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Witpoortjie

Moderate

Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

Safety — 7,358 reported incidents in the latest period

Schools — 48 schools within range

Trade-offs

Amenities — 15 amenities mapped nearby

Lifestyle

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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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.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 128,969 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

73%

Flush toilet

90%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

91%

Regular refuse removal

88%

Home internet access

18%

No internet access

14%

Owns a motor car

30%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 22%

Child hunger 20%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Quality of life

GCRO Survey · 2023-2024

/ 100 overall quality-of-life index

24 residents surveyed

Service delivery 10.0/10

Government satisfaction 2.6/10

Life satisfaction 6.3/10

Health 8.1/10

Perceived safety 4.3/10

Civic participation 8.4/10

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

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Roodepoort

Total incidents

7,358

Violent crime

2,368 +532

Burglary & robbery

1,256 +179

Property crime

2,212 +346

Vehicle crime

955 +129

Other

567 +123

Most reported crimes

Other Theft

1,121

Common Assault

679

Burglary Res

630

Aggr Robbery

585

Vehicle Theft

534

Commercial Crime

521

Assault Gbh

486

Theft From Vehicle

421

Reporting history (2008–2023)

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2022

Total Burglary share Latest period

Source: SAPS crime statistics, SAPACR dataset (2008–2023). South African Police Service.

Nearest police stations

Roodepoort 4.5 km CPF Krugersdorp Sector 7 5.7 km Kagiso SAPS 5.8 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

Restaurants 0

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

R12,320

Median income

R38,080

Avg property price

R1,512,000

Price trend YoY

+3.6%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

Median household income in Gauteng (Stats SA GHS 2022) R5,607/mo

Official house price index — City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 61.8, 2010-02: 61.9, 2010-03: 62.0, 2010-04: 61.9, 2010-05: 61.9, 2010-06: 61.7, 2010-07: 61.6, 2010-08: 61.6, 2010-09: 61.9, 2010-10: 62.3, 2010-11: 62.7, 2010-12: 63.1, 2011-01: 63.4, 2011-02: 63.6, 2011-03: 63.8, 2011-04: 64.1, 2011-05: 64.3, 2011-06: 64.6, 2011-07: 64.8, 2011-08: 64.9, 2011-09: 64.8, 2011-10: 64.7, 2011-11: 64.5, 2011-12: 64.4, 2012-01: 64.4, 2012-02: 64.6, 2012-03: 64.8, 2012-04: 65.1, 2012-05: 65.6, 2012-06: 66.1, 2012-07: 66.7, 2012-08: 67.2, 2012-09: 67.8, 2012-10: 68.3, 2012-11: 68.7, 2012-12: 68.9, 2013-01: 69.2, 2013-02: 69.6, 2013-03: 70.0, 2013-04: 70.6, 2013-05: 71.1, 2013-06: 71.7, 2013-07: 72.2, 2013-08: 72.6, 2013-09: 73.1, 2013-10: 73.7, 2013-11: 74.5, 2013-12: 75.3, 2014-01: 76.1, 2014-02: 76.8, 2014-03: 77.3, 2014-04: 77.6, 2014-05: 77.8, 2014-06: 78.0, 2014-07: 78.5, 2014-08: 79.1, 2014-09: 79.7, 2014-10: 80.3, 2014-11: 80.9, 2014-12: 81.3, 2015-01: 81.6, 2015-02: 82.0, 2015-03: 82.4, 2015-04: 83.0, 2015-05: 83.5, 2015-06: 84.0, 2015-07: 84.4, 2015-08: 84.7, 2015-09: 84.9, 2015-10: 85.0, 2015-11: 85.2, 2015-12: 85.5, 2016-01: 85.8, 2016-02: 86.2, 2016-03: 86.7, 2016-04: 87.1, 2016-05: 87.4, 2016-06: 87.7, 2016-07: 87.9, 2016-08: 88.0, 2016-09: 88.2, 2016-10: 88.4, 2016-11: 88.7, 2016-12: 88.9, 2017-01: 89.2, 2017-02: 89.5, 2017-03: 89.6, 2017-04: 89.8, 2017-05: 89.8, 2017-06: 89.9, 2017-07: 90.1, 2017-08: 90.4, 2017-09: 90.9, 2017-10: 91.6, 2017-11: 92.3, 2017-12: 92.9, 2018-01: 93.4, 2018-02: 93.7, 2018-03: 93.8, 2018-04: 93.8, 2018-05: 93.9, 2018-06: 94.2, 2018-07: 94.6, 2018-08: 95.0, 2018-09: 95.2, 2018-10: 95.3, 2018-11: 95.3, 2018-12: 95.2, 2019-01: 95.1, 2019-02: 95.0, 2019-03: 94.9, 2019-04: 94.9, 2019-05: 94.9, 2019-06: 94.8, 2019-07: 94.6, 2019-08: 94.6, 2019-09: 94.5, 2019-10: 94.5, 2019-11: 94.6, 2019-12: 94.7, 2020-01: 94.9, 2020-02: 95.3, 2020-03: 95.7, 2020-04: 96.2, 2020-05: 96.7, 2020-06: 97.2, 2020-07: 97.7, 2020-08: 98.1, 2020-09: 98.5, 2020-10: 99.0, 2020-11: 99.5, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.4, 2021-02: 100.7, 2021-03: 100.9, 2021-04: 101.3, 2021-05: 101.6, 2021-06: 102.0, 2021-07: 102.4, 2021-08: 102.7, 2021-09: 102.9, 2021-10: 102.9, 2021-11: 103.2, 2021-12: 103.6, 2022-01: 103.4, 2022-02: 103.8, 2022-03: 104.1, 2022-04: 104.4, 2022-05: 104.6, 2022-06: 104.6, 2022-07: 104.6, 2022-08: 104.7, 2022-09: 104.8, 2022-10: 105.1, 2022-11: 105.5, 2022-12: 105.9, 2023-01: 106.3

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