Metro

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

Neighbourhood data for Metro

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

Healthcare11 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Metro is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Metro, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Metro. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Metro safe?

Safety index suppressed

Insufficient data. metro makes up a very small share of the Milnerton 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 Metro?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Metro?

Utility billing data is not available for Metro. 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 Metro

↑ Increasing

Metro had 5 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals: 5
Annual average: 2/yr
Avg project value: R247K

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 Metro?

Well connected

Metro has 43 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

Taxi connectivity

Well connected

43 routes

87th percentile · 29 destinations · CBD-connected

3rd steen big bay (via paarden eiland), Atlantis, Cape town, Cape town (station deck), Cape town (via paarden eiland), Killarney +23 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 Metro?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Metro in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 151 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

34th

Percentile
across Cape Town

17%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (29%)No supply (8%)Street lights out (5%)Power outage (4%)Faulty pump station (4%)

Service requests logged: 151
Requests resolved: 81% (122 of 151)
75% resolved within: 7 days
90% resolved within: 16 days
Source: CCT service request database

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 150
Unresolved: 19.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (44), No supply (11), Street lights out (7)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Metro

Data available

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Metro is R739K as of May 2026.

R739K

total

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R507 751
Electricity: R82 050
Water: R60 759
Refuse: R29 942
Sewerage: R58 147
City-wide cleaning: R0
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 Metro?

Well served

Healthcare access

11 within 5km

Nearest public: Brooklyn Chest Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.5 km
Nearest private: Intercare Day Hospital Century City · Private Hospital · 3 km
Public facilities: 9
Private facilities: 2

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

The nearest fire station to Metro is Brooklyn, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 3.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Brooklyn Chest Hospital, 0.5 km away.

Nearest clinic: Brooklyn Chest Hospital · 0.5 km
Nearest library: Brooklyn · 0.8 km
Nearest park / open space: Marine Drive Pos · 0.09 km

Fire station

2.1

km to nearest
fire station

Brooklyn

community station

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.7

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Kensington 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

Brooklyn1.5km · R1.1M

13→

Tijgerhof1.9km · R2.2M

30→

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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Lagoon Beach Milnerton Paarden Eiland Rugby

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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