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Tsolo

Moderate

Mthatha, Eastern Cape

Mixed Use

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

Schools — 13 schools within range

Property confidence

Trade-offs

Lifestyle

Transport

Unknowns

Safety — based on limited evidence

What's happening

Local & city news, notices and alerts

Two police officers shot dead while responding to business robbery near Mthatha News24

Two police officers were shot and killed while responding to a business robbery in Libode near Mthatha, Eastern Cape.

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Data confidence

Moderate 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

19 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

Safety

Bottom 1%

estimated

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 32%

2020

Transport

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Amenities

Bottom 35%

Sep 2026

Lifestyle

Bottom 1%

Sep 2026

Property Confidence

Top 28%

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 2,555 households surveyed. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

43%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

54%

Has electricity

95%

Regular refuse removal

34%

Water interruptions (past yr)

76%

Less happy than last year

38%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 31%

Littering 40%

Water pollution 27%

Air pollution 19%

Land degradation 45%

Noise pollution 10%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 4,144 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

22%

Flush toilet

21%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

95%

Regular refuse removal

21%

Home internet access

No internet access

50%

Owns a motor car

13%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 30%

Child hunger 28%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

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Load-shedding

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National status

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Safety & crime

Safety is estimated

Not matched to a SAPS station yet — the safety score (23/100) is estimated from nearby data-backed suburbs. Check nearest stations below.

Nearest police stations

Tsolo 450 m

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

418 m

School mix

10 public · 3 independent

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 0

Parks 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

R10,340

Median income

R31,960

Avg property price

R1,269,000

Price trend YoY

+4%

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Monthly income

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Median household income in Eastern Cape (Stats SA GHS 2022) R3,770/mo

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

Price index by period: 2010-01: 61.3, 2010-02: 61.1, 2010-03: 61.0, 2010-04: 61.1, 2010-05: 61.4, 2010-06: 61.7, 2010-07: 62.0, 2010-08: 62.1, 2010-09: 62.0, 2010-10: 61.7, 2010-11: 61.5, 2010-12: 61.5, 2011-01: 61.8, 2011-02: 62.4, 2011-03: 63.2, 2011-04: 64.0, 2011-05: 64.5, 2011-06: 64.7, 2011-07: 64.7, 2011-08: 64.5, 2011-09: 64.3, 2011-10: 64.3, 2011-11: 64.5, 2011-12: 64.8, 2012-01: 65.1, 2012-02: 65.2, 2012-03: 65.0, 2012-04: 64.8, 2012-05: 64.6, 2012-06: 64.6, 2012-07: 64.9, 2012-08: 65.5, 2012-09: 66.3, 2012-10: 67.0, 2012-11: 67.4, 2012-12: 67.7, 2013-01: 67.8, 2013-02: 67.8, 2013-03: 67.8, 2013-04: 67.8, 2013-05: 67.9, 2013-06: 68.0, 2013-07: 68.0, 2013-08: 68.0, 2013-09: 68.1, 2013-10: 68.2, 2013-11: 68.5, 2013-12: 68.8, 2014-01: 69.1, 2014-02: 69.6, 2014-03: 69.9, 2014-04: 70.3, 2014-05: 70.7, 2014-06: 71.1, 2014-07: 71.6, 2014-08: 72.2, 2014-09: 72.7, 2014-10: 73.2, 2014-11: 73.5, 2014-12: 73.7, 2015-01: 73.7, 2015-02: 73.7, 2015-03: 73.8, 2015-04: 74.0, 2015-05: 74.4, 2015-06: 74.7, 2015-07: 74.9, 2015-08: 74.9, 2015-09: 74.8, 2015-10: 74.7, 2015-11: 74.7, 2015-12: 74.9, 2016-01: 75.2, 2016-02: 75.7, 2016-03: 76.3, 2016-04: 76.7, 2016-05: 76.9, 2016-06: 77.1, 2016-07: 77.4, 2016-08: 77.7, 2016-09: 78.0, 2016-10: 78.3, 2016-11: 78.5, 2016-12: 78.7, 2017-01: 79.0, 2017-02: 79.4, 2017-03: 80.0, 2017-04: 80.6, 2017-05: 81.0, 2017-06: 81.2, 2017-07: 81.2, 2017-08: 81.3, 2017-09: 81.6, 2017-10: 82.3, 2017-11: 83.2, 2017-12: 84.1, 2018-01: 84.8, 2018-02: 85.2, 2018-03: 85.3, 2018-04: 85.4, 2018-05: 85.6, 2018-06: 85.9, 2018-07: 86.3, 2018-08: 86.6, 2018-09: 86.8, 2018-10: 86.8, 2018-11: 86.9, 2018-12: 87.3, 2019-01: 88.0, 2019-02: 88.7, 2019-03: 89.4, 2019-04: 89.9, 2019-05: 90.2, 2019-06: 90.3, 2019-07: 90.5, 2019-08: 90.8, 2019-09: 91.2, 2019-10: 91.6, 2019-11: 91.9, 2019-12: 91.9, 2020-01: 92.0, 2020-02: 92.3, 2020-03: 93.0, 2020-04: 94.1, 2020-05: 95.3, 2020-06: 96.6, 2020-07: 97.7, 2020-08: 98.4, 2020-09: 98.9, 2020-10: 99.3, 2020-11: 99.7, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.2, 2021-02: 100.4, 2021-03: 100.5, 2021-04: 100.7, 2021-05: 101.0, 2021-06: 101.3, 2021-07: 101.7, 2021-08: 102.3, 2021-09: 102.9, 2021-10: 103.6, 2021-11: 104.3, 2021-12: 105.0, 2022-01: 105.4, 2022-02: 105.9, 2022-03: 106.3, 2022-04: 106.6, 2022-05: 106.9, 2022-06: 107.1, 2022-07: 107.2, 2022-08: 107.5, 2022-09: 108.0, 2022-10: 108.9, 2022-11: 109.9, 2022-12: 111.1, 2023-01: 112.0

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

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