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Belhar Ext 15

A suburb with more affordable property values and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Belhar Ext 15
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property2-400kTop 90%Schools1nearbyHealthcare11 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Belhar Ext 15 is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Belhar Ext 15, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Belhar Ext 15 is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Belhar Ext 15 safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. belhar-ext-15 makes up a very small share of the Belhar police precinct, so we cannot reliably separate its crime data from the rest of the precinct. Rather than show a score that could be misleading, we have withheld it.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Belhar Ext 15?

10th percentile

The median property value in Belhar Ext 15 is R360K. Property values have grown by 0.7% per year since 2018.

A 0.7% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Belhar Ext 15 properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R360,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+0.7% per year
City-wide value percentile
10th percentile
Dominant value band
2-400k
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Belhar Ext 15?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R40 / month
94% below city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R40Jan 2026: R48Feb 2026: R35

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Belhar Ext 15?

1 school nearby

Belhar Ext 15 has 1 school within reach. Schools include Riebeeckstraat Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Belhar Ext 15 will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • Q4
    Riebeeckstraat Primary School
    Public · Grades R–7 · 1,182 learners · 35.8:1 learner-educator ratio

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Belhar Ext 15?

Vehicle-led mix

Belhar Ext 15 has 39 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (57%).

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Well connected
39 routes
80th percentile · 29 destinations
Belhar, Belhar delft, Bellville, Bellville station, Delft, Delft south +23 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Belhar Ext 15 – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
57%
Walking
5%
MyCiTi bus
2%
Minibus taxi
35%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Private vehicle (57%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Belhar Ext 15?

Full municipal services

Belhar Ext 15 has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 78% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Belhar survey group (72 households). direct.

› Violent crime victimisation reported by 15% of households (distinct from SAPS-reported statistics).

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
96.2%
Flush toilet
99.4%
Weekly refuse
98.5%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

78City median: 68
Formal dwellings
77.8%
Owner-occupied
53.3%
Rented
20.5%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

21risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.6%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
14.6%
Non-violent crime
5.5%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
32.1%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 68th percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
34.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R190
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Mixed-access suburb

Home fibre
58.3%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
37.6%
No access
4.1%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
9.3%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
4.7%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
12.7%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.4 people
Avg children per household
0.9

Asset ownership

Computer access
44.8%
Fridge ownership
96.9%
Property ownership
10.0%
Geyser ownership
56.0%
Borehole access
11.8%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
11.7%
of households operate a home-based business

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Belhar. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Belhar Ext 15?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Belhar Ext 15 in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 128 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
16th
Percentile
across Cape Town
16%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (16%)Street lights out (13%)Sewerage overflow (9%)Damaged Bin - 240L (8%)Illegal dumping (7%)
Service requests logged
128
Requests resolved
76% (97 of 128)
75% resolved within
7 days
90% resolved within
15 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
859.1 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
128
Unresolved
24.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (20), Street lights out (16), Sewerage overflow (12)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Belhar Ext 15

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Belhar Ext 15 is R71K as of May 2026.

R71K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R34 080
Electricity
R0
Water
R14 882
Refuse
R15 508
Sewerage
R5 820
City-wide cleaning
R211
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Belhar Ext 15?

Well served

Healthcare access

11 within 5km
Nearest public
St Vincent CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.3 km
Public facilities
10
Private facilities
1

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Belhar Ext 15 is Belhar, 0.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Delft Swimming Pool, 3.1 km away. The nearest clinic is St Vincent Cdc, 0.6 km away.

Nearest clinic
St Vincent Cdc · 0.6 km
Nearest library
Huguenot Square · 0.4 km
Nearest park / open space
Algoa Pos · 0.14 km

Fire station

0.9
km to nearest
fire station
Belhar
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

3.1
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
15
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Delft Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Belhar Ext 9216m · R330K
51→
Belhar Ext 11229m · R330K
48→
Belhar Ext 10336m · R330K
48→
Belhar Ext 12383m · R330K
43→
Belhar Ext 14545m · R810K
46→
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Belhar Ext 15. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Belhar Ext 10Belhar Ext 11Belhar Ext 12Belhar Ext 16Belhar Ext 9

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026

Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT Household SurveyCCT Service Requests

South African Police Service, via DataFirst (UCT). SAPS crime statistics, 2019-2026 [dataset]. DOI: 10.25828/5MAW-4H90. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. City of Cape Town open data, 2022–2025 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

Statistics South Africa. Stats SA Census 2022, 2022 [dataset]. Stats SA standard terms (permissive). Analysis is the user's own and not endorsed by Stats SA.

Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. CCT Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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Belhar Ext 15, Cape Town

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