Short term rental statistics and data: South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal
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Properties

There are 5656 short term rentals properties in KwaZulu-Natal
short term rental hosts and superhosts
Hosts

In this area there are 3227 unique hosts and 1232 Superhosts
short term rental instant booking
Instant Booking

2089 listings in KwaZulu-Natal have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All KwaZulu-Natal listings received 181.307 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
September 202551.17%€ 84.2
October 202567.06%€ 88.51
November 202577.49%€ 89.85
December 202551.06%€ 107.9
January 202675.57%€ 95.72
February 202692.6%€ 86.87
March 202686.72%€ 87.5
April 202690.13%€ 95.06
May 202693.91%€ 89.9
June 202688.21%€ 93.6
July 202695.64%€ 94.91


In the next year, in KwaZulu-Natal, the short term rental higher medium price is € 107.9, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 105.68. Instead the lowest medium price is € 84.2 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 83.72.
Availability of short term rental available properties in KwaZulu-Natal from September 2025 to July 2026 varies between 51.06% and 95.64%.
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.
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Properties and rooms

In the "KwaZulu-Natal" area 27.8% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire rental unit, 9% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 7.8% are classified as Private room in home, 7.4% are classified as Private room in guesthouse, 7.2% are classified as Entire home, 5% are classified as Entire guesthouse, 4.4% are classified as Entire guest suite, 3.6% are classified as Entire serviced apartment, 3.4% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 3% are classified as Entire condo, 2.2% are classified as Room in hotel, and 19.2% 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 53.2% have 1 bedroom, 20.8% have 2 bedrooms, 9.6% have 3 bedrooms, 5.6% have bedrooms, 5% have 4 bedrooms, 3% have 5 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 2.8%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 10.2% have 0 beds, 44.6% have 1 bed, 23.2% have 2 beds, 10.8% have 3 beds, 5% have 4 beds, 3.2% have 5 beds, and all other properties are about 3%.

99% have beds, 1% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 28.6% have bathrooms, 35.6% have 1.00 bathroom, 16.2% have 2.00 bathrooms, 3% have 3.00 bathrooms, 14.2% have 5.00 bathrooms, and properties having a different number of bathrooms are 2.4%.

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 "KwaZulu-Natal" area's, we have the following segments: 3.6% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 2.6% can accomodate up to 10 guests guests, 45% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 7.2% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 21.8% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 4% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 9.6% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 3.4% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 2.8% can accomodate a different number of guests.
Cancellation policies

"KwaZulu-Natal" area's hosts apply cancellation policies for their properties as follows: 32% apply Flexible policy, 28% apply Firm policy, 16.2% apply Moderate policy, 7.8% apply Refundable policy, 7.6% apply Non-refundable policy, and hosts applying different policies are 8.4%.