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Enkanini

Neighbourhood data for Enkanini
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Schools1nearbyHealthcare9 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints4d median resolution

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Enkanini is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.

How is the area changing?

In Enkanini, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Enkanini is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Enkanini safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. enkanini makes up a very small share of the Harare 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 Enkanini?

Planned development

2 hectares of land in Enkanini are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily High Density Residential (2ha).

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 Enkanini?

Utility billing data is not available for Enkanini. 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 Enkanini

↑ Increasing

Enkanini had 2 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
2
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R333K

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Enkanini?

1 school nearby

Enkanini has 1 school within reach. Schools include Inkanini Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Enkanini will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • Q3
    Inkanini Primary School
    Public · Grades R–7 · 1,299 learners
    No-fee school

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Enkanini?

Taxi-connected

The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (51%).

Commute mode share

Minibus taxis are the primary transport mode. The 51% share reflects a working-class commuter profile – taxi connectivity is a critical economic lifeline, not a lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
4%
Walking
8%
MyCiTi bus
36%
Minibus taxi
51%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Minibus taxi (51%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Enkanini?

Severely constrained services

Enkanini has a service delivery index of 29 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 14% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Endlovini/Enkanini survey group (71 households). direct.

› Adult food insecurity (32.7%) is 1.8× the city average of 18.3%.› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R10) is 0.0× the city median of R1,674.› Mobile-dependent: 72% of households rely on mobile data as their primary internet access.› 34% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.› Violent crime victimisation reported by 8% of households (distinct from SAPS-reported statistics).› 86% of dwellings are informal structures, reflecting historical under-investment in formal housing provision.

Food security

Adult food insecurity
32.7%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
15.8%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
35.0%
City median: 22.3%

Access to basic services

29City median: 85
Piped water
4.2%
Flush toilet
16.2%
Weekly refuse
14.3%
Grid electricity
81.2%

Housing & tenure – Informal or family-compound housing

14City median: 68
Formal dwellings
14.2%
Owner-occupied
33.3%
Rented
0.0%

Environmental risk – High risk exposure

84risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
33.7%
Fire risk
27.5%
Violent crime
8.2%
Non-violent crime
4.4%

Economic structure – Significant material pressure

Food spending share
48.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 24th percentile
Hardship dimensions
2
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
39.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R138
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Mobile-dependent suburb

Home fibre
0.0%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
72.5%
No access
15.2%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.0 people
Avg children per household
1.0

Asset ownership

Computer access
3.4%
Fridge ownership
77.3%
Property ownership
2.3%
Geyser ownership
0.0%
Borehole access
0.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
12.5%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
1.1%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Endlovini/Enkanini. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

Read more: Cape Town household conditions 2026: what the survey data reveals

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Enkanini?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Enkanini in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,240 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
4
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
4th
Percentile
across Cape Town
8%
Resolved
same day
Vector Control (35%)Sewerage overflow (20%)Stolen Bins - 240L (9%)Broken leading (6%)Burst pipe (3%)
Service requests logged
1 240
Requests resolved
81% (1 010 of 1 240)
75% resolved within
7 days
90% resolved within
13 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
1 221
Unresolved
19.0%

Top issues: Vector Control (429), Sewerage overflow (233), Stolen Bins - 240L (109)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Enkanini

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Enkanini is R28K as of May 2026.

R28K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R5 354
Electricity
R0
Water
R7 343
Refuse
R9 169
Sewerage
R5 957
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 Enkanini?

Well served

Healthcare access

9 within 5km
Nearest public
Mayenzeke Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.8 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 7.4 km
Public facilities
9
Private facilities
0

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

The nearest fire station to Enkanini is Khayelitsha, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 2.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Mayenzeke Clinic, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mayenzeke Clinic · 0.8 km
Nearest library
Kuyasa Library · 1 km
Nearest park / open space
Agter Dike Pos · 0.66 km

Fire station

2.4
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

2.9
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
6
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

Monwabisi1.1km
55→
Kuyasa1.3km · R200K
→
Umrhabulo Triangle1.4km · R276K
→
Mandela Park2.1km · R300K
12→
Silvertown - Khayelitsha2.6km · R255K
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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

KuyasaMonwabisiUmrhabulo Triangle

Data as of: Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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 SADBE SchoolsCCT Household SurveyCCT 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.

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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