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The Vines

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Stellenbosch, Western Cape

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Recommended Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

Affordability

Safety — 2,965 reported incidents in the latest period

Schools — 50 schools within range

Trade-offs

Transport

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 6%

2022-2023

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 27%

2020

Transport

Bottom 45%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Top 4%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Top 5%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Top 25%

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?

The Vines scores 55/100 for schools and 100/100 for safety — the two factors families weigh most. Its strongest areas are safety. No dimension scores in the concerning range.

Generated by AI · 3 months ago

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,772 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

96%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

Has electricity

98%

Regular refuse removal

88%

Water interruptions (past yr)

22%

Less happy than last year

36%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 9%

Littering 27%

Water pollution 10%

Air pollution 11%

Land degradation 14%

Noise pollution 14%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

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Load-shedding

No load-shedding

National status · Updated 1 year ago

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Lwandle

Total incidents

2,965

Violent crime

1,527 +248

Burglary & robbery

398 +59

Property crime

610 +193

Vehicle crime

97 -32

Other

333 +159

Most reported crimes

Common Assault

412

Aggr Robbery

376

Other Theft

352

Assault Gbh

291

Drug Crime

274

Burglary Res

197

Malicious Damage

161

Sexual Offences

116

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

Lwandle 2.4 km Lwandle 2.4 km Somerset West Police Station 2.5 km Strand Police Station 3.3 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

544 m

School mix

28 public · 22 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

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

R10,890

Median income

R33,660

Avg property price

R1,336,500

Price trend YoY

+3.2%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Western Cape (Stats SA GHS 2022) R9,475/mo

Official house price index — Western Cape Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 48.1, 2010-02: 48.0, 2010-03: 47.8, 2010-04: 47.7, 2010-05: 47.6, 2010-06: 47.5, 2010-07: 47.5, 2010-08: 47.5, 2010-09: 47.5, 2010-10: 47.5, 2010-11: 47.6, 2010-12: 47.8, 2011-01: 48.0, 2011-02: 48.2, 2011-03: 48.6, 2011-04: 48.8, 2011-05: 49.0, 2011-06: 49.0, 2011-07: 49.0, 2011-08: 49.0, 2011-09: 49.0, 2011-10: 49.1, 2011-11: 49.2, 2011-12: 49.3, 2012-01: 49.4, 2012-02: 49.4, 2012-03: 49.4, 2012-04: 49.5, 2012-05: 49.7, 2012-06: 50.0, 2012-07: 50.3, 2012-08: 50.7, 2012-09: 51.1, 2012-10: 51.5, 2012-11: 51.8, 2012-12: 52.1, 2013-01: 52.3, 2013-02: 52.6, 2013-03: 52.9, 2013-04: 53.2, 2013-05: 53.6, 2013-06: 54.1, 2013-07: 54.6, 2013-08: 55.0, 2013-09: 55.4, 2013-10: 55.8, 2013-11: 56.2, 2013-12: 56.7, 2014-01: 57.3, 2014-02: 57.9, 2014-03: 58.5, 2014-04: 59.1, 2014-05: 59.5, 2014-06: 60.0, 2014-07: 60.5, 2014-08: 61.0, 2014-09: 61.5, 2014-10: 62.1, 2014-11: 62.7, 2014-12: 63.2, 2015-01: 63.7, 2015-02: 64.3, 2015-03: 64.9, 2015-04: 65.4, 2015-05: 66.0, 2015-06: 66.5, 2015-07: 67.1, 2015-08: 67.7, 2015-09: 68.3, 2015-10: 69.0, 2015-11: 69.8, 2015-12: 70.8, 2016-01: 71.6, 2016-02: 72.4, 2016-03: 73.0, 2016-04: 73.5, 2016-05: 74.0, 2016-06: 74.4, 2016-07: 74.9, 2016-08: 75.5, 2016-09: 76.1, 2016-10: 76.8, 2016-11: 77.5, 2016-12: 78.3, 2017-01: 79.1, 2017-02: 80.1, 2017-03: 81.1, 2017-04: 82.1, 2017-05: 83.0, 2017-06: 83.9, 2017-07: 84.7, 2017-08: 85.4, 2017-09: 86.1, 2017-10: 86.7, 2017-11: 87.2, 2017-12: 87.6, 2018-01: 87.8, 2018-02: 88.0, 2018-03: 88.2, 2018-04: 88.5, 2018-05: 88.8, 2018-06: 89.3, 2018-07: 89.7, 2018-08: 90.2, 2018-09: 90.5, 2018-10: 90.8, 2018-11: 90.9, 2018-12: 91.1, 2019-01: 91.4, 2019-02: 91.7, 2019-03: 92.0, 2019-04: 92.2, 2019-05: 92.2, 2019-06: 92.0, 2019-07: 91.8, 2019-08: 91.8, 2019-09: 91.8, 2019-10: 92.1, 2019-11: 92.4, 2019-12: 92.7, 2020-01: 92.8, 2020-02: 93.1, 2020-03: 93.5, 2020-04: 94.3, 2020-05: 95.4, 2020-06: 96.6, 2020-07: 97.7, 2020-08: 98.5, 2020-09: 98.9, 2020-10: 99.1, 2020-11: 99.4, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.9, 2021-02: 101.9, 2021-03: 102.9, 2021-04: 103.7, 2021-05: 104.2, 2021-06: 104.5, 2021-07: 104.9, 2021-08: 105.3, 2021-09: 105.8, 2021-10: 106.6, 2021-11: 107.4, 2021-12: 107.9, 2022-01: 108.5, 2022-02: 109.0, 2022-03: 109.3, 2022-04: 109.6, 2022-05: 110.0, 2022-06: 110.5, 2022-07: 111.2, 2022-08: 112.1, 2022-09: 113.2, 2022-10: 114.2, 2022-11: 115.0, 2022-12: 115.8, 2023-01: 116.5

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

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