Delft 7
A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable property values, and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Delft 7 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 below the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In Delft 7, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Delft 7 is served by schools within reach, and matric results sit slightly below the city average. 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.
Is Delft 7 safe?
32nd percentile among 744 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?
- 27 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 2,493,220 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 216 782
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 19/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 38/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Delft precinct, which covers Delft 7 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 Delft 7?
The median property value in Delft 7 is R240K. Property values have grown by 1.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R240,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +1.1% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 4th 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
What do utilities cost in Delft 7?
Development activity in Delft 7
Delft 7 had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 1
- Annual average
- 0/yr
- Avg project value
- R10.4M
How are schools in Delft 7?
Delft 7 has 3 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 89.6%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Sandaalhout Primary School.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 89.6%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 196 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q4
- Q4-Q5
- Q4Sandaalhout Primary SchoolStrained capacity
- Q4Hindle High School
- Q4Hindle Road West Primary School
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Delft 7?
Delft 7 has 17 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (63%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (63%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Delft 7?
Delft 7 has a service delivery index of 91 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 72% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 31.4%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 11.7%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 28.9%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 85.0%
- Flush toilet
- 88.2%
- Weekly refuse
- 96.3%
- Grid electricity
- 96.3%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 71.7%
- Owner-occupied
- 65.5%
- Rented
- 24.6%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 1.4%
- Fire risk
- 3.2%
- Violent crime
- 3.5%
- Non-violent crime
- 3.9%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 51.4%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 19th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 1
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 55.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R66
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 23.6%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 52.3%
- No access
- 21.9%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.3 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.7
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 6.3%
- Fridge ownership
- 87.3%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 9.6%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 3.7%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH part-time
- 1.2%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Delft 7?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Delft 7 in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,161 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 161
- Requests resolved
- 82% (955 of 1 161)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 11 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 252.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 157
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Stolen Bins - 240L (303), Sewerage overflow (267), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (70)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Delft 7
Municipal debt in Delft 7 averages R6 316 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R509 700
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R5 692 428
- Refuse
- R1 174 783
- Sewerage
- R2 012 287
- City-wide cleaning
- R11 682
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Delft 7?
Healthcare access
14 within 5km- Nearest public
- Delft South Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.5 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 7.6 km
- Public facilities
- 14
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Delft 7 is Belhar, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Delft Swimming Pool, 1.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Delft South Clinic, 1.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Delft South Clinic · 1.5 km
- Nearest library
- Delft · 0.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Leiden Avenue Park · 0.33 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Delft Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 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).
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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Delft 7, Cape Town