CPUT

Neighbourhood data for CPUT

Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

Healthcare15 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilBelow avg complaints3d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coverage3 routes serving the area

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

For home buyers & families

Is CPUT safe?

Safety index suppressed

Insufficient data. cput makes up a very small share of the Bellville South 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 CPUT?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in CPUT?

Utility billing data is not available for CPUT. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in CPUT

→ Stable

CPUT had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were commercial or industrial builds.

3-year approvals: 1
Annual average: 0/yr
Avg project value: R192.0M

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is CPUT?

Low connectivity

CPUT has 3 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Low connectivity

3 routes

15th percentile · 6 destinations

Belhar, Delft south, Parow, Pentech, Pentech railway station, Pentech station

Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in CPUT?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in CPUT in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 32 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

8th

Percentile
across Cape Town

23%

Resolved
same day

Power outage (13%)Sewerage overflow (9%)Other (Enter detailed Fault description) (9%)Street lights out (6%)AMI Validations (CSS) (6%)

Service requests logged: 32
Requests resolved: 81% (26 of 32)
75% resolved within: 16 days
90% resolved within: 65 days
Source: CCT service request database

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 32
Unresolved: 19.0%

Top issues: Power outage (4), Sewerage overflow (3), Other (Enter detailed Fault description) (3)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in CPUT

Net credit

R0 - CPUT has a net credit balance as of May 2026.

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R0
Electricity: -R447 (credit)
Water: -R2 420 (credit)
Refuse: R0
Sewerage: R0
City-wide cleaning: R0
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 CPUT?

Well served

Healthcare access

15 within 5km

Nearest public: St Vincent CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.5 km
Nearest private: Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.1 km
Public facilities: 11
Private facilities: 4

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

The nearest fire station to CPUT is Belhar, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 1.9 km away. The nearest clinic is St Vincent Cdc, 1.5 km away.

Nearest clinic: St Vincent Cdc · 1.5 km
Nearest library: Huguenot Square · 1.6 km
Nearest park / open space: Jansen Park · 0.65 km

Fire station

2.4

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

1.9

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Bellville South 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 23748m · R620K

44→

Belhar Ext 101.2km · R330K

48→

Belhar Ext 211.3km · R660K

43→

Belhar Ext 81.5km · R620K

100→

Greenlands1.5km · R360K

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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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

Belhar Ext 23 Belhar Ext 8 Uwc

Data as of: 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).

Data sources & legal attribution

SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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.

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

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