| Restaurants | [ Edit ] Avg. |
Range |
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 100.00 R |
60.00-120.00 |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 400.00 R |
320.00-500.00 |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 50.00 R |
40.00-55.00 |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 20.00 R |
15.00-25.00 |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 25.00 R |
20.00-30.00 |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 19.52 R |
16.00-22.00 |
| Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) | 9.90 R |
8.00-12.00 |
| Water (11.2 oz small bottle) | 6.50 R |
5.00-8.00 |
| Markets | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 46.63 R |
37.85-56.78 |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 10.73 R |
9.07-11.79 |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 7.18 R |
5.67-9.98 |
| Eggs (12) | 22.44 R |
18.00-26.00 |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 33.68 R |
27.21-38.56 |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 27.87 R |
22.66-30.84 |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 34.22 R |
27.22-40.82 |
| Apples (1 lb) | 7.71 R |
5.90-9.07 |
| Banana (1 lb) | 6.80 R |
4.99-10.89 |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 5.85 R |
4.54-6.80 |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 8.28 R |
4.54-13.61 |
| Potato (1 lb) | 7.31 R |
4.08-10.43 |
| Onion (1 lb) | 6.67 R |
4.08-9.07 |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 12.09 R |
10.00-15.00 |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 13.82 R |
12.00-15.00 |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 55.00 R |
38.00-75.00 |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 16.00 R |
12.00-20.00 |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 20.22 R |
15.00-30.00 |
| Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro) | 35.00 R |
30.00-38.00 |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 12.00 R |
10.00-20.00 |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 400.00 R |
200.00-500.00 |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 13.75 R |
10.00-20.00 |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 24.14 R |
19.31-32.19 |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 130.00 R |
120.00-140.00 |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 46.71 R |
45.20-49.21 |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 246,700.00 R |
199,000.00-299,850.00 |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 260,216.67 R |
250,000.00-276,300.00 |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 1,136.36 R |
750.00-1,500.00 |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 1.65 R |
1.00-2.60 |
| Internet (10 Mbps, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 665.27 R |
300.00-1,000.00 |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 453.44 R |
300.00-640.00 |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 53.33 R |
25.00-120.00 |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 67.50 R |
50.00-80.00 |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 671.29 R |
500.00-900.00 |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 496.36 R |
300.00-600.00 |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 935.64 R |
700.00-1,400.00 |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 903.57 R |
600.00-1,300.00 |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 4,300.00 R |
2,500.00-5,500.00 |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 4,663.64 R |
3,500.00-6,000.00 |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 8,000.00 R |
6,000.00-11,000.00 |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 9,500.00 R |
6,000.00-15,000.00 |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 825.28 R |
650.32-1,114.83 |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 921.28 R |
650.32-1,114.83 |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] Avg. |
|
| Average Monthly Disposable Salary (Net After Tax) | 15,571.43 R |
|
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly | 9.51 |
9.00-10.00 |
These data are based on 972 entries in the past 18 months from 102 different contributors.
Last update: September, 2016
4 Comments so far
When it comes to South-Africa, I look at all the cities, Joburg, Cape Town, Durban, and they show as having a higher standard of living than some European cities I've lived in as well, and can easily compare. When I say unrealistic, what I mean is that those salaries they show as "average" for South-Africa, they are NOT average at all. When compiling all this data, I am sure they only include the upper class, because I assure you, 80-90% of people in S. Africa cannot even dream of the net income/disposable income as its being described here. Its only the engineers, the doctors, the bankers, etc. who make this kind of money, the rest of the people are struggling on few thousands rands per month...
2. I found this advert for the Golf Trendline 1.4 . People in SA take cars seriously and buy much more than they can actually afford which may contribute to our second-hand market. I’m not sure if this is the same model used in the comparison:
http://www.vw.co.za/en/models/new-golf/trimlevel_overview.s9_trimlevel_detail.suffix.html/new-golf~2F1-4-tsi-trendline.html
3. I’m also somewhat sceptical about the price of Internet data. The tarrifs for the provider are available here http://www.telkom.co.za/sites/documents/AllAccessNotes/tarifflist_Aug1.pdf but are, typical of Telkom, indecipherable. In addition, uncapped accounts are usually subject to shaping and high contention ratios and some oversubscribed exchanges. The price quoted in the tariff sheet does not include data to the best of my knowledge – I believe this is charged separately.