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Thambokhulu

Moderate

Mbombela, Mpumalanga

Residential

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

100

Property confidence

Affordability

Trade-offs

Safety

Transport

Unknowns

Safety — based on limited evidence

Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

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

10 pts

record coverage

10 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

modelled

Safety

Bottom 10%

estimated

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 47%

2020

Transport

Bottom 45%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 44%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 42%

pending

100

Property Confidence

Top 8%

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 1,523 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

42%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

56%

Has electricity

94%

Regular refuse removal

36%

Water interruptions (past yr)

76%

Less happy than last year

41%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 54%

Littering 48%

Water pollution 10%

Air pollution 22%

Land degradation 72%

Noise pollution 11%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 10,731 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

28%

Flush toilet

24%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

95%

Regular refuse removal

27%

Home internet access

No internet access

26%

Owns a motor car

24%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 19%

Child hunger 18%

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 (48/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

Nearest police stations

Mbuzini 14.2 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

329 m

School mix

5 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

+4%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Mpumalanga (Stats SA GHS 2022) R4,000/mo

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 59.4, 2010-02: 59.8, 2010-03: 60.4, 2010-04: 61.0, 2010-05: 61.7, 2010-06: 62.4, 2010-07: 62.9, 2010-08: 63.3, 2010-09: 63.3, 2010-10: 63.2, 2010-11: 63.0, 2010-12: 62.8, 2011-01: 62.6, 2011-02: 62.5, 2011-03: 62.4, 2011-04: 62.3, 2011-05: 62.2, 2011-06: 62.3, 2011-07: 62.5, 2011-08: 62.9, 2011-09: 63.6, 2011-10: 64.4, 2011-11: 65.4, 2011-12: 66.2, 2012-01: 66.9, 2012-02: 67.6, 2012-03: 68.1, 2012-04: 68.6, 2012-05: 69.1, 2012-06: 69.6, 2012-07: 70.0, 2012-08: 70.3, 2012-09: 70.3, 2012-10: 70.2, 2012-11: 70.1, 2012-12: 70.1, 2013-01: 70.3, 2013-02: 70.5, 2013-03: 71.0, 2013-04: 71.5, 2013-05: 72.1, 2013-06: 72.7, 2013-07: 73.3, 2013-08: 74.0, 2013-09: 74.7, 2013-10: 75.3, 2013-11: 75.8, 2013-12: 76.3, 2014-01: 76.8, 2014-02: 77.1, 2014-03: 77.1, 2014-04: 77.0, 2014-05: 76.7, 2014-06: 76.3, 2014-07: 75.8, 2014-08: 75.2, 2014-09: 74.6, 2014-10: 73.9, 2014-11: 73.3, 2014-12: 72.9, 2015-01: 72.8, 2015-02: 73.1, 2015-03: 73.6, 2015-04: 74.3, 2015-05: 74.7, 2015-06: 75.1, 2015-07: 75.4, 2015-08: 75.8, 2015-09: 76.5, 2015-10: 77.4, 2015-11: 78.3, 2015-12: 79.0, 2016-01: 79.4, 2016-02: 79.7, 2016-03: 79.8, 2016-04: 79.7, 2016-05: 79.5, 2016-06: 79.2, 2016-07: 79.0, 2016-08: 79.1, 2016-09: 79.2, 2016-10: 79.6, 2016-11: 80.0, 2016-12: 80.3, 2017-01: 80.3, 2017-02: 79.9, 2017-03: 79.6, 2017-04: 79.5, 2017-05: 79.4, 2017-06: 79.5, 2017-07: 79.6, 2017-08: 79.4, 2017-09: 79.2, 2017-10: 79.2, 2017-11: 79.2, 2017-12: 79.6, 2018-01: 80.4, 2018-02: 81.4, 2018-03: 82.2, 2018-04: 82.7, 2018-05: 83.0, 2018-06: 83.3, 2018-07: 83.7, 2018-08: 84.1, 2018-09: 84.5, 2018-10: 84.7, 2018-11: 84.9, 2018-12: 85.1, 2019-01: 85.4, 2019-02: 85.9, 2019-03: 86.6, 2019-04: 87.4, 2019-05: 87.9, 2019-06: 87.9, 2019-07: 87.8, 2019-08: 87.7, 2019-09: 87.8, 2019-10: 88.3, 2019-11: 88.9, 2019-12: 89.6, 2020-01: 90.2, 2020-02: 90.7, 2020-03: 91.1, 2020-04: 91.6, 2020-05: 92.4, 2020-06: 93.6, 2020-07: 95.0, 2020-08: 96.3, 2020-09: 97.6, 2020-10: 98.7, 2020-11: 99.6, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.0, 2021-02: 99.7, 2021-03: 99.4, 2021-04: 99.3, 2021-05: 99.5, 2021-06: 100.3, 2021-07: 101.2, 2021-08: 102.0, 2021-09: 102.2, 2021-10: 102.1, 2021-11: 102.0, 2021-12: 101.1, 2022-01: 101.6, 2022-02: 102.6, 2022-03: 104.0, 2022-04: 105.7, 2022-05: 107.2, 2022-06: 108.3, 2022-07: 109.2, 2022-08: 109.9, 2022-09: 110.6, 2022-10: 111.5, 2022-11: 112.6, 2022-12: 114.0, 2023-01: 115.5

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

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