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Cress Lawn

Moderate

Ekurhuleni, Gauteng

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Amenities

Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Affordability

Schools — 38 schools within range

Property confidence

Trade-offs

Amenities — 6 amenities mapped nearby

Transport

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)

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality — for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

4,020,641 people in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Black African 85%

Coloured 3%

Indian or Asian 2%

White 10%

Other 0%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 1,629 households surveyed in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

87%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

Has electricity

90%

Regular refuse removal

87%

Water interruptions (past yr)

46%

Less happy than last year

41%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 14%

Littering 27%

Water pollution 10%

Air pollution 17%

Land degradation 15%

Noise pollution 15%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 98,214 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

71%

Flush toilet

88%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

Electricity for lighting

90%

Regular refuse removal

87%

Home internet access

16%

No internet access

15%

Owns a motor car

33%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 22%

Child hunger 20%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Kempton Park

Total incidents

7,050

Violent crime

2,068 +182

Burglary & robbery

946 -12

Property crime

2,388 +372

Vehicle crime

999 +26

Other

649 +91

Most reported crimes

Other Theft

1,057

Aggr Robbery

863

Commercial Crime

856

Theft From Vehicle

685

Common Assault

433

Vehicle Theft

314

Drug Crime

301

Dui

292

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

Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department 2.8 km Police station 3.1 km Kempton Park 3.1 km Police station 3.1 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

Healthcare 0

Restaurants 0

Cafes & fast food 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

R11,770

Median income

R36,380

Avg property price

R1,444,500

Price trend YoY

+3.6%

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Monthly income

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

Official house price index — Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 58.5, 2010-02: 58.7, 2010-03: 59.0, 2010-04: 59.2, 2010-05: 59.5, 2010-06: 59.7, 2010-07: 59.9, 2010-08: 60.2, 2010-09: 60.5, 2010-10: 60.9, 2010-11: 61.3, 2010-12: 61.6, 2011-01: 61.9, 2011-02: 62.0, 2011-03: 62.0, 2011-04: 62.0, 2011-05: 62.1, 2011-06: 62.3, 2011-07: 62.5, 2011-08: 62.7, 2011-09: 62.8, 2011-10: 62.8, 2011-11: 62.9, 2011-12: 63.1, 2012-01: 63.4, 2012-02: 63.9, 2012-03: 64.5, 2012-04: 65.0, 2012-05: 65.5, 2012-06: 65.7, 2012-07: 65.9, 2012-08: 65.9, 2012-09: 66.0, 2012-10: 66.2, 2012-11: 66.4, 2012-12: 66.7, 2013-01: 67.0, 2013-02: 67.1, 2013-03: 67.1, 2013-04: 67.0, 2013-05: 67.0, 2013-06: 67.1, 2013-07: 67.5, 2013-08: 68.0, 2013-09: 68.6, 2013-10: 69.1, 2013-11: 69.7, 2013-12: 70.1, 2014-01: 70.6, 2014-02: 71.1, 2014-03: 71.6, 2014-04: 72.2, 2014-05: 72.7, 2014-06: 73.3, 2014-07: 73.6, 2014-08: 73.7, 2014-09: 73.7, 2014-10: 73.6, 2014-11: 73.5, 2014-12: 73.5, 2015-01: 73.7, 2015-02: 74.0, 2015-03: 74.5, 2015-04: 75.0, 2015-05: 75.4, 2015-06: 75.8, 2015-07: 76.2, 2015-08: 76.5, 2015-09: 76.9, 2015-10: 77.3, 2015-11: 77.6, 2015-12: 77.8, 2016-01: 77.7, 2016-02: 77.4, 2016-03: 77.2, 2016-04: 77.1, 2016-05: 77.1, 2016-06: 77.4, 2016-07: 77.8, 2016-08: 78.2, 2016-09: 78.7, 2016-10: 79.0, 2016-11: 79.1, 2016-12: 79.3, 2017-01: 79.4, 2017-02: 79.7, 2017-03: 80.1, 2017-04: 80.6, 2017-05: 81.2, 2017-06: 81.8, 2017-07: 82.2, 2017-08: 82.7, 2017-09: 83.2, 2017-10: 83.8, 2017-11: 84.5, 2017-12: 85.4, 2018-01: 86.2, 2018-02: 86.9, 2018-03: 87.4, 2018-04: 87.6, 2018-05: 87.5, 2018-06: 87.3, 2018-07: 87.1, 2018-08: 87.0, 2018-09: 87.0, 2018-10: 87.2, 2018-11: 87.5, 2018-12: 87.9, 2019-01: 88.4, 2019-02: 88.9, 2019-03: 89.3, 2019-04: 89.5, 2019-05: 89.6, 2019-06: 89.6, 2019-07: 89.7, 2019-08: 90.0, 2019-09: 90.5, 2019-10: 91.0, 2019-11: 91.5, 2019-12: 91.8, 2020-01: 91.9, 2020-02: 92.1, 2020-03: 92.5, 2020-04: 93.3, 2020-05: 94.4, 2020-06: 95.6, 2020-07: 96.9, 2020-08: 97.9, 2020-09: 98.5, 2020-10: 99.0, 2020-11: 99.4, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.8, 2021-02: 101.6, 2021-03: 102.4, 2021-04: 103.1, 2021-05: 103.6, 2021-06: 103.9, 2021-07: 104.2, 2021-08: 104.4, 2021-09: 104.8, 2021-10: 105.3, 2021-11: 105.9, 2021-12: 106.6, 2022-01: 106.5, 2022-02: 107.0, 2022-03: 107.6, 2022-04: 108.2, 2022-05: 108.9, 2022-06: 109.5, 2022-07: 110.1, 2022-08: 110.6, 2022-09: 111.2, 2022-10: 111.6, 2022-11: 112.0, 2022-12: 112.4, 2023-01: 112.7

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

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