Brackendowns Area Profile

Brackendowns at a glance

Brackendowns is situated inAlberton, South-East of Johannesburg, neighbouring Brackenhurst and is part of the Ekurhuleni Metro.

The suburb is predominantly a residential area, consisting of freestanding homes (89.72%), secure townhouses, sectional title units and cluster complexes. The diversity in property offers the required Lifestyle living for young and old, singletons, small as well as large families.

Brackendowns is ideally located with easy access to amenities and facilities, that include major medical centres (Life Brackenview, Brackendowns Medical Centre), shopping malls, sports centres, nurseries, a library and schools only minutes away, either within the suburb limits or Alberton town. Notably within the suburb limits, private and public schools offer a diverse choice of education that caters for toddlers, primary and secondary school learners.

In addition, the suburb offers easy access to the major highways and routes such as N12, N3 and R59, with Johannesburg CBD (16 Kilometres) and OR Tambo International Airport (25 Kilometres) away.

The latest statistics for the period Feb 2021-Jan 2022, indicates that 56% of the existing owners have stayed in their current home for more than 11 years, whilst 49.46% of new buyers for the same period is aged between 36 and 49. Another interesting fact is that 34.05% of recent buyers in this area are aged 18-35, which is because millennials are mostly buying pre-owned family homes in good suburbs.