Eikenbosch Kuils River
A suburb with moderate reported crime and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Eikenbosch Kuils River is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Eikenbosch Kuils River, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Eikenbosch Kuils River. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Eikenbosch Kuils River safe?
92nd 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?
- 45 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 491,057 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 83 576
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 31/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 66/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Eikenbosch Kuils River 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 Eikenbosch Kuils River?
The median property value in Eikenbosch Kuils River is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 5.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,650,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 46th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- 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 Eikenbosch Kuils River?
Development activity in Eikenbosch Kuils River
Eikenbosch Kuils River had 17 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 6 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 17
- Annual average
- 6/yr
- Avg project value
- R182K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Eikenbosch Kuils River?
The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (91%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (91%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Eikenbosch Kuils River?
Eikenbosch Kuils River 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
- 99.3%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 57.8%
- Rented
- 25.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 9.4%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 24.2%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 88th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 12.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R1,092
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 97.6%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 0.5%
- No access
- 1.9%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.6%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.7%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 5.4%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.8 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.6
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 75.6%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.7%
- Geyser ownership
- 86.3%
- Borehole access
- 13.5%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 9.5%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 0.6%
- WFH part-time
- 8.3%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Eikenbosch Kuils River?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Eikenbosch Kuils River in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 594 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 594
- Requests resolved
- 85% (503 of 594)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 26 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 594
- Unresolved
- 15.0%
Top issues: Power outage (63), Single street light out (48), Street lights out (46)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Eikenbosch Kuils River
Municipal debt in Eikenbosch Kuils River averages R3 707 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R586 186
- Electricity
- R405 053
- Water
- R142 410
- Refuse
- R114 741
- Sewerage
- R91 190
- City-wide cleaning
- R24 341
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Eikenbosch Kuils River?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.5 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.5 km
- Public facilities
- 3
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Eikenbosch Kuils River is Kuilsriver, 2.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 5.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 2.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kuilsriver Clinic · 2.5 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 2.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Langverwacht Greenbelt · 0.2 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Eikenbosch Kuils River. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | 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.
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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Eikenbosch Kuils River, Cape Town