Khaya
A suburb with more affordable property values and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Khaya is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
Crime trend data is not available for Khaya. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Khaya is well-served by schools, and matric results are broadly in line with 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 Khaya safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Khaya?
Planned development
13 hectares of land in Khaya are earmarked for new development across 7 parcels, primarily Mixed Use (8ha) and Industrial (3ha), 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 Khaya is R350K. Property values have grown by 2.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R350,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.9% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 10th 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 Khaya?
Development activity in Khaya
Khaya had 25 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 8 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 25
- Annual average
- 8/yr
- Avg project value
- R937K
4% social housing4% of recent building plans in Khaya were for RDP or low-cost housing projects.
How are schools in Khaya?
Khaya has 5 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 92.5%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Luhlaza Secondary School.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 92.5%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 2
- 412 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q3
- Q3
- Q3Luhlaza Secondary SchoolNo-fee school
- Q2Homba Primary SchoolNo-fee school
- Q3Injongo Primary SchoolNo-fee school
- Q3Ikhwezi Lesizwe Primary SchoolNo-fee school
- Q2Joe Slovo Secondary SchoolNo-fee school
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Khaya?
Khaya has 4 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (47%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (47%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Khaya?
Khaya has a service delivery index of 84 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 53% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 39.9%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 30.1%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 35.3%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 61.5%
- Flush toilet
- 90.7%
- Weekly refuse
- 88.5%
- Grid electricity
- 95.5%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 52.9%
- Owner-occupied
- 30.8%
- Rented
- 14.5%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 9.5%
- Fire risk
- 1.6%
- Violent crime
- 16.8%
- Non-violent crime
- 2.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 46.6%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 29th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 3
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 50.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R87
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 15.2%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 74.1%
- No access
- 4.1%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.6 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.3
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 17.7%
- Fridge ownership
- 96.1%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 11.1%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 4.9%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH part-time
- 1.5%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
Read more: Cape Town household conditions 2026: what the survey data reveals
How responsive are municipal services in Khaya?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Khaya in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,872 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 2 872
- Requests resolved
- 84% (2 413 of 2 872)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 15 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 2 864
- Unresolved
- 16.0%
Top issues: Stolen Bins - 240L (560), Sewerage overflow (533), Vector Control (245)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Khaya
Municipal debt in Khaya averages R15 719 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R6 992 162
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R27 449 722
- Refuse
- R6 373 378
- Sewerage
- R9 604 655
- City-wide cleaning
- R64 924
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Khaya?
Healthcare access
19 within 5km- Nearest public
- Zakhele Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.5 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 3.6 km
- Public facilities
- 18
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Khaya is Khayelitsha, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 1.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Zakhele Clinic, 0.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Zakhele Clinic · 0.5 km
- Nearest library
- Kulani · 0.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Makabeni Park · 0.12 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
Nearby suburbs
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Khaya. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
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 | 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 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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Khaya, Cape Town