The Suburb Report by Lightstone is a powerful tool designed to provide a detailed overview of a specific suburb. Ideal for real estate professionals and prospective buyers, this report highlights everything from demographic details to property market activity and is a great addition to marketing brochures during show days.
The report features a map that clearly displays the boundaries of the selected suburb, providing an immediate sense of the area’s layout.
Users can access the Suburb Report by:
Selecting it from the list of reports on the left-hand side of the Toolkit screen
Searching via the All Products list at the top of the Toolkit screen for more report options
A results card displays additional available products users may want to generate alongside the Suburb Report.
This section covers essential locality identifiers:
Suburb name
Municipality
Township
Breaks down the number of:
Sectional Title Units (inside and outside of estates, excluding garages)
Freehold Properties (inside and outside of estates)
Demographic data: number of adults, income range, and Living Standards Measure (LSM)
Illustrates how long current homeowners have owned their properties, which is a key measure of stability in the suburb.
Breaks down owner age profiles:
Stable Owners
Recent Buyers (last 12 months)
Recent Sellers (last 12 months)
Users can toggle between:
Repeated Sales
First-Time Registrations
These filters help identify turnover trends in the suburb.
This section displays a 10-year graph showing:
Median purchase prices
Total volume of sales
Only valid, market-aligned sales are included (excluding garages, outliers, and probable land sales) to reflect true developed property trends.
Explains and provides data on distressed sales conducted via public auction by the sheriff of the court.
Ranks the selected suburb against others in the municipality, province, and country based on the Lightstone AVM's residential median values.
Displays the total bond registrations by financial institution over recent years. Sectional title garages are excluded to maintain accuracy.
Lists important nearby amenities such as:
Schools
Police stations
Hospitals
Shopping centers
All distances are measured in straight lines.
The report concludes with a disclaimer clarifying that the user becomes the Responsible Party under POPIA once they select the relevant data section.