Hanover Park
A suburb with more affordable property values, good school access, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Hanover Park is a neighbourhood in Southern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. There is a strong presence of places of worship serving the community. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
Crime trend data is not available for Hanover Park. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Hanover Park is well-served by schools, and matric results sit below the city average. 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 Hanover Park safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Hanover Park?
Planned development
14 hectares of land in Hanover Park are earmarked for new development across 8 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (8ha) and Low Density Residential (5ha), and 1 other category.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Hanover Park is R297K. Property values have grown by 2.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R297,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.6% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 7th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-400k
- 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 Hanover Park?
Development activity in Hanover Park
Hanover Park had 20 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
- 20
- Annual average
- 7/yr
- Avg project value
- R27.3M
How are schools in Hanover Park?
Hanover Park has 5 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 80.5%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Parkfields Primary School.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 80.5%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 81 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q4
- Q4-Q5
- Q4Parkfields Primary School
- Q4Summit Primary School
- Q4Voorspoed Primary School
- Q4Belmor Primary School
- Q4Crystal SekondêrFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Hanover Park?
Hanover Park has 40 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (40%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (40%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Hanover Park?
Hanover Park has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 80% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 24.4%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 23.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 28.5%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 98.6%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 98.6%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 80.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 26.7%
- Rented
- 58.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 5.3%
- Fire risk
- 13.3%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 51.3%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 20th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 2
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 46.0%
- of households receiving grants
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 21.5%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 60.9%
- No access
- 9.6%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 5.3 people
- Avg children per household
- 2.1
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 10.7%
- Fridge ownership
- 98.6%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 40.2%
- Borehole access
- 5.3%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 9.4%
- of households operate a home-based business
87% of electricity connections in Hanover Park receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.
Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 19,569 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Hanover Park?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Hanover Park in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 26,385 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 26 385
- Requests resolved
- 57% (14 954 of 26 385)
- 75% resolved within
- 12 days
- 90% resolved within
- 35 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3215.6 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 26 309
- Unresolved
- 43.0%
Top issues: Power outage (2 400), Sewerage overflow (2 174), Suspect Tampering (2 149)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Hanover Park
Municipal debt in Hanover Park averages R9 932 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R3 120 076
- Electricity
- R27 587 301
- Water
- R7 523 094
- Refuse
- R663 466
- Sewerage
- R3 240 600
- City-wide cleaning
- R38 140
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Hanover Park?
Healthcare access
17 within 5km- Nearest public
- Hanover Park Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.4 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Gatesville · Private Hospital · 2.8 km
- Public facilities
- 15
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Hanover Park is Ottery, 2.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Hanover Park Swimming Pool, 0.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Hanover Park Clinic, 0.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Hanover Park Clinic · 0.4 km
- Nearest library
- Hanover Park · 0.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Surran Road Park · 0.29 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Hanover Park Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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.
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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Hanover Park, Cape Town