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Ga-Mapela

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Polokwane, Limpopo

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Amenities

Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

100

Property confidence

Affordability

Safety — 819 reported incidents in the latest period

Trade-offs

Transport

Amenities

Unknowns

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Amenities — no source available yet

Lifestyle — no source available yet

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · modelled

Safety

2022-2023

Affordability

modelled

Schools

2020

Transport

pending

Amenities

pending

Lifestyle

pending

100

Property Confidence

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 2,295 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

29%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

69%

Has electricity

98%

Regular refuse removal

18%

Water interruptions (past yr)

71%

Less happy than last year

33%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 11%

Littering 24%

Water pollution 10%

Air pollution 11%

Land degradation 36%

Noise pollution 8%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 8,683 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

35%

Flush toilet

40%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

97%

Regular refuse removal

36%

Home internet access

No internet access

31%

Owns a motor car

25%

Food security

% of households reporting hunger at least sometimes in the past year.

Adult hunger 17%

Child hunger 15%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Tinmyne

Total incidents

819

Violent crime

309 +35

Burglary & robbery

152 +41

Property crime

277 +31

Vehicle crime

8 -3

Other

73 +4

Most reported crimes

Other Theft

152

Common Assault

Assault Gbh

Drug Crime

Malicious Damage

Burglary Res

Stock Theft

Burglary Nonres

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

Tinmyne 11.8 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

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

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

R11,660

Median income

R36,040

Avg property price

R1,431,000

Price trend YoY

+3.2%

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Monthly income

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Median household income in Limpopo (Stats SA GHS 2022) R3,560/mo

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 66.4, 2010-02: 65.4, 2010-03: 64.4, 2010-04: 63.5, 2010-05: 62.8, 2010-06: 62.2, 2010-07: 62.1, 2010-08: 62.3, 2010-09: 62.4, 2010-10: 62.6, 2010-11: 62.7, 2010-12: 62.9, 2011-01: 63.0, 2011-02: 63.3, 2011-03: 63.6, 2011-04: 63.9, 2011-05: 64.3, 2011-06: 64.8, 2011-07: 65.6, 2011-08: 66.8, 2011-09: 68.4, 2011-10: 69.9, 2011-11: 71.1, 2011-12: 72.0, 2012-01: 72.6, 2012-02: 73.1, 2012-03: 73.6, 2012-04: 74.4, 2012-05: 75.4, 2012-06: 76.1, 2012-07: 76.3, 2012-08: 76.1, 2012-09: 75.6, 2012-10: 75.3, 2012-11: 75.2, 2012-12: 75.3, 2013-01: 75.3, 2013-02: 75.2, 2013-03: 74.6, 2013-04: 73.5, 2013-05: 72.3, 2013-06: 71.5, 2013-07: 71.4, 2013-08: 71.7, 2013-09: 72.3, 2013-10: 72.9, 2013-11: 73.3, 2013-12: 73.6, 2014-01: 73.8, 2014-02: 74.2, 2014-03: 75.0, 2014-04: 76.2, 2014-05: 77.7, 2014-06: 78.9, 2014-07: 79.5, 2014-08: 79.2, 2014-09: 78.3, 2014-10: 77.1, 2014-11: 76.3, 2014-12: 76.2, 2015-01: 77.0, 2015-02: 78.1, 2015-03: 79.1, 2015-04: 79.8, 2015-05: 80.1, 2015-06: 80.3, 2015-07: 80.5, 2015-08: 80.7, 2015-09: 81.1, 2015-10: 81.3, 2015-11: 81.2, 2015-12: 80.6, 2016-01: 79.8, 2016-02: 79.2, 2016-03: 79.1, 2016-04: 79.2, 2016-05: 79.4, 2016-06: 79.2, 2016-07: 78.9, 2016-08: 78.8, 2016-09: 79.2, 2016-10: 80.4, 2016-11: 82.4, 2016-12: 85.0, 2017-01: 87.0, 2017-02: 87.9, 2017-03: 87.6, 2017-04: 86.6, 2017-05: 85.7, 2017-06: 85.5, 2017-07: 86.5, 2017-08: 88.3, 2017-09: 90.3, 2017-10: 91.4, 2017-11: 91.5, 2017-12: 90.5, 2018-01: 89.4, 2018-02: 88.7, 2018-03: 89.1, 2018-04: 90.3, 2018-05: 91.6, 2018-06: 92.2, 2018-07: 92.2, 2018-08: 91.8, 2018-09: 91.4, 2018-10: 91.5, 2018-11: 92.2, 2018-12: 93.1, 2019-01: 93.9, 2019-02: 94.1, 2019-03: 93.6, 2019-04: 92.7, 2019-05: 92.3, 2019-06: 92.6, 2019-07: 93.3, 2019-08: 94.0, 2019-09: 94.2, 2019-10: 93.9, 2019-11: 93.4, 2019-12: 93.0, 2020-01: 93.3, 2020-02: 94.5, 2020-03: 96.2, 2020-04: 98.0, 2020-05: 99.0, 2020-06: 99.3, 2020-07: 99.0, 2020-08: 98.4, 2020-09: 98.0, 2020-10: 98.0, 2020-11: 98.7, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 101.4, 2021-02: 102.8, 2021-03: 103.9, 2021-04: 104.7, 2021-05: 105.2, 2021-06: 105.3, 2021-07: 105.4, 2021-08: 105.6, 2021-09: 106.3, 2021-10: 107.5, 2021-11: 108.0, 2021-12: 109.3, 2022-01: 111.7, 2022-02: 112.9, 2022-03: 113.8, 2022-04: 114.7, 2022-05: 116.0, 2022-06: 117.8, 2022-07: 120.5, 2022-08: 123.6, 2022-09: 126.4, 2022-10: 128.2, 2022-11: 128.8, 2022-12: 128.5, 2023-01: 127.7

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

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