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67
/ 100

Eikepark

Moderate

Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions
Best reasons
86
Affordability
82
Schools — 19 schools within range
77
Lifestyle
Trade-offs
18
Transport
Unknowns
Safety — based on limited evidence
What's happening
Local & city news, notices and alerts
‘We’re terrified all the time’: Fear and anger in South Africa after nine women’s bodies found The Independent
A series of gruesome discoveries in Johannesburg have put renewed focus on gender-based violence in the country. But campaigners tell Maira Butt that women have been raising the alarm for years yet little is being done
16 hours ago Read article
England prioritising South Africa Tests: Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson and Josh Tongue may not play Australia T20Is Hindustan Times
The five-T20I series will be played in November-December, and just a couple of weeks later, the first Test in South Africa kicks off at Johannesburg. | Cricket
17 hours ago Read article
Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa The Nation
JOHANNESBURG  -  “What we are going to do, I have no idea,” sobs Nokwanda Matshikiza, reflecting on the murder of her niece Dineo Motapane.
1 day ago Read article
'It has to stop': runners protest women's murders in S.Africa district Bangkok Post
KEMPTON PARK (SOUTH AFRICA) - Hundreds of runners gathered Saturday in South Africa's Kempton Park, near Johannesburg, where the body of a 38-year-old mother was discovered earlier this month -- one of nine woman to be murdered in the district in two months.
1 day ago Read article
Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know Al Jazeera
Police examining ‘all possibilities’ as women in Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, fear murders could be linked.
1 day ago Read article
Data confidence
High coverage
85

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
OSM Sep 2026 · modelled
67
Safety
Bottom 20%
estimated
86
Affordability
Bottom 1%
modelled
82
Schools
Top 27%
2020
18
Transport
Bottom 1%
Sep 2026
58
Amenities
Top 9%
Sep 2026
77
Lifestyle
Top 4%
Sep 2026
68
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.

Quality of life
GCRO Survey · 2023-2024
Small sample (4 respondents) — treat as indicative.
72
/ 100 overall quality-of-life index
4 residents surveyed
Service delivery 9.3/10
Government satisfaction 5.4/10
Life satisfaction 8.2/10
Health 9.7/10
Perceived safety 5.9/10
Civic participation 7.0/10

Source: GCRO, person-weighted. Perceived safety ≠ measured crime data (see Safety tab).

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