Businesses in Vredefort

Categories in Vredefort

Car Wash Farming Churches Hardware store Education Primary School Wedding Venue Butcher Grocery stores and supermarkets Restaurants Furniture stores Supermarket Hotels and motels Lodge Lodging Self-Catering Accommodation

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Vredefort

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Other accommodation	13

Vredefort Facts

Area	1.4 km²
Population	587
Male Population	294 (50.1%)
Female Population	293 (49.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+11.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-0.3%
Median Age	44.2 years (Male: 42.9, Female: 45.9)
Neighborhoods	Vredefort, Mokwallo
Local Time
Timezone	South Africa Standard Time
Lat & Lng	-27.00805, 27.36460
Postal Codes	9595

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Vredefort Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	528	565	589	570	587
Population Density	384 / km²	410.9 / km²	428.4 / km²	414.5 / km²	426.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vredefort Population change from 2000 to 2015

Decrease of 3.2% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Vredefort	+8%	+0.9%	-3.2%
Free State (province)	+29.9%	+7.4%	-0.4%
South Africa	+111.9%	+48.1%	+21.4%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vredefort Median Age

Median Age: 44.2 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Vredefort	44.2 yrs	45.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Free State (province)	25.6 yrs	26.6 yrs	24.6 yrs
South Africa	25.4 yrs	26.3 yrs	24.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Vredefort Population Density

Population Density: 427 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Vredefort	587	1.375 km²	427 / km²
Free State (province)	2.7 million	129,825.2 km²	21.2 / km²
South Africa	54.3 million	1,219,846.5 km²	44.5 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Vredefort Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1200 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Vredefort

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Vredefort CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Vredefort	4,567 tn	7.78 tn	3,321.4 tons/km²
Free State (province)	17,793,024 tn	6.47 tn	137.1 tons/km²
South Africa	358,473,408 tn	6.6 tn	293.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Vredefort CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	4,567 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	7.78 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	3,321.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
3/7/19	9:32 AM	4.8	61.1 km	5,000 m	6km E of Fochville, South Africa	usgs.gov
12/24/18	8:47 PM	4.6	56.7 km	5,000 m	11km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa	usgs.gov
10/27/18	5:39 AM	4.3	37.3 km	5,000 m	26km ESE of Stilfontein, South Africa	usgs.gov
10/9/18	8:19 PM	4.3	54.8 km	5,000 m	14km E of Orkney, South Africa	usgs.gov
9/18/18	6:09 PM	4.5	56.7 km	5,000 m	9km W of Fochville, South Africa	usgs.gov
6/27/18	9:51 PM	4.4	55.6 km	5,000 m	12km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa	usgs.gov
4/20/18	1:27 AM	4.5	57.1 km	5,000 m	7km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa	usgs.gov
3/30/18	9:33 AM	3.2	57.9 km	5,000 m	11km ENE of Orkney, South Africa	usgs.gov
3/28/18	6:22 AM	4.6	60.1 km	5,000 m	6km E of Fochville, South Africa	usgs.gov
6/12/17	11:53 PM	4	58.4 km	5,000 m	6km SSE of Stilfontein, South Africa	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Vredefort

Vredefort is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa with cattle, peanuts, sorghum, sunflowers and maize being farmed. It is home to 3,000 residents. town was established in 1876 on a farm called Visgat, on the Vredefort crat..

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