Short term rental statistics and data: South Africa - Gauteng
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Properties

There are 6271 short term rentals properties in Gauteng
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Hosts

In this area there are 3672 unique hosts and 1523 Superhosts
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Instant Booking

2274 listings in Gauteng have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All Gauteng listings received 236.472 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
July 202580.92%€ 46.85
August 202581.38%€ 48.7
September 202582.93%€ 48.52
October 202584.18%€ 49.7
November 202586.39%€ 50.31
December 202586.3%€ 49.98
January 202690.99%€ 51.28
February 202694.42%€ 52.28
March 202693.53%€ 53.14
April 202696.34%€ 54.32
May 202697.66%€ 54.23


In the next year, in Gauteng, the short term rental higher medium price is € 54.32, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 54.32. Instead the lowest medium price is € 46.85 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 46.45.
Availability of short term rental available properties in Gauteng from July 2025 to May 2026 varies between 80.92% and 97.66%.
Consider that many short term rental hosts do not open their booking calendars too far in the future. Opening your calendar for 12 months or more could be a great business opportunity.
Note: we collect and update data every day and short term rentals prices and availabilities may vary on every data update.

Properties and rooms

In the "Gauteng" area 39.8% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire rental unit, 9.2% are classified as Private room in home, 8.2% are classified as Entire condo, 6.8% are classified as Entire guest suite, 5.6% are classified as Entire guesthouse, 5% are classified as Entire home, 4.6% are classified as Entire serviced apartment, 4% are classified as Private room in guesthouse, 3.4% are classified as Entire loft, 2.8% are classified as Entire cottage, and 10.6% of short term rental properties are classified in minors categories.

Rooms in non exclusive use properties are divided according to the following types: 100% are "Private rooms", 0% are "Hotel rooms" and 0% are "Shared rooms"
Bedrooms and beds

Of those properties 60.2% have 1 bedroom, 24.6% have 2 bedrooms, 8.2% have bedrooms, 4.4% have 3 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 2.6%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 7% have 0 beds, 60% have 1 bed, 25.6% have 2 beds, 4.6% have 3 beds, and all other properties are about 2.8%.

97.2% have beds, 2.8% have Real bed beds, 0% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 14.4% have bathrooms, 55.2% have 1.00 bathroom, 13.8% have 2.00 bathrooms, 14.4% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 2.2%.

Note: A half bath value means it is just a toilet and sink. There isn't a shower or tub in it, so a house with 1.5 baths has one full bathroom and one-half bath.
Max guests capacity

Regarding the number of people that the accommodation facilities are able to accommodate, in the "Gauteng" area's, we have the following segments: 5.6% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 60% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 4.2% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 23.8% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 3.6% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, and 2.8% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"Gauteng" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 40.2% apply Flexible policy, 22.4% apply Moderate policy, 18.6% apply Firm policy, and hosts applying different policies are 18.8%.