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N1-Stad

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

Neighbourhood data for N1-Stad
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Schools1nearbyHealthcare13 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

N1-Stad is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. 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 N1-Stad, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.

What should buyers know?

N1-Stad is served by schools within reach. 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 N1-Stad safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. n1-stad makes up a very small share of the Goodwood 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 N1-Stad?

City of Cape Town Development Focus Area

N1-Stad is within the De Grendel Station / Parow Golf Course development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in N1-Stad?

Utility billing data is not available for N1-Stad. 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 N1-Stad

↑ Increasing

N1-Stad had 42 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 14 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
42
Annual average
14/yr
Avg project value
R299K

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in N1-Stad?

1 school nearby

N1-Stad has 1 school within reach. Schools include King'S School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.N1-Stad will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    King'S School
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 140 learners · 10.8:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable 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 N1-Stad?

Private vehicle dominant

N1-Stad has 29 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (79%).

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 ›

Connected
29 routes
78th percentile · 24 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through N1-Stad but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Bellville, Bellville (via cape town, n1 & durban rd), Bellville (via n2, cape town, n1, & durban rd), Bothasig, Cape town, Cape town (via n1 city) +18 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to N1-Stad needs a car. The 79% 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
79%
Walking
3%
MyCiTi bus
5%
Minibus taxi
12%
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 (79%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in N1-Stad?

Full municipal services

N1-Stad has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 97% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Parow survey group (46 households). direct.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,835) is 2.9× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 93% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

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

Housing & tenure – Informal or family-compound housing

97City median: 68
Formal dwellings
97.2%
Owner-occupied
35.0%
Rented
36.4%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

3risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
2.2%
Violent crime
0.9%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
22.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 92nd percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
10.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R1,196
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
93.4%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
6.6%
No access
0.0%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
2.2%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
2.2%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
2.2%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.1 people
Avg children per household
0.7

Asset ownership

Computer access
76.8%
Fridge ownership
100.0%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
87.8%
Borehole access
14.3%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
6.7%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
1.8%

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

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in N1-Stad?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in N1-Stad in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 346 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
35th
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (11%)Burst pipe (7%)Water leak (6%)Street lights out (6%)Other (Enter detailed Fault description) (4%)
Service requests logged
346
Requests resolved
61% (210 of 346)
75% resolved within
8 days
90% resolved within
22 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
342
Unresolved
39.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (39), Burst pipe (24), Water leak (19)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in N1-Stad

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in N1-Stad is R6.6M as of May 2026.

R6.6M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R4 358 982
Electricity
R952 789
Water
R738 690
Refuse
R86 747
Sewerage
R455 117
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 N1-Stad?

Well served

Healthcare access

13 within 5km
Nearest public
Dirkie Uys Clinic/CDC · Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest private
Netcare N1 City Hospital · Private Hospital · 0.2 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 N1-Stad is Goodwood, 0.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Goodwood Swimming Pool, 1.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare N1 City Hospital, 0.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Netcare N1 City Hospital · 0.2 km
Nearest library
Edgemead · 2 km
Nearest park / open space
K9 Park · 0.46 km

Fire station

0.5
km to nearest
fire station
Goodwood
fire service head office
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.3
km to nearest
public pool
7
pools
within 5 km
14
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Goodwood 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

Plattekloof Glen672m · R2.2M
38→
Kaapzicht1.0km · R2.8M
81→
Parow Golf Course1.2km · R2.4M
→
Vasco Estate1.2km · R1.9M
33→
De Duin1.2km · R3M
→
Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to N1-Stad. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

MontagueParow Golf CourseParow NorthPlattekloof GlenRichmond EstateTygerdalVasco Estate

Data as of: Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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