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Province guide

Retirement & care in Gauteng

Johannesburg, Pretoria, Centurion, Midrand and the East and West Rand: the most retirement units in the country, the best hospital access, and the widest price range.

Frail care, private
R18k to R30k a month
Life right, one-bed
from about R800,000
Share of SA retirement units
the largest

The province for families

Gauteng has more retirement units than any other province and the most under R2 million, which makes it the easiest place in South Africa to find a village a family can afford. It also has the densest network of private hospitals in the country. Netcare, Mediclinic and Life hospitals sit within fifteen minutes of nearly every suburb from Fourways to Faerie Glen, and that matters more at 85 than any sea view.

The market runs from large non-profit life-right villages in the east of Johannesburg, through church and community homes in Pretoria that take the state pension, to new lifestyle estates in Midrand, Broadacres, North Riding and Waterkloof with frail care on site and prices to match. Most families who stay are staying for a reason: the children and grandchildren live here, the GP is here, and the parent knows the roads.

Our town guides cover Johannesburg's northern suburbs, the east of the city and Modderfontein, Roodepoort and the West Rand, Midrand and Waterfall, Pretoria East, and Centurion and Pretoria North. For costs, read frail care costs in Gauteng and retirement village costs in Gauteng.

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Where to look in Gauteng

Sandton skyline, Johannesburg's northern suburbs

Johannesburg

Johannesburg Northern Suburbs

Sandton, Bryanston, Fourways, Broadacres and Randburg: new lifestyle estates with care on site, boutique care homes and four private hospitals within reach.

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Johannesburg skyline at golden hour, seen from the east

Johannesburg

Bedfordview, Edenvale & the East Rand

Lyndhurst, Edenvale, Modderfontein, Bedfordview, Germiston, Boksburg and Benoni: the biggest cluster of life-right villages and non-profit care in Gauteng.

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Witpoortjie waterfall at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, West Rand

Johannesburg

Roodepoort, Krugersdorp & the West Rand

Roodepoort, Florida, Wilro Park, Featherbrooke and Krugersdorp: sectional-title estates, city-owned pensioner housing and small frail care homes at the lowest prices in Johannesburg.

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Wide view of the Midrand and Waterfall skyline under a Highveld sky

Johannesburg

Midrand & Waterfall

Waterfall City, Kyalami and Halfway House: the newest large estates in Gauteng, a Netcare hospital on the doorstep, halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

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A jacaranda tree in full purple bloom in Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria East

Faerie Glen, Garsfontein, Lynnwood, Equestria, The Willows, Olympus and Waterkloof: more retirement villages per suburb than anywhere else in Gauteng.

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The Union Buildings in Pretoria

Pretoria

Centurion, Montana & Pretoria North

Lyttelton, Die Hoewes, Midstream, Montana, Sinoville, Akasia and Rietfontein: Afrikaans-community villages, church homes and new estates at Pretoria's lowest prices.

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By type of care

Care in Gauteng, by kind

Retirement villages in Gauteng29 listedAssisted living facilities in Gauteng13 listedFrail care facilities in Gauteng26 listedDementia care facilities in Gauteng13 listedOld age homes in Gauteng10 listed

Guides

Read before you visit

TownsWhere to retire in Gauteng: Johannesburg, Pretoria and the suburbs between, compared for familiesGauteng has more retirement units than any other province and the best hospital access in the country. Here is how the northern suburbs, the East Rand, the West Rand, Midrand, Pretoria East and Centurion compare on care, prices, traffic and the airport run.
CostsFrail care costs in Gauteng: what Johannesburg and Pretoria care homes charge in 2026, and how families payPublished rates from Johannesburg and Pretoria care homes, from R8,700 a month at a non-profit to R30,000 for high care in Craighall Park. What the fee covers, what is billed on top, how the subsidised route works, and why medical aid will not carry it.
CostsRetirement village costs in Gauteng: life rights, sectional title, rentals and levies in Johannesburg and PretoriaWhat a unit costs in Johannesburg, Midrand, Pretoria and Centurion in 2026, from an R800,000 life-right suite to an R8 million Waterfall house, what the levy covers, how the three ownership models handle your money, and the questions that keep a Gauteng village affordable.
ComparisonWestern Cape, Gauteng or KwaZulu-Natal: where should a South African family retire a parent?The three provinces that hold four in five of South Africa's retirement units, compared on what a village and a care bed cost, hospitals, climate, distance from the children, resale and the long waiting lists. With a worked budget for the same couple in Somerset West, Pretoria East and Hillcrest.

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Questions families ask

Retiring in Gauteng: common questions

Is Gauteng a good place to retire?

For hospital access, choice and price, yes. Gauteng has the most retirement units in the country and leads in units under R2 million. The trade-offs are traffic, water and power interruptions in some municipalities, and the absence of a coast. Families who stay usually do so because their children and doctors are here.

Which Johannesburg suburbs have the most retirement villages?

The east of the city (Lyndhurst, Edenvale, Modderfontein and Bedfordview) has the largest cluster, led by the Rand Aid villages. The northern suburbs from Bryanston to Fourways and Broadacres have the newer lifestyle estates, and Midrand's Waterfall estates sit between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

How much does frail care cost in Johannesburg and Pretoria?

Published 2025 and 2026 rates run from about R17,900 for a shared room in a small Parktown care home to R26,000 to R30,000 for private rooms and high care at established Johannesburg villages. Non-profit homes in Pretoria charge from about R8,700, and subsidised homes take most of the state pension.

Does Gauteng have subsidised old age homes?

Yes. The City of Johannesburg runs 29 homes and retirement villages with about 2,000 units for pensioners, and the provincial Department of Social Development funds non-profit homes across the province. Apply early: waiting lists in Gauteng are among the longest in the country.