Brackenfell Common
A suburb with well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Brackenfell Common is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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 Brackenfell Common, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Brackenfell Common. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Brackenfell Common safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Brackenfell Common?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Brackenfell Common?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Brackenfell Common?
Brackenfell Common has 15 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (84%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Brackenfell Common?
Brackenfell Common has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 66.6%
- Rented
- 12.1%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.5%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.3%
- Non-violent crime
- 4.1%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 18.2%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Affluent, significant discretionary income · 50th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 13.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R18
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 94.1%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 3.4%
- No access
- 1.3%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 0.4%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.8 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.4
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 85.6%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.4%
- Geyser ownership
- 85.2%
- Borehole access
- 30.8%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 9.8%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 18.3%
- WFH part-time
- 1.2%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Brackenfell Common?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Brackenfell Common in a median of 7 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 14 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 14
- Requests resolved
- 64% (9 of 14)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 67 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 14
- Unresolved
- 36.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (3), Sewerage overflow (2), Street Sweeping (1)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Brackenfell Common
Total outstanding municipal debt in Brackenfell Common is R196K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R115 755
- Electricity
- R58 024
- Water
- R19 740
- Refuse
- R122
- Sewerage
- R2 028
- City-wide cleaning
- R135
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Brackenfell Common?
Healthcare access
9 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.1 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Brackenfell Common is Kuilsriver, 3.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 3.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 1.1 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 1.1 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 2.1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Kuils River Greenbelt 4 · 0.17 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
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Brackenfell Common. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 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.
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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Brackenfell Common, Cape Town