Uitenhage has 275,185 inhabitants and is located in the Eastern Cape Province. It is a popular town due to the Volkswagen factory and Goodyear factory being located there, Volkswagen being the biggest car factory on the African continent and also the largest employment provider in the area. Uitenhage is a thriving commercial and industrial town, located roughly 35km from Port Elizabeth and a further 45 km from the ADDO Elephant Park.
Town planning for the Metro will eventually expand, concluding the amalgamation of Port Elizabeth as far and including Uitenhage and area’s in between.
Properties for sale in Uitenhage vary from 1 bedroom apartments to 5 bedroom homes, plots and farms for sale are often listed and are in high demand. The rich land makes agricultural farming very popular in Uitenhage. However we are also known for our produce in the livestock and poultry farming sector. A Mall is in the pipeline for Uitenhage which will be home to many franchise shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities. We expect this to be up and running within the next few years.
Being a “small town” makes purchasing your dream home so much easier as Schools, Hospitals and Shopping centres are always close by. Uitenhage is completely bilingual and so are the schools, offering all 3 major official languages, English, Afrikaans and Xhosa.
This town boasts a variety of excellent education opportunities such as having an Eastern Cape Midlands College Campus in Uitenhage and being a stone throw from PE, makes accessibility to universities such as Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University easy. Unlike the big cities, amenities are never far out of reach. An estimated 1800 properties were sold in the suburbs of Uitenhage within the last year and a half, proving Uitenhage to have a healthy property market even during a recession period. Purchasing a home in Uitenhage is cheaper than buying a home in PE, many individuals have purchased homes in Uitenhage but work and therefore travel daily to PE, the distance and travel time is minimal.
Uitenhage is a lively town which offers a variety of festivities, such as the annual street carnival which proves a run- away success yearly, not to mention the festivals, one of which is the Anibrand Fees. These festivities attract local musicians and thousands of spectators every year.
The perfect town to settle down, we offer all life styles a generous portion of what makes you happiest. Why not settle in a fun loving, vibrant town which allows both the business man and the farmer to explore not only the corporate field, but also the lush farming and grazing lands Uitenhage has to offer. A wonderful place to raise children with the morals and ethics our town offers and by what we strive to live by. Live up the best of both worlds… consider Uitenhage as your town of choice.