Johannesburg, South Africa
Total listings: 11,683
Last Updated: 2025-05-01
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How many Airbnbs are there in Johannesburg?
There are 7,530 entire homes listed across Airbnb in Johannesburg and the surrounding area, with 3,612 private bedrooms and 279 serviced apartments. The neighbourhood with the most listings is Melville, with 92 entire homes costing an average of R1,015 per night. The second most populated neighbourhood for whole rental properties is Houghton Estate with 71 listings, followed by Marshalls Town with 44 entire homes.
Entire Homes
7,530
Private Rooms
3,612
Serviced Apartments
279
Shared Rooms
62
1
Bed Homes
4,141
2
Bed Homes
2,335
3
Bed Homes
622
4
Bed Homes
223
5
Bed Homes
88
6+
Bed Homes
79
Basic Pricing
The figures below represent the average nightly price in ZAR over the first five consecutive available nights within the next two months.
This reflects the standard Airbnb rate shown when no specific check-in or check-out dates are selected and is based on two guests by default.
For approximately 5% of listings with no upcoming availability, these criteria are not met and no pricing data is recorded.
Complete weekly pricing and daily availability data are available upon request.
Average Price per night per Bedrooms
for entire homes and serviced apartments
Average Price per night per Max. Guests
for entire homes and serviced apartments
Average Price per Review Score
Reviews
Airbnb review scores in Johannesburg (4.71) are
significantly below
the average Airbnb review score across all locations (4.754).
There are 3755 listings with zero reviews. While some of these will be new properties, it is
possible many are lets only offered for a very short time window, or are junk listings. These results can be filtered out using the controls
at the top of this report.
Rating per Airbnb Listing
Number of Reviews on each Listing
Hosts
Approximately a third of
Airbnb listings offer self check-in through lockboxes, keypads, or similar.
This suggests these properties are either regularly rented on Airbnb or managed professionally.
16% of hosts have more than one listing in Johannesburg, indicating a business presence.
Additionally, 23% of hosts are superhosts; a status awarded by Airbnb for hosts with at least 10 reservations,
an average rating of 4.8 or higher, a fast response rate, and low cancellation rate. This status is assessed once every three months.
Hosts with Most Listings
| Host Name | No. of Listings | Avg. Review Score |
|---|---|---|
| Robert | 231 | 4.34 |
| Easy Stays | 45 | 4.8 |
| Julius | 40 | 3.91 |
| Chuka | 35 | 4.29 |
| Sylvia | 34 | 4.62 |
| Eva | 29 | 4.57 |
| Monique | 28 | 4.58 |
| Qiniso | 26 | 4.84 |
| Miles Maile | 26 | 4.23 |
| Rose Of | 25 | 3.57 |
| George | 23 | 3.76 |
| Mint Hotels | 22 | 3.83 |
| Nondumiso | 21 | 4.6 |
| Claude | 19 | 4.69 |
Hosts listed as superhosts
23.2%
Hosts with more than 1 listing
16.1%
Languages Spoken by Host
32%
of hosts welcome guests with lockboxes, keypads, smart locks or other self check-in methods
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Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhood information is sourced from host input on Airbnb’s platform.
When this data is unavailable, a k-nearest neighbours (kNN) machine learning model assigns each listing to its most probable neighbourhood.
Translated city names and names of large regions are filtered out where possible.
| Total | All Entire Homes | 1-Bed Homes | 2-Bed Homes | 3-Bed Homes | Private Rooms | Reviews | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Count | Avg. Price | Count | Avg. Price | Count | Avg. Price | Count | Avg. Price | Count | Avg. Price | Avg. Score | |
| Melville | 207 | 92 | 1,015 | 53 | 659 | 17 | 976 | 11 | 2,337 | 101 | 726 | 4.79 |
| Houghton Estate | 118 | 71 | 1,540 | 55 | 1,074 | 8 | 1,291 | 3 | 3,195 | 41 | 720 | 4.67 |
| Marshalls Town | 76 | 44 | 869 | 34 | 726 | 2 | 1,679 | 3 | 2,385 | 23 | 605 | 4.48 |
| Observatory | 72 | 32 | 1,303 | 19 | 606 | 5 | 934 | 2 | 1,469 | 38 | 594 | 4.34 |
| Newtown | 69 | 49 | 938 | 38 | 900 | 6 | 1,278 | 0 | - | 10 | 550 | 4.67 |
| Westdene | 48 | 23 | 633 | 14 | 505 | 5 | 923 | 2 | 904 | 23 | 701 | 4.78 |
| Braamfontein | 46 | 37 | 893 | 24 | 631 | 8 | 1,263 | 1 | 999 | 8 | 547 | 4.60 |
| Auckland Park | 31 | 15 | 662 | 9 | 524 | 4 | 1,084 | 0 | - | 16 | 619 | 4.55 |
| Parktown | 30 | 19 | 1,246 | 12 | 681 | 3 | 1,425 | 0 | - | 11 | 894 | 4.77 |
| Bruma | 27 | 12 | 735 | 10 | 576 | 1 | 900 | 0 | - | 12 | 714 | 4.45 |
| Killarney | 22 | 18 | 1,972 | 6 | 1,316 | 7 | 1,077 | 4 | 2,253 | 4 | 949 | 4.66 |
| Doornfontein | 15 | 13 | 1,719 | 9 | 1,073 | 1 | - | 1 | 6,000 | 1 | 293 | 4.75 |
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Airbnb Overview
Basic property, host and review data for all Airbnb listings
Airbnb Pricing
Pricing per weekend and weekday, for the next 50 weeks
Airbnb Availability
Daily check-in and check-out availability, per listing
Airbnb Reviews
All review text and scores
Airbnb Descriptions
Text descriptions of property space, location and host details
Airbnb Amenities
Amenities featured in each property
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