Quality of life in Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa, is characterized by reasonably priced housing. This urban area is consistently ahead in cost of living.
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Johannesburg, South Africa, is characterized by reasonably priced housing. This urban area is consistently ahead in cost of living.
Large apartment | $1100.00 |
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Medium apartment | $850.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.83 |
Small apartment | $650.00 |
5km taxi ride | $6.30 |
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A Cappuccino | $2.10 |
A beer | $1.30 |
A kilogram of Apples | $1.60 |
Bread | $0.43 |
Inflation [score] | 0.76 |
Lunch | $8.50 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $39.00 |
Monthly public transport | $60.00 |
Movie ticket | $5.80 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $48.86 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 3 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.32 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.45 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 6 |
Meetups [score] | 0.58 |
Meetups groups | 166 |
Meetups members | 64519 |
Number of investors | 25 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 224 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 45 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.45 |
Startup events | 63 |
Startup events [score] | 0.60 |
Startups [score] | 0.66 |
Total number of startups | 219 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.15 |
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Airport hub | 81 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.40 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.24 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/South_Africa/Johannesburg |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.37 |
Business freedom | 69.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.55 |
Freedom from corruption | 44.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.36 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 58.70 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.43 |
Time to open a business | 43.00 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.50 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.10 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 33 |
Guns per 100 residents | 13 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.10 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.93 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.52 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.48 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.42 |
Life expectancy (years) | 62.86 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.10 |
Best university in ranking | University of the Witwatersrand |
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Best university ranking | 182 |
University quality [score] | 0.15 |
Air quality [score] | 0.41 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.25 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.62 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.45 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 13.20 |
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Currency for urban area | ZAR |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.33 |
GDP per capita | $13046.07 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.22 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.82 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.21 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.29 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 203 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.14 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 12.30 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.23 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.34 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 7.25 |
Art galleries | 130 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.48 |
Cinemas | 104 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.48 |
Comedy clubs | 39 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.73 |
Concert venues | 183 |
Concerts [score] | 0.40 |
Historical sites | 56 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.45 |
Museums | 58 |
Museums [score] | 0.43 |
Performing art venues | 163 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.60 |
Sport venues | 90 |
Sports [score] | 0.56 |
Zoos | 21 |
Zoos [score] | 0.75 |
Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor) | 0.32 |
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LGBT Equality Index | 62.91 |
LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.63 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (6-month deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✔ Banned |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.10 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.49 |
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Median peak in meters | 1571.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 1767.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.10 |
Costs of living in Johannesburg are in the 69th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Moving to Johannesburg will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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Johannesburg (in spoken language also referred to as Joburg, Egoli or Jozi ) is a large metropolis and is South Africa's largest city.
Johannesburg is split into eight administrative regions. These exclude the city of Ekurhuleni which traditionally was considered part of Johannesburg but has been split for administrative purposes. Although this list is not exhaustive, the main areas in Joburg are:
Johannesburg has a population of almost 1 million people in the city, and 4.4 million people in the urban area (2011), half of which live in Soweto and adjacent suburbs. The majority of the population is formed by South Africa's black residents who mostly live in Soweto, while white residents amount to 500,000 (although the number is likely to be higher). There are also around 300,000 residents of other descent. Unlike other South African cities, no language group dominates, although English is the established lingua franca.
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