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Dreamworld

A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

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

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

For home buyers & families

Is Dreamworld safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. dreamworld makes up a very small share of the Kleinvlei 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 Dreamworld?

Planned development

28 hectares of land in Dreamworld are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Commercial (28ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Dreamworld?

Utility billing data is not available for Dreamworld. 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 Dreamworld

↑ Increasing

Dreamworld had 4 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
4
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R672K

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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Dreamworld?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Dreamworld in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 27 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Dreamworld residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
61st
Percentile
across Cape Town
30%
Resolved
same day
Street lights out (22%)Water (11%)Internal mtr related queries (7%)Incorrect Valuations (7%)Animal Carcass Removal - Dog - Large (7%)
Service requests logged
27
Requests resolved
85% (23 of 27)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
25 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
27
Unresolved
15.0%

Top issues: Street lights out (6), Water (3), Internal mtr related queries (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Dreamworld

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Dreamworld is R78K as of May 2026.

R78K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R34 414
Electricity
R0
Water
R11 805
Refuse
R15 722
Sewerage
R16 372
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 Dreamworld?

Well served

Healthcare access

11 within 5km
Nearest public
Matthew Goniwe CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.9 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 9 km
Public facilities
11
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Dreamworld is Khayelitsha, 3.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 4.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Matthew Goniwe Cdc, 1.9 km away.

Nearest clinic
Matthew Goniwe Cdc · 1.9 km
Nearest library
Nazeema Isaacs · 2.2 km
Nearest park / open space
Mhlophe Pos · 1.13 km

Fire station

3.9
km to nearest
fire station
Khayelitsha
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.3
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Khayelitsha 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

Forest Village1.3km · R275K
29
Electric City1.6km · R790K
30
Eersterivier South1.6km · R710K
30
Faure1.7km · R1M
Umrhabulo Triangle2.2km · R276K
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Data as of: Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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