

Neighbourhood, Socio-Economic & Livability Indices
WHERE DATA MEETS LIVEABILITY: SMARTER INSIGHTS FOR BETTER COMMUNITIES
Explore the dynamics of South Africa’s urban landscape with our powerful Urban Data Solutions. Our Neighbourhood Lifestyle Index®© (NLI®©) and NLI Advanced offer deep insights into consumer behaviour, lifestyle patterns, and market potential, while the Socio-Economic Risk Index helps identify areas of financial vulnerability and opportunity. With the Liveability Index, assess and compare quality of life across different regions, empowering businesses, policymakers, and researchers with the data they need to drive smarter decisions and sustainable growth.
Neighbourhood Lifestyle Index®© (NLI®©):
The Neighbourhood Lifestyle Index®© is an income-based segmented classification of areas according to various lifestyle characteristics.
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Socio-Economic Risk Index:
The Socio-Economic Vulnerability Index provides insight into the vulnerability of neighbourhoods.
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Advanced Neighbourhood Lifestyle Index®© (NLI®©):
The Neighbourhood Lifestyle Index®© (NLI®©) Advanced dataset is an income-based segmented classification providing new Insights into South Africa’s Population Lifestyles and Living Standards by grouping the population into homogenous segments. The NLI Advanced Dataset provides a new population segmentation with more refined groups of 10 primary classes and 29 sub-classes that share common traits, behaviours, interests, and consumer tendencies.
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Liveability Index:
The Liveability Index considers the diverse aspects of society, often termed as the quality of life, by incorporating different types of variables such as the accessibility to services, housing type, and density, environmental factors, etc. that contribute to the overall well-being of a community.
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