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Ronald's Vlei

Moderate

Kimberley, Free State

Residential

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

Safety — 6,187 reported incidents in the latest period

Affordability

Schools — 19 schools within range

Trade-offs

Amenities — 1 amenities mapped nearby

Lifestyle

What's happening

Local & city news, notices and alerts

Boost for Woodside’s Browse LNG project as Japan firm inks deal Australian Financial Review

Osaka Gas’ deal to buy into Woodside’s Browse LNG points to growing traction for the contentious plan to develop the huge gas fields off the Kimberley coast.

2 days ago Read article

profit counselling service with saving career ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A remote area nurse who has previously worked across the Pilbara and Kimberley is encouraging other regional nurses and midwives to seek peer-to-peer counselling if experiencing burnout, anxiety or isolation.

3 days ago Read article

Kimberley Municipal Election Forum Sept. 24 East Kootenay News

Kimberley Municipal Election Forum Sept. 24

3 days ago Read article

City reaches milestone on Kimberley Avenue East Kootenay News

City reaches milestone on Kimberley Avenue

5 days ago Read article

Newcastle post office robbers grabbed woman's neck, threatened her with knife and hit her Evening Chronicle

Kimberley Ridley raided a local shop with an accomplice and left a worker terrified

6 days 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

10 pts

record coverage

11 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

Bottom 1%

modelled

Schools

Top 27%

2020

Transport

Bottom 38%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Bottom 2%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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AI neighbourhood summary

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Is this area good for families?

Ronald's Vlei scores 12/100 for schools and 77/100 for safety — the two factors families weigh most. Its strongest areas are safety and affordability. Be mindful of weaker schools and transport scores before committing.

Generated by AI · 3 months ago

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,290 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

78%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

20%

Has electricity

96%

Regular refuse removal

65%

Water interruptions (past yr)

62%

Less happy than last year

39%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 60%

Littering 57%

Water pollution 29%

Air pollution 25%

Land degradation 51%

Noise pollution 24%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

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Load-shedding

No load-shedding

National status

✓ No load-shedding

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Kimberley

Total incidents

6,187

Violent crime

1,647 +151

Burglary & robbery

1,202 +266

Property crime

2,635 +338

Vehicle crime

593 +148

Other

110 -34

Most reported crimes

Other Theft

1,390

Common Assault

614

Burglary Res

570

Theft From Vehicle

555

Commercial Crime

482

Malicious Damage

416

Assault Gbh

372

Burglary Nonres

300

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

Kimberley 5.9 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

1.7 km

School mix

16 public · 3 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Healthcare 0

Shops 0

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 0

Parks 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

R8,580

Median income

R24,200

Avg property price

R858,000

Price trend YoY

+1.7%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Free State (Stats SA GHS 2022) R3,960/mo

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 62.3, 2010-02: 62.4, 2010-03: 62.6, 2010-04: 62.9, 2010-05: 63.5, 2010-06: 64.1, 2010-07: 64.8, 2010-08: 65.4, 2010-09: 65.8, 2010-10: 66.0, 2010-11: 66.2, 2010-12: 66.6, 2011-01: 67.0, 2011-02: 67.8, 2011-03: 68.7, 2011-04: 69.7, 2011-05: 70.5, 2011-06: 70.9, 2011-07: 70.9, 2011-08: 70.8, 2011-09: 70.7, 2011-10: 70.7, 2011-11: 70.9, 2011-12: 71.3, 2012-01: 71.8, 2012-02: 72.3, 2012-03: 72.8, 2012-04: 73.1, 2012-05: 73.3, 2012-06: 73.4, 2012-07: 73.6, 2012-08: 73.9, 2012-09: 74.4, 2012-10: 75.0, 2012-11: 75.6, 2012-12: 75.9, 2013-01: 75.9, 2013-02: 75.7, 2013-03: 75.3, 2013-04: 74.9, 2013-05: 74.9, 2013-06: 75.2, 2013-07: 75.7, 2013-08: 76.4, 2013-09: 77.1, 2013-10: 77.8, 2013-11: 78.4, 2013-12: 78.8, 2014-01: 79.2, 2014-02: 79.3, 2014-03: 79.3, 2014-04: 79.4, 2014-05: 79.6, 2014-06: 79.8, 2014-07: 80.2, 2014-08: 80.4, 2014-09: 80.4, 2014-10: 80.1, 2014-11: 79.8, 2014-12: 79.7, 2015-01: 79.9, 2015-02: 80.5, 2015-03: 81.2, 2015-04: 81.8, 2015-05: 82.2, 2015-06: 82.4, 2015-07: 82.5, 2015-08: 82.7, 2015-09: 83.1, 2015-10: 83.6, 2015-11: 84.2, 2015-12: 84.7, 2016-01: 85.1, 2016-02: 85.3, 2016-03: 85.4, 2016-04: 85.3, 2016-05: 85.3, 2016-06: 85.3, 2016-07: 85.3, 2016-08: 85.2, 2016-09: 84.9, 2016-10: 84.7, 2016-11: 84.5, 2016-12: 84.5, 2017-01: 84.8, 2017-02: 85.5, 2017-03: 86.2, 2017-04: 86.9, 2017-05: 87.4, 2017-06: 87.8, 2017-07: 88.1, 2017-08: 88.6, 2017-09: 89.2, 2017-10: 90.0, 2017-11: 90.6, 2017-12: 91.0, 2018-01: 90.9, 2018-02: 90.6, 2018-03: 90.3, 2018-04: 90.0, 2018-05: 90.0, 2018-06: 90.2, 2018-07: 90.5, 2018-08: 90.8, 2018-09: 91.0, 2018-10: 91.3, 2018-11: 91.5, 2018-12: 91.8, 2019-01: 92.1, 2019-02: 92.4, 2019-03: 92.6, 2019-04: 93.0, 2019-05: 93.2, 2019-06: 93.3, 2019-07: 93.2, 2019-08: 93.0, 2019-09: 92.7, 2019-10: 92.4, 2019-11: 92.2, 2019-12: 92.2, 2020-01: 92.5, 2020-02: 93.0, 2020-03: 93.5, 2020-04: 94.1, 2020-05: 94.8, 2020-06: 95.4, 2020-07: 96.0, 2020-08: 96.6, 2020-09: 97.3, 2020-10: 98.1, 2020-11: 99.1, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.9, 2021-02: 101.7, 2021-03: 102.4, 2021-04: 103.1, 2021-05: 103.8, 2021-06: 104.5, 2021-07: 105.4, 2021-08: 106.2, 2021-09: 106.7, 2021-10: 107.1, 2021-11: 107.0, 2021-12: 107.5, 2022-01: 107.4, 2022-02: 107.5, 2022-03: 107.7, 2022-04: 107.9, 2022-05: 108.0, 2022-06: 108.2, 2022-07: 108.3, 2022-08: 108.3, 2022-09: 108.3, 2022-10: 108.3, 2022-11: 108.4, 2022-12: 108.5, 2023-01: 108.7

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