Hatton

A suburb with well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Hatton

Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

Healthcare22 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilAbove avg complaints2d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

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

For home buyers & families

Is Hatton safe?

Safety index suppressed

Insufficient data. hatton makes up a very small share of the Athlone 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 Hatton?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Hatton?

Utility billing data is not available for Hatton. 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 Hatton

→ Stable

Hatton had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were commercial or industrial builds.

3-year approvals: 1
Annual average: 0/yr
Avg project value: R3.2M

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).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Hatton?

Well connected

Hatton has 39 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

Taxi connectivity

Well connected

39 routes

85th percentile · 30 destinations · CBD-connected

Routes pass through Hatton but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.

Cape town, Cape town (highlands dr, vanguard, n2), Cape town (via freeway), Cape town (via mowbray), Cape town (via n2, eastern blvd), Cape town (via samora machel, vanguard, n2) +24 more

Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Hatton?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Hatton in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 329 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

28th

Percentile
across Cape Town

29%

Resolved
same day

Power outage (16%)Sewerage overflow (8%)Street lights out (5%)PPM KRN Fault (4%)Non-Collection of 240L Bin (3%)

Service requests logged: 329
Requests resolved: 76% (249 of 329)
75% resolved within: 7 days
90% resolved within: 19 days
Source: CCT service request database

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 119900.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 327
Unresolved: 24.0%

Top issues: Power outage (54), Sewerage overflow (25), Street lights out (15)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Hatton

Data available

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Hatton is R2.7M as of May 2026.

R2.7M

total

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R477 825
Electricity: R1 830 769
Water: R87 645
Refuse: R110 152
Sewerage: R200 678
City-wide cleaning: R794
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 Hatton?

Well served

Healthcare access

22 within 5km

Nearest public: Newfields Satellite · Community Day Centre · 0.8 km
Nearest private: Melomed Gatesville · Private Hospital · 1.1 km
Public facilities: 20
Private facilities: 2

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Hatton is Guguletu, 3.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Manenberg Swimming Pool, 1.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Newfields Satellite, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic: Newfields Satellite · 0.8 km
Nearest library: Rylands · 1.1 km
Nearest park / open space: Noll Avenue Park · 0.13 km

Fire station

3.7

km to nearest
fire station

Guguletu

community station

within-5km

response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

1.6

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Manenberg 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

Gatesville555m · R2.1M

32→

Newfields671m · R1.3M

42→

Surrey Estate1.0km · R1.6M

40→

Rylands1.0km · R1.9M

33→

Mountview1.1km · R1.4M

35→

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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Gatesville Mountview Newfields Surrey Estate

Data as of: Facilities: March 2026 | 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 SACCT 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.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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