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Kabeljous-on-Sea

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Gqeberha, Eastern Cape

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Worth shortlisting Based on 7 scored dimensions

Best reasons

Affordability

Safety — 1,519 reported incidents in the latest period

Property confidence

Trade-offs

Transport

Amenities

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Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

Lifestyle — no source available yet

What's happening

Local & city news, notices and alerts

Australia keep faith in Marnus Labuschagne as Test squad for South Africa tour named The Guardian

The under-pressure batter has been included on a 16-man list for the three-Test series in Durban, Gqeberha and Cape Town

2 weeks ago Read article

Gqeberha Flying Squad cops probed; AfriForum’s theatre sold out: Today’s top 7 stories News24

News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature.

2 weeks ago Read article

Deadly virus stalks South Africa's sardines Phys.org

The tide came in last week carrying thousands of dead sardines onto South Africa's south coast, and by dawn, stretches of Gqeberha's shoreline were flecked with silver.

3 weeks ago Read article

Data confidence

High 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

20 pts

record coverage

10 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Verified schools

1 inside · 4 nearby

Elijah Christian School

Primary · Inside suburb

inside

Directions official_schools

Global Leadership Academy

Secondary · 4.4 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Jbay Academy Secondary School

Secondary · 4.5 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Jbay Academy Primary School

Primary · 4.8 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Jeffreys Bay Primary School

Primary · 4.9 km away

nearby

Directions official_schools

Data sources

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official_schools

school · verified 2026-09-22

Source

Score dashboard

SAPS 2022-2023 · modelled

Safety

Top 9%

2022-2023

Affordability

Top 37%

modelled

Schools

Top 47%

2020

Transport

Bottom 45%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 44%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 42%

pending

Property Confidence

Top 37%

RPPI 2010-2023

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

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AI neighbourhood summary

AI-powered

Is this area good for families?

Kabeljous-on-Sea scores 55/100 for schools and 58/100 for safety — the two factors families weigh most. Its strongest areas are affordability and property confidence. No dimension scores in the concerning range.

Generated by AI · 3 months ago

Population (Census 2022)

Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality — for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

1,187,335 people in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Black African 63%

Coloured 19%

Indian or Asian 1%

White 16%

Other 1%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

Municipal service delivery

Real Stats SA General Household Survey (GHS 2022) — based on 461 households surveyed in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Flush toilet access

96%

Pit/bucket toilet (backlog)

Has electricity

98%

Regular refuse removal

87%

Water interruptions (past yr)

70%

Less happy than last year

30%

What residents are complaining about

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

Illegal rubbish dumping 35%

Littering 42%

Water pollution 15%

Air pollution 11%

Land degradation 2%

Noise pollution 4%

Source: Stats SA GHS 2022.

Households (Census 2022)

Real Stats SA Census 2022 — full count, based on 1,967 households. for the wider municipality/province this suburb sits in.

Piped water inside dwelling

69%

Flush toilet

83%

Bucket toilet (backlog)

10%

Electricity for lighting

94%

Regular refuse removal

91%

Home internet access

18%

No internet access

26%

Owns a motor car

34%

Food security

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

Adult hunger 14%

Child hunger 13%

Source: Stats SA Census 2022.

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Load-shedding

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Safety & crime

SAPS Precinct

Jeffreys Bay

Total incidents

1,519

Violent crime

339 -14

Burglary & robbery

290 -73

Property crime

517 +56

Vehicle crime

79 +32

Other

294 +5

Most reported crimes

Drug Crime

273

Commercial Crime

217

Other Theft

200

Burglary Res

188

Common Assault

Burglary Nonres

Theft From Vehicle

Malicious Damage

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

Jeffreys Bay 5.3 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

Schools within 5 km

Closest school

2.7 km

School mix

1 public · 4 independent

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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

R11,000

Median income

R34,000

Avg property price

R1,350,000

Price trend YoY

+4%

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Monthly income

Deposit available

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

Official house price index — Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality Stats SA RPPI, 2010–2023

Price index by period: 2010-01: 62.9, 2010-02: 62.8, 2010-03: 62.8, 2010-04: 63.0, 2010-05: 63.3, 2010-06: 63.7, 2010-07: 64.1, 2010-08: 64.1, 2010-09: 63.8, 2010-10: 63.4, 2010-11: 63.2, 2010-12: 63.3, 2011-01: 63.8, 2011-02: 64.7, 2011-03: 65.7, 2011-04: 66.5, 2011-05: 67.1, 2011-06: 67.3, 2011-07: 67.1, 2011-08: 66.8, 2011-09: 66.5, 2011-10: 66.5, 2011-11: 66.7, 2011-12: 67.0, 2012-01: 67.2, 2012-02: 67.1, 2012-03: 66.7, 2012-04: 66.2, 2012-05: 65.6, 2012-06: 65.3, 2012-07: 65.4, 2012-08: 65.9, 2012-09: 66.6, 2012-10: 67.3, 2012-11: 67.8, 2012-12: 68.0, 2013-01: 68.0, 2013-02: 67.9, 2013-03: 68.0, 2013-04: 68.2, 2013-05: 68.7, 2013-06: 69.2, 2013-07: 69.6, 2013-08: 69.9, 2013-09: 70.1, 2013-10: 70.0, 2013-11: 69.9, 2013-12: 69.7, 2014-01: 69.7, 2014-02: 69.9, 2014-03: 70.2, 2014-04: 70.5, 2014-05: 70.9, 2014-06: 71.3, 2014-07: 71.8, 2014-08: 72.3, 2014-09: 72.8, 2014-10: 73.2, 2014-11: 73.5, 2014-12: 73.6, 2015-01: 73.6, 2015-02: 73.7, 2015-03: 73.9, 2015-04: 74.3, 2015-05: 74.8, 2015-06: 75.2, 2015-07: 75.3, 2015-08: 75.2, 2015-09: 74.9, 2015-10: 74.8, 2015-11: 74.9, 2015-12: 75.3, 2016-01: 75.8, 2016-02: 76.3, 2016-03: 76.7, 2016-04: 76.8, 2016-05: 76.8, 2016-06: 77.0, 2016-07: 77.3, 2016-08: 77.7, 2016-09: 78.0, 2016-10: 78.2, 2016-11: 78.2, 2016-12: 78.1, 2017-01: 78.2, 2017-02: 78.3, 2017-03: 78.6, 2017-04: 79.0, 2017-05: 79.1, 2017-06: 79.0, 2017-07: 78.6, 2017-08: 78.5, 2017-09: 78.7, 2017-10: 79.4, 2017-11: 80.3, 2017-12: 81.3, 2018-01: 82.1, 2018-02: 82.6, 2018-03: 82.7, 2018-04: 82.6, 2018-05: 82.8, 2018-06: 83.0, 2018-07: 83.3, 2018-08: 83.5, 2018-09: 83.6, 2018-10: 83.6, 2018-11: 83.8, 2018-12: 84.3, 2019-01: 85.2, 2019-02: 86.2, 2019-03: 87.3, 2019-04: 87.9, 2019-05: 88.2, 2019-06: 88.3, 2019-07: 88.6, 2019-08: 89.2, 2019-09: 90.1, 2019-10: 91.3, 2019-11: 92.2, 2019-12: 92.7, 2020-01: 92.9, 2020-02: 93.1, 2020-03: 93.5, 2020-04: 94.3, 2020-05: 95.7, 2020-06: 97.2, 2020-07: 98.6, 2020-08: 99.6, 2020-09: 100.0, 2020-10: 100.0, 2020-11: 99.9, 2020-12: 100.0, 2021-01: 100.3, 2021-02: 100.9, 2021-03: 101.7, 2021-04: 102.5, 2021-05: 103.1, 2021-06: 103.5, 2021-07: 103.8, 2021-08: 104.2, 2021-09: 104.8, 2021-10: 105.5, 2021-11: 106.2, 2021-12: 106.7, 2022-01: 107.0, 2022-02: 106.9, 2022-03: 106.7, 2022-04: 106.6, 2022-05: 106.8, 2022-06: 107.1, 2022-07: 107.4, 2022-08: 107.8, 2022-09: 108.2, 2022-10: 108.8, 2022-11: 109.4, 2022-12: 110.3, 2023-01: 111.2

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

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