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

There are 5757 short term rentals properties in KwaZulu-Natal
short term rental hosts and superhosts
Hosts

In this area there are 3278 unique hosts and 1271 Superhosts
short term rental instant booking
Instant Booking

2081 listings in KwaZulu-Natal have Instant Booking turned on.
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Reviews

All KwaZulu-Natal listings received 181.167 reviews.

MonthAvailabilityMedium Price
July 202567.38%€ 94.12
August 202571.73%€ 90.06
September 202575.13%€ 91.7
October 202574.82%€ 93.18
November 202579.42%€ 94.68
December 202565.26%€ 115.24
January 202679.14%€ 113.56
February 202692.34%€ 98.97
March 202689.25%€ 101.65
April 202692.11%€ 99.41
May 202696.28%€ 96.11


In the next year, in KwaZulu-Natal, the short term rental higher medium price is € 115.24, and the higher medium price looking only at available listings is € 109.8. Instead the lowest medium price is € 90.06 and the lowest medium price of available listings is € 86.88.
Availability of short term rental available properties in KwaZulu-Natal from July 2025 to May 2026 varies between 65.26% and 96.28%.
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 28.2% of short term rental properties are classified as Entire rental unit, 9.2% are classified as Private room in bed and breakfast, 7.4% are classified as Entire home, 7.2% are classified as Private room in home, 7% are classified as Private room in guesthouse, 5.2% are classified as Entire guest suite, 4.6% are classified as Entire guesthouse, 3.8% are classified as Entire serviced apartment, 3.2% are classified as Private room in rental unit, 2.6% are classified as Entire condo, 2.2% are classified as Room in hotel, and 19.4% 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% have 1 bedroom, 20.6% have 2 bedrooms, 9.6% have 3 bedrooms, 5.6% have bedrooms, 5% have 4 bedrooms, 3.2% have 5 bedrooms, and properties having a different number of bedrooms are 3%.

Also, the number of beds in each property varies as follows: 10% have 0 beds, 44.6% have 1 bed, 23.2% have 2 beds, 10.8% have 3 beds, 4.8% have 4 beds, 3.4% have 5 beds, and all other properties are about 3.2%.

99.2% have beds, 0.8% have Others,
Bathrooms

The number of bathrooms for property is distributed as follows: 28.4% have bathrooms, 36.4% have 1.00 bathroom, 16.4% have 2.00 bathrooms, 3.4% have 3.00 bathrooms, 13% 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: 3.8% can accomodate up to 1 guest guests, 2.6% can accomodate up to 10 guests guests, 44.8% can accomodate up to 2 guests guests, 7% can accomodate up to 3 guests guests, 22.2% can accomodate up to 4 guests guests, 3.4% can accomodate up to 5 guests guests, 9.4% can accomodate up to 6 guests guests, 3.4% can accomodate up to 8 guests guests, and 3.4% 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, 27.8% apply Firm policy, 16.6% apply Moderate policy, 8.2% apply Non-refundable policy, and hosts applying different policies are 15.4%.