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St Helena

Moderate

Welkom, North West

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

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Schools — 16 schools within range

Trade-offs

Amenities — 10 amenities mapped nearby

Transport

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · OSM Jun 2026 · modelled

Safety

2022-2023

Affordability

modelled

Schools

2020

Transport

Jun 2026

Amenities

Jun 2026

Lifestyle

Jun 2026

Property Confidence

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?

St Helena scores 30/100 for schools and 73/100 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.

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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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Load-shedding

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Welkom

Total incidents

5,145

Violent crime

1,312 +194

Burglary & robbery

1,209 +225

Property crime

1,988 +184

Vehicle crime

431 -10

Other

205 +13

Most reported crimes

Other Theft

946

Burglary Res

669

Commercial Crime

581

Common Assault

470

Theft From Vehicle

362

Burglary Nonres

316

Aggr Robbery

270

Shoplifting

247

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

Welkom 3.0 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

Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Healthcare 0

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 0

Community 0

Transport 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

R6,864

Median income

R19,360

Avg property price

R686,400

Price trend YoY

+2.9%

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Monthly income

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Median household income in North West (Stats SA GHS 2022) R3,550/mo

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 84.3, 2010-02: 83.5, 2010-03: 82.8, 2010-04: 82.2, 2010-05: 82.1, 2010-06: 82.4, 2010-07: 83.3, 2010-08: 84.5, 2010-09: 85.7, 2010-10: 86.8, 2010-11: 87.9, 2010-12: 89.0, 2011-01: 90.0, 2011-02: 90.7, 2011-03: 90.8, 2011-04: 90.5, 2011-05: 89.8, 2011-06: 89.0, 2011-07: 88.2, 2011-08: 87.7, 2011-09: 87.5, 2011-10: 87.5, 2011-11: 87.5, 2011-12: 87.3, 2012-01: 87.1, 2012-02: 87.1, 2012-03: 87.2, 2012-04: 87.5, 2012-05: 88.1, 2012-06: 89.0, 2012-07: 90.0, 2012-08: 91.0, 2012-09: 91.7, 2012-10: 92.0, 2012-11: 91.8, 2012-12: 91.5, 2013-01: 91.3, 2013-02: 91.5, 2013-03: 92.3, 2013-04: 93.5, 2013-05: 94.5, 2013-06: 95.0, 2013-07: 94.9, 2013-08: 94.3, 2013-09: 93.6, 2013-10: 93.1, 2013-11: 93.2, 2013-12: 93.9, 2014-01: 94.8, 2014-02: 95.6, 2014-03: 96.0, 2014-04: 95.9, 2014-05: 95.5, 2014-06: 95.0, 2014-07: 94.6, 2014-08: 94.6, 2014-09: 95.0, 2014-10: 95.5, 2014-11: 95.9, 2014-12: 96.3, 2015-01: 96.5, 2015-02: 96.6, 2015-03: 96.5, 2015-04: 96.6, 2015-05: 96.7, 2015-06: 96.8, 2015-07: 96.8, 2015-08: 96.6, 2015-09: 96.1, 2015-10: 95.4, 2015-11: 94.6, 2015-12: 93.8, 2016-01: 93.1, 2016-02: 92.5, 2016-03: 92.0, 2016-04: 91.9, 2016-05: 92.0, 2016-06: 92.5, 2016-07: 93.2, 2016-08: 93.8, 2016-09: 94.2, 2016-10: 94.3, 2016-11: 94.1, 2016-12: 93.7, 2017-01: 93.4, 2017-02: 93.3, 2017-03: 93.3, 2017-04: 93.2, 2017-05: 93.0, 2017-06: 92.9, 2017-07: 92.9, 2017-08: 93.1, 2017-09: 93.5, 2017-10: 94.0, 2017-11: 94.7, 2017-12: 95.4, 2018-01: 96.0, 2018-02: 96.3, 2018-03: 96.4, 2018-04: 96.4, 2018-05: 96.3, 2018-06: 95.8, 2018-07: 95.3, 2018-08: 95.2, 2018-09: 95.5, 2018-10: 96.3, 2018-11: 97.3, 2018-12: 98.5, 2019-01: 99.6, 2019-02: 100.4, 2019-03: 101.0, 2019-04: 101.4, 2019-05: 101.7, 2019-06: 102.1, 2019-07: 102.2, 2019-08: 101.9, 2019-09: 101.2, 2019-10: 100.1, 2019-11: 98.7, 2019-12: 97.3, 2020-01: 95.9, 2020-02: 94.8, 2020-03: 94.3, 2020-04: 94.6, 2020-05: 95.6, 2020-06: 96.9, 2020-07: 98.1, 2020-08: 99.0, 2020-09: 99.6, 2020-10: 99.7, 2020-11: 99.8, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.6, 2021-02: 101.5, 2021-03: 102.4, 2021-04: 103.0, 2021-05: 103.3, 2021-06: 103.7, 2021-07: 104.2, 2021-08: 104.8, 2021-09: 105.8, 2021-10: 107.0, 2021-11: 108.0, 2021-12: 109.5, 2022-01: 111.5, 2022-02: 112.5, 2022-03: 113.3, 2022-04: 114.1, 2022-05: 114.7, 2022-06: 115.5, 2022-07: 116.5, 2022-08: 117.7, 2022-09: 118.8, 2022-10: 119.7, 2022-11: 120.3, 2022-12: 120.5, 2023-01: 120.4

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