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Komkhulu

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East London, Eastern Cape

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Data confidence

High 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

10 pts

demographic alignment

Combined · 4.6 km away

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school · verified 2026-09-22

Source

Score dashboard

modelled

Safety

Bottom 25%

estimated

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 35%

2020

Transport

Bottom 45%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 44%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 42%

pending

Property Confidence

Top 13%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Population (Census 2022)

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality — for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

968,651 people in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Black African 85%

Coloured 5%

Indian or Asian 1%

White 8%

Other 1%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 322 households surveyed in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

76%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

24%

Has electricity

93%

Regular refuse removal

66%

Water interruptions (past yr)

73%

Less happy than last year

56%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 31%

Littering 38%

Water pollution 34%

Air pollution 43%

Land degradation 54%

Noise pollution 31%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 5,852 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

27%

Flush toilet

29%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

92%

Regular refuse removal

27%

Home internet access

No internet access

49%

Owns a motor car

12%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 32%

Child hunger 28%

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 (72/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

Nearest police stations

Ngqamakhwe 7.5 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

471 m

School mix

10 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

R10,780

Median income

R33,320

Avg property price

R1,323,000

Price trend YoY

+2.8%

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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 — Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 59.1, 2010-02: 58.8, 2010-03: 58.7, 2010-04: 58.6, 2010-05: 58.7, 2010-06: 58.9, 2010-07: 59.2, 2010-08: 59.5, 2010-09: 59.5, 2010-10: 59.4, 2010-11: 59.1, 2010-12: 59.0, 2011-01: 59.1, 2011-02: 59.4, 2011-03: 59.8, 2011-04: 60.3, 2011-05: 60.7, 2011-06: 61.1, 2011-07: 61.3, 2011-08: 61.4, 2011-09: 61.3, 2011-10: 61.3, 2011-11: 61.5, 2011-12: 61.8, 2012-01: 62.2, 2012-02: 62.5, 2012-03: 62.8, 2012-04: 63.2, 2012-05: 63.6, 2012-06: 64.1, 2012-07: 64.7, 2012-08: 65.5, 2012-09: 66.3, 2012-10: 67.0, 2012-11: 67.5, 2012-12: 67.8, 2013-01: 68.1, 2013-02: 68.3, 2013-03: 68.2, 2013-04: 67.8, 2013-05: 67.3, 2013-06: 66.7, 2013-07: 65.9, 2013-08: 65.4, 2013-09: 65.4, 2013-10: 65.8, 2013-11: 66.7, 2013-12: 67.8, 2014-01: 68.8, 2014-02: 69.7, 2014-03: 70.2, 2014-04: 70.6, 2014-05: 71.0, 2014-06: 71.5, 2014-07: 72.0, 2014-08: 72.7, 2014-09: 73.4, 2014-10: 74.0, 2014-11: 74.4, 2014-12: 74.6, 2015-01: 74.6, 2015-02: 74.5, 2015-03: 74.4, 2015-04: 74.3, 2015-05: 74.5, 2015-06: 74.7, 2015-07: 75.0, 2015-08: 75.3, 2015-09: 75.3, 2015-10: 75.2, 2015-11: 75.1, 2015-12: 74.9, 2016-01: 75.0, 2016-02: 75.5, 2016-03: 76.4, 2016-04: 77.2, 2016-05: 77.8, 2016-06: 78.2, 2016-07: 78.4, 2016-08: 78.5, 2016-09: 78.8, 2016-10: 79.2, 2016-11: 79.7, 2016-12: 80.4, 2017-01: 81.2, 2017-02: 82.2, 2017-03: 83.1, 2017-04: 84.2, 2017-05: 85.1, 2017-06: 85.8, 2017-07: 86.6, 2017-08: 87.2, 2017-09: 87.7, 2017-10: 88.3, 2017-11: 89.2, 2017-12: 89.9, 2018-01: 90.3, 2018-02: 90.6, 2018-03: 90.9, 2018-04: 91.2, 2018-05: 91.5, 2018-06: 91.9, 2018-07: 92.3, 2018-08: 92.9, 2018-09: 93.3, 2018-10: 93.4, 2018-11: 93.4, 2018-12: 93.6, 2019-01: 93.8, 2019-02: 93.9, 2019-03: 93.9, 2019-04: 94.1, 2019-05: 94.4, 2019-06: 94.6, 2019-07: 94.5, 2019-08: 94.1, 2019-09: 93.5, 2019-10: 92.6, 2019-11: 91.3, 2019-12: 90.4, 2020-01: 90.2, 2020-02: 91.0, 2020-03: 92.3, 2020-04: 93.7, 2020-05: 94.8, 2020-06: 95.5, 2020-07: 95.9, 2020-08: 96.3, 2020-09: 97.0, 2020-10: 98.0, 2020-11: 99.2, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.1, 2021-02: 99.3, 2021-03: 98.3, 2021-04: 97.4, 2021-05: 97.1, 2021-06: 97.3, 2021-07: 97.9, 2021-08: 98.7, 2021-09: 99.3, 2021-10: 100.1, 2021-11: 100.8, 2021-12: 101.8, 2022-01: 102.6, 2022-02: 104.0, 2022-03: 105.5, 2022-04: 106.6, 2022-05: 107.1, 2022-06: 107.0, 2022-07: 106.8, 2022-08: 106.9, 2022-09: 107.7, 2022-10: 109.1, 2022-11: 110.9, 2022-12: 112.6, 2023-01: 113.6

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

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