Three Rivers East is home to many people working in the nearby Johannesburg due to easy access to the R59 Freeway linking the two cities.

It is also home to some of Vereeniging's wealthiest families and together with the suburb of Three Rivers Proper contribute to the majority of the tax income for the local municipality.

Many of these families live in either Fisheagle Street, or Heron Avenue, next to the Sugarbush river.

Other places of interest include: Weaver's Nest conference centre, Suikerbos (Sugarbush) Laerskool and Riverside High School.

There is a wide range of game found in these two areas including; Black Wildebeest, Kudu, Waterbuck, Porcupine, Impala and Springbok.