Loumar
A suburb with responsive municipal services and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Loumar is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. 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 Loumar, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Loumar. 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 Loumar safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Loumar?
The median property value in Loumar is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 5.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,600,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.7% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 44th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- 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 Loumar?
Development activity in Loumar
Loumar had 3 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 3
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R74K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Loumar?
Loumar has 31 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 Loumar?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Loumar in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 271 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 271
- Requests resolved
- 80% (218 of 271)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 4541.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 267
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Power outage (50), Street lights out (24), Single street light out (22)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Loumar
Total outstanding municipal debt in Loumar is R412K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R83 984
- Electricity
- R175 882
- Water
- R78 100
- Refuse
- R26 920
- Sewerage
- R40 930
- City-wide cleaning
- R5 906
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Loumar?
Healthcare access
13 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.5 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.2 km
- Public facilities
- 9
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Loumar is Bellville, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 1.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 1.5 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville South · 1.8 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Francis Road Park · 0.15 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
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Loumar. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 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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Loumar, Cape Town