Ferndale
A suburb with lower reported crime, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
There is also a Ferndale in Johannesburg. See Ferndale, Johannesburg
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Ferndale is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Ferndale, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Ferndale. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Ferndale safe?
90th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 31 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?
- 99+ / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 101,507 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 53 147
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Brackenfell precinct, which covers Ferndale 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 Ferndale?
The median property value in Ferndale is R1.9M. Property values have grown by 1.5% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,900,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +1.5% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 54th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Ferndale?
Development activity in Ferndale
Ferndale had 22 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 7 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 22
- Annual average
- 7/yr
- Avg project value
- R361K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Ferndale?
Ferndale has 21 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 Ferndale?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Ferndale in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 742 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 742
- Requests resolved
- 77% (569 of 742)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1214.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 739
- Unresolved
- 23.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (128), Power outage (39), Damaged Bin - 240L (28)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Ferndale
Municipal debt in Ferndale averages R5 830 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R648 576
- Electricity
- R390 478
- Water
- R237 777
- Refuse
- R103 672
- Sewerage
- R138 523
- City-wide cleaning
- R26 722
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Ferndale?
Healthcare access
9 within 5km- Nearest public
- Brackenfell Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.1 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Ferndale is Brackenfell, 2.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 5.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Brackenfell Clinic, 1.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Brackenfell Clinic · 1.2 km
- Nearest library
- Brackenfell · 1.2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Olympus Park · 0.19 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Ferndale. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Ferndale, Cape Town