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Ross Kent East

Moderate

Welkom, North West

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions
Best reasons
94
Affordability
84
Property confidence
80
Safety
Trade-offs
15
Amenities — 6 amenities mapped nearby
18
Transport
Unknowns
Safety — based on limited evidence
What's happening
Local & city news, notices and alerts
Free State records two new foot-and-mouth disease cases Ebnewsdaily
The Free State has confirmed two new foot-and-mouth disease cases, taking the provincial total to 798, with 164 still active.
20 hours ago Read article
Free State records two new foot and mouth disease cases The South African Broadcasting Corporation
The department says more than a million cattle in the Free State have been vaccinated.
22 hours ago Read article
Data confidence
Moderate coverage
76

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
16 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
80
Safety
Top 31%
estimated
94
Affordability
Top 37%
modelled
67
Schools
Top 45%
2020
18
Transport
Bottom 1%
Sep 2026
15
Amenities
Bottom 24%
Sep 2026
23
Lifestyle
Bottom 28%
Sep 2026
84
Property Confidence
Top 18%
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 1,244 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access
49%
Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)
49%
Has electricity
92%
Regular refuse removal
46%
Water interruptions (past yr)
73%
Less happy than last year
54%
What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 32%
Littering 32%
Water pollution 20%
Air pollution 31%
Land degradation 56%
Noise pollution 15%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

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