Belhar Ext 8
A suburb with lower reported crime, more affordable property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Belhar Ext 8 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Belhar Ext 8, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
Belhar Ext 8 is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Belhar Ext 8 safe?
69th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 23 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 99+ / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 377,849 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 70 237
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Belhar precinct, which covers Belhar Ext 8 and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Belhar Ext 8?
Planned development
16 hectares of land in Belhar Ext 8 are earmarked for new development across 4 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (6ha) and Public Service (6ha), and 1 other category.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Belhar Ext 8 is R620K. Property values have grown by 0.0% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R620,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +0.0% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 18th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 800k-1M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Belhar Ext 8?
Development activity in Belhar Ext 8
Belhar Ext 8 had 74 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 25 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 74
- Annual average
- 25/yr
- Avg project value
- R2.4M
How are schools in Belhar Ext 8?
Belhar Ext 8 has 1 school within reach. Schools include Oasis Special School.
- –Oasis Special SchoolSpecialist provision
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Belhar Ext 8?
Belhar Ext 8 has 42 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (57%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (57%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Belhar Ext 8?
Belhar Ext 8 has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 78% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 96.2%
- Flush toilet
- 99.4%
- Weekly refuse
- 98.5%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 77.8%
- Owner-occupied
- 53.3%
- Rented
- 20.5%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.6%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 14.6%
- Non-violent crime
- 5.5%
Economic structure
- 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
- 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 household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Belhar Ext 8?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Belhar Ext 8 in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 701 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 701
- Requests resolved
- 82% (577 of 701)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 8 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3026.1 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 695
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (141), Noise Nuisance (43), Residential Bin Application - 240L (36)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Belhar Ext 8
Municipal debt in Belhar Ext 8 averages R65 670 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R7 150 794
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R3 238 385
- Refuse
- R776 398
- Sewerage
- R1 753 269
- City-wide cleaning
- R113 069
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Belhar Ext 8?
Healthcare access
16 within 5km- Nearest public
- Chestnut Satellite · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 4.3 km
- Public facilities
- 12
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Belhar Ext 8 is Belhar, 1.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Chestnut Satellite, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Chestnut Satellite · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Huguenot Square · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Galileo Road Park · 0.64 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Belhar Ext 8. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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).
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 8, Cape Town