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Megawatt Park

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Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Recommended Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

Affordability

Safety — 6,054 reported incidents in the latest period

Schools — 20 schools within range

Trade-offs

Amenities — 50 amenities mapped nearby

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

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

SAPS 2022-2023 · OSM Sep 2026 · modelled

Safety

Top 10%

2022-2023

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 35%

2020

Transport

Top 10%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Top 11%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Top 4%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Bottom 48%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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Population (Census 2022)

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

4,694,290 people in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

Black African 85%

Coloured 5%

Indian or Asian 3%

White 7%

Other 0%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,285 households surveyed in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

88%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

10%

Has electricity

91%

Regular refuse removal

83%

Water interruptions (past yr)

45%

Less happy than last year

43%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 17%

Littering 40%

Water pollution 27%

Air pollution 26%

Land degradation 34%

Noise pollution 30%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 128,969 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

73%

Flush toilet

90%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

91%

Regular refuse removal

88%

Home internet access

18%

No internet access

14%

Owns a motor car

30%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 22%

Child hunger 20%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

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Load-shedding

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National status

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Sandton

Total incidents

6,054

Violent crime

1,351 -111

Burglary & robbery

879 -64

Property crime

2,854 +180

Vehicle crime

592 -45

Other

378 +67

Most reported crimes

Commercial Crime

1,321

Other Theft

1,118

Aggr Robbery

516

Common Assault

389

Theft From Vehicle

355

Burglary Res

333

Shoplifting

284

Common Robbery

240

Reporting history (2008–2023)

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2022

Total Burglary share Latest period

Source: SAPS crime statistics, SAPACR dataset (2008–2023). South African Police Service.

Nearest police stations

Police station 2.8 km Gallo Manor 3.3 km Police station 3.3 km Sandton Police Station 5.3 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

613 m

School mix

5 public · 15 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Healthcare 0

Restaurants 0

Community 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

R11,330

Median income

R35,020

Avg property price

R1,390,500

Price trend YoY

+3.2%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Gauteng (Stats SA GHS 2022) R5,607/mo

Official house price index — City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 61.8, 2010-02: 61.9, 2010-03: 62.0, 2010-04: 61.9, 2010-05: 61.9, 2010-06: 61.7, 2010-07: 61.6, 2010-08: 61.6, 2010-09: 61.9, 2010-10: 62.3, 2010-11: 62.7, 2010-12: 63.1, 2011-01: 63.4, 2011-02: 63.6, 2011-03: 63.8, 2011-04: 64.1, 2011-05: 64.3, 2011-06: 64.6, 2011-07: 64.8, 2011-08: 64.9, 2011-09: 64.8, 2011-10: 64.7, 2011-11: 64.5, 2011-12: 64.4, 2012-01: 64.4, 2012-02: 64.6, 2012-03: 64.8, 2012-04: 65.1, 2012-05: 65.6, 2012-06: 66.1, 2012-07: 66.7, 2012-08: 67.2, 2012-09: 67.8, 2012-10: 68.3, 2012-11: 68.7, 2012-12: 68.9, 2013-01: 69.2, 2013-02: 69.6, 2013-03: 70.0, 2013-04: 70.6, 2013-05: 71.1, 2013-06: 71.7, 2013-07: 72.2, 2013-08: 72.6, 2013-09: 73.1, 2013-10: 73.7, 2013-11: 74.5, 2013-12: 75.3, 2014-01: 76.1, 2014-02: 76.8, 2014-03: 77.3, 2014-04: 77.6, 2014-05: 77.8, 2014-06: 78.0, 2014-07: 78.5, 2014-08: 79.1, 2014-09: 79.7, 2014-10: 80.3, 2014-11: 80.9, 2014-12: 81.3, 2015-01: 81.6, 2015-02: 82.0, 2015-03: 82.4, 2015-04: 83.0, 2015-05: 83.5, 2015-06: 84.0, 2015-07: 84.4, 2015-08: 84.7, 2015-09: 84.9, 2015-10: 85.0, 2015-11: 85.2, 2015-12: 85.5, 2016-01: 85.8, 2016-02: 86.2, 2016-03: 86.7, 2016-04: 87.1, 2016-05: 87.4, 2016-06: 87.7, 2016-07: 87.9, 2016-08: 88.0, 2016-09: 88.2, 2016-10: 88.4, 2016-11: 88.7, 2016-12: 88.9, 2017-01: 89.2, 2017-02: 89.5, 2017-03: 89.6, 2017-04: 89.8, 2017-05: 89.8, 2017-06: 89.9, 2017-07: 90.1, 2017-08: 90.4, 2017-09: 90.9, 2017-10: 91.6, 2017-11: 92.3, 2017-12: 92.9, 2018-01: 93.4, 2018-02: 93.7, 2018-03: 93.8, 2018-04: 93.8, 2018-05: 93.9, 2018-06: 94.2, 2018-07: 94.6, 2018-08: 95.0, 2018-09: 95.2, 2018-10: 95.3, 2018-11: 95.3, 2018-12: 95.2, 2019-01: 95.1, 2019-02: 95.0, 2019-03: 94.9, 2019-04: 94.9, 2019-05: 94.9, 2019-06: 94.8, 2019-07: 94.6, 2019-08: 94.6, 2019-09: 94.5, 2019-10: 94.5, 2019-11: 94.6, 2019-12: 94.7, 2020-01: 94.9, 2020-02: 95.3, 2020-03: 95.7, 2020-04: 96.2, 2020-05: 96.7, 2020-06: 97.2, 2020-07: 97.7, 2020-08: 98.1, 2020-09: 98.5, 2020-10: 99.0, 2020-11: 99.5, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.4, 2021-02: 100.7, 2021-03: 100.9, 2021-04: 101.3, 2021-05: 101.6, 2021-06: 102.0, 2021-07: 102.4, 2021-08: 102.7, 2021-09: 102.9, 2021-10: 102.9, 2021-11: 103.2, 2021-12: 103.6, 2022-01: 103.4, 2022-02: 103.8, 2022-03: 104.1, 2022-04: 104.4, 2022-05: 104.6, 2022-06: 104.6, 2022-07: 104.6, 2022-08: 104.7, 2022-09: 104.8, 2022-10: 105.1, 2022-11: 105.5, 2022-12: 105.9, 2023-01: 106.3

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

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