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Random address in South Africa

953 cities and towns and 4,206 postcode areas in South Africa. Every address keeps a real city, region and postcode together; the street and house number are invented.

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Test data: real cities, regions and postcodes with invented streets and house numbers. Not verified for delivery. Do not use them to pass identity or address checks, to order deliveries, or to mislead anyone.

Type 2+ letters and pick a city.

1–100 per batch.

Random addresses in South Africa

10 addresses generated.

  1. Street address
    310 Long Crescent
    District
    Maitland
    City
    Rosebank
    Postcode / ZIP
    7451
    State / region
    Western Cape
    Country
    South Africa
  2. Street address
    96 Commissioner Way
    City
    Relani
    Postcode / ZIP
    1255
    State / region
    Mpumalanga
    Country
    South Africa
  3. Street address
    45 Protea Close
    District
    Strubensvallei
    City
    Roodepoort
    Postcode / ZIP
    1735
    State / region
    Gauteng
    Country
    South Africa
  4. Street address
    139 Jan Smuts Crescent
    City
    Thaba Nchu
    Postcode / ZIP
    9783
    State / region
    Free State
    Country
    South Africa
  5. Street address
    20 Kerk Street
    City
    Johannesburg
    Postcode / ZIP
    2118
    State / region
    Gauteng
    Country
    South Africa
  6. Street address
    6 Market Crescent
    City
    Heilbron
    Postcode / ZIP
    9650
    State / region
    Free State
    Country
    South Africa
  7. Street address
    100 Jacaranda Drive
    City
    Melmoth
    Postcode / ZIP
    3835
    State / region
    KwaZulu-Natal
    Country
    South Africa
  8. Street address
    180 Marula Road
    District
    Mangaung
    City
    Bloemfontein
    Postcode / ZIP
    9307
    State / region
    Free State
    Country
    South Africa
  9. Street address
    281 Oxford Close
    City
    Saint Lucia
    Postcode / ZIP
    3925
    State / region
    KwaZulu-Natal
    Country
    South Africa
  10. Street address
    33 Beyers Naudé Road
    City
    East London
    Postcode / ZIP
    5217
    State / region
    Eastern Cape
    Country
    South Africa

States and regions of South Africa

9
  1. Mpumalanga 203 places
  2. Western Cape 143 places
  3. KwaZulu-Natal 138 places
  4. Eastern Cape 134 places
  5. Limpopo 88 places
  6. Free State 83 places
  7. North West 59 places
  8. Gauteng 58 places
  9. Northern Cape 47 places
Population
  1. JohannesburgGauteng 9,418,183
  2. Cape TownWestern Cape 4,772,846
  3. DurbanKwaZulu-Natal 3,338,026
  4. PretoriaGauteng 2,112,693
  5. SowetoGauteng 1,695,047
  6. GqeberhaEastern Cape 1,050,078
  7. SoshanguveGauteng 872,309
  8. PietermaritzburgKwaZulu-Natal 839,327
  9. EvatonGauteng 725,468
  10. BenoniGauteng 605,344
  11. BloemfonteinFree State 556,637
  12. ThembisaGauteng 511,655

Anatomy of an address in South Africa

Postcodes come from GeoNames postal data and belong to the city shown.

Postcode pattern
####
Regions
9
Cities and towns
953
Postcode areas
4,206
  1. 37 Commissioner Crescentstreet and number
  2. Mapumulodistrict
  3. Glen Millcity
  4. 4470postcode
  5. SOUTH AFRICACOUNTRY
A fixed sample for this page. Generate above for new ones.

How to generate random addresses

  1. Choose a country, then a state or region, or search for a city.

  2. Set how many addresses you need (1–100) and generate.

  3. Copy one field, one address or the whole batch, or download it as JSON or CSV.

Where the places come from

Cities, regions and postcodes come from GeoNames under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Streets and house numbers are built from common local street names, so a match with a real address is a coincidence.

GeoNames CC BY 4.0

Useful for forms and software tests

Test checkout and shipping forms, postcode validation, address layouts in other languages, database seeds and demos. Store postcodes as text: many start with zero or contain letters.

Questions about random addresses

How do you write an address in South Africa?

Line by line: street and number / district / city / postcode / COUNTRY. For example: 37 Commissioner Crescent, Mapumulo, Glen Mill, 4470, SOUTH AFRICA.

What is the postcode format in South Africa?

South Africa uses the postcode pattern ####, where # is a digit and @ is a letter.

Which places can I get a random address for in South Africa?

953 cities and towns, for example Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Soweto. Pick a region or search for any city.

Are these real addresses?

The city, region and postcode are real and appear together in postal data. The street and house number are invented, so the full address is test data and is not checked for delivery.

Can I generate many addresses at once?

Yes, up to 100 per batch. Copy them all or download JSON or CSV. Places can repeat when a city has few postcodes, but every address in a batch is different.

Can I link to a batch or use it in a script?

Every country, region and city has its own page. Add ?count=25 to the page address to set the batch size, or add &format=json to get JSON.

All countries

247 countries and territories, 493,219 cities and towns, 1,632,591 postcode areas.

Europe 53

Asia 51

North America 41

South America 14

Africa 58

Oceania 27

Antarctica 3