09: 66.6, 2012-10: 67.3, 2012-11: 67.8, 2012-12: 68.0, 2013-01: 68.0, 2013-02: 67.9, 2013-03: 68.0, 2013-04: 68.2, 2013-05: 68.7, 2013-06: 69.2, 2013-07: 69.6, 2013-08: 69.9, 2013-09: 70.1, 2013-10: 70.0, 2013-11: 69.9, 2013-12: 69.7, 2014-01: 69.7, 2014-02: 69.9, 2014-03: 70.2, 2014-04: 70.5, 2014-05: 70.9, 2014-06: 71.3, 2014-07: 71.8, 2014-08: 72.3, 2014-09: 72.8, 2014-10: 73.2, 2014-11: 73.5, 2014-12: 73.6, 2015-01: 73.6, 2015-02: 73.7, 2015-03: 73.9, 2015-04: 74.3, 2015-05: 74.8, 2015-06: 75.2, 2015-07: 75.3, 2015-08: 75.2, 2015-09: 74.9, 2015-10: 74.8, 2015-11: 74.9, 2015-12: 75.3, 2016-01: 75.8, 2016-02: 76.3, 2016-03: 76.7, 2016-04: 76.8, 2016-05: 76.8, 2016-06: 77.0, 2016-07: 77.3, 2016-08: 77.7, 2016-09: 78.0, 2016-10: 78.2, 2016-11: 78.2, 2016-12: 78.1, 2017-01: 78.2, 2017-02: 78.3, 2017-03: 78.6, 2017-04: 79.0, 2017-05: 79.1, 2017-06: 79.0, 2017-07: 78.6, 2017-08: 78.5, 2017-09: 78.7, 2017-10: 79.4, 2017-11: 80.3, 2017-12: 81.3, 2018-01: 82.1, 2018-02: 82.6, 2018-03: 82.7, 2018-04: 82.6, 2018-05: 82.8, 2018-06: 83.0, 2018-07: 83.3, 2018-08: 83.5, 2018-09: 83.6, 2018-10: 83.6, 2018-11: 83.8, 2018-12: 84.3, 2019-01: 85.2, 2019-02: 86.2, 2019-03: 87.3, 2019-04: 87.9, 2019-05: 88.2, 2019-06: 88.3, 2019-07: 88.6, 2019-08: 89.2, 2019-09: 90.1, 2019-10: 91.3, 2019-11: 92.2, 2019-12: 92.7, 2020-01: 92.9, 2020-02: 93.1, 2020-03: 93.5, 2020-04: 94.3, 2020-05: 95.7, 2020-06: 97.2, 2020-07: 98.6, 2020-08: 99.6, 2020-09: 100.0, 2020-10: 100.0, 2020-11: 99.9, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.3, 2021-02: 100.9, 2021-03: 101.7, 2021-04: 102.5, 2021-05: 103.1, 2021-06: 103.5, 2021-07: 103.8, 2021-08: 104.2, 2021-09: 104.8, 2021-10: 105.5, 2021-11: 106.2, 2021-12: 106.7, 2022-01: 107.0, 2022-02: 106.9, 2022-03: 106.7, 2022-04: 106.6, 2022-05: 106.8, 2022-06: 107.1, 2022-07: 107.4, 2022-08: 107.8, 2022-09: 108.2, 2022-10: 108.8, 2022-11: 109.4, 2022-12: 110.3, 2023-01: 111.2

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

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