Meyerhof
A suburb with responsive municipal services and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Meyerhof 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Meyerhof, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Meyerhof. 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 Meyerhof safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Meyerhof?
The median property value in Meyerhof is R1.8M. Property values have grown by 6.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,750,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 49th 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 Meyerhof?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Meyerhof?
Meyerhof has 31 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (60%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (60%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Meyerhof?
Meyerhof has a service delivery index of 96 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 86% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 95.2%
- Flush toilet
- 90.6%
- Weekly refuse
- 99.1%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 85.6%
- Owner-occupied
- 50.0%
- Rented
- 13.1%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.3%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 2.7%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 37.1%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 52nd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 25.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R15
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 67.8%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 31.8%
- No access
- 0.4%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.8%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 2.6%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 0.4%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.1 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.5
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 70.8%
- Fridge ownership
- 97.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 67.8%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 18.5%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 0.7%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Meyerhof?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Meyerhof in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 237 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 237
- Requests resolved
- 78% (186 of 237)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 16 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3524.2 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 237
- Unresolved
- 22.0%
Top issues: Power outage (22), Single street light out (16), Sewerage overflow (14)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Meyerhof
Municipal debt in Meyerhof averages R5 809 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R120 697
- Electricity
- R60 648
- Water
- R38 684
- Refuse
- R17 323
- Sewerage
- R20 832
- City-wide cleaning
- R4 216
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Meyerhof?
Healthcare access
12 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.7 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.9 km
- Public facilities
- 8
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Meyerhof is Bellville, 2.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 1.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 1.7 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville South · 1.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Barlinka Road Park · 0.11 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 Meyerhof. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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 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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Meyerhof, Cape Town