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Kuils River Common

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

Neighbourhood data for Kuils River Common
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Schools1nearbyHealthcare8 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints10d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Kuils River Common 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 private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Kuils River Common, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Kuils River Common is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution times are longer than the city norm. 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 Kuils River Common safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. kuils-river-common makes up a very small share of the Kuilsrivier 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 Kuils River Common?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Kuils River Common?

Utility billing data is not available for Kuils River Common. 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.

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Kuils River Common?

1 school nearby

Kuils River Common has 1 school within reach. Schools include Soneike Private School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Kuils River Common will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Soneike Private School
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 116 learners · 12.9:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateFavourable class size

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 Kuils River Common?

Private vehicle dominant

Kuils River Common has 9 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (91%).

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Limited connectivity
9 routes
35th percentile · 11 destinations
Bellville, Blackheath, Blackheath railway station, Happy valley, Happy valley ,blackheath, Khayelitsha +5 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Kuils River Common needs a car. The 91% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
91%
Walking
8%
MyCiTi bus
2%
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
Private vehicle (91%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Kuils River Common?

Full municipal services

Kuils River Common has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Kuils River survey group (47 households). direct.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R5,616) is 3.4× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 98% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99+City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
99.3%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
57.8%
Rented
25.0%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

14risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
9.4%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
24.2%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 88th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
12.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R1,092
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
97.6%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
0.5%
No access
1.9%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.6%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.7%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
5.4%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.8 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
75.6%
Fridge ownership
100.0%
Property ownership
0.7%
Geyser ownership
86.3%
Borehole access
13.5%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
9.5%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
0.6%
WFH part-time
8.3%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Kuils River. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Kuils River Common?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Kuils River Common in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 883 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.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
31st
Percentile
across Cape Town
17%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (12%)Stolen Bins - 240L (10%)Damaged Bin - 240L (8%)Single street light out (5%)Street lights out (3%)
Service requests logged
883
Requests resolved
79% (697 of 883)
75% resolved within
7 days
90% resolved within
20 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
4.5 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
24
Unresolved
42.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (6), Street lights out (3), Water leak (3)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Kuils River Common

Net credit

R0 - Kuils River Common has a net credit balance as of May 2026.

Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R49 230
Electricity
-R293 908 (credit)
Water
R0
Refuse
R0
Sewerage
R0
City-wide cleaning
R2 562
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 Kuils River Common?

Well served

Healthcare access

8 within 5km
Nearest public
Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.8 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.1 km
Public facilities
7
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Kuils River Common is Kuilsriver, 1.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 3.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 2.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
Blue Downs Clinic · 2.8 km
Nearest library
Pd Paulse · 2.9 km
Nearest park / open space
Iris Road Greenbelt · 0.77 km

Fire station

1.9
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.8
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
6
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Blue Downs 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

Stellendale570m · R870K
→
Zevenwacht Mall798m
→
Highbury948m · R1.3M
38→
Vredelust Kuils River954m · R1.5M
100→
Turtle Creek1.1km · R1.4M
→
Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

HagleyHighburyStellendaleWimbledon Estate
Further reading

Related articles

Safe Affordable Suburbs in Cape Town (2026 Data)
2026-03-08

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