Ekuphumleni
A suburb with below-average property values relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Ekuphumleni is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town.
How is the area changing?
Crime trend data is not available for Ekuphumleni. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.
What should buyers know?
Ekuphumleni is served by schools within reach. 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 Ekuphumleni safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Ekuphumleni?
City of Cape Town Development Focus Area
Ekuphumleni is within the Khayelitsha CBD development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.
Planned development
15 hectares of land in Ekuphumleni are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Commercial (15ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Ekuphumleni is R680K. Property values have grown by 6.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R680,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 21st percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 Ekuphumleni?
Development activity in Ekuphumleni
Ekuphumleni had 10 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 10
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R3.4M
How are schools in Ekuphumleni?
Ekuphumleni has 1 school within reach. Schools include Umthawelanga Primary School.
- Q3Umthawelanga Primary SchoolNo-fee school
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Ekuphumleni?
Ekuphumleni has 5 minibus taxi routes.
Taxi connectivity
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
How responsive are municipal services in Ekuphumleni?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Ekuphumleni in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 615 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 615
- Requests resolved
- 83% (509 of 615)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 368.7 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 610
- Unresolved
- 17.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (145), Stolen Bins - 240L (58), Broken leading (29)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Ekuphumleni
Municipal debt in Ekuphumleni averages R95 567 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R3 334 465
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R18 477 459
- Refuse
- R3 211 938
- Sewerage
- R5 502 527
- City-wide cleaning
- R31 871
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Ekuphumleni?
Healthcare access
15 within 5km- Nearest public
- Khayelitsha Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.7 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 4.5 km
- Public facilities
- 14
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Ekuphumleni is Khayelitsha, 0.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 0.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Khayelitsha Hospital, 0.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Khayelitsha Hospital · 0.7 km
- Nearest library
- Masakhane · 0.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Ntsikizi Pos · 0.41 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Khayelitsha Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Ekuphumleni, Cape Town