Petrosa Tank Farm

Neighbourhood data for Petrosa Tank Farm

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

Healthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilBelow avg complaints3d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coverage2 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Petrosa Tank Farm 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.

How is the area changing?

In Petrosa Tank Farm, crime is declining 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 Petrosa Tank Farm. 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 Petrosa Tank Farm safe?

Safety index suppressed

Insufficient data. petrosa-tank-farm makes up a very small share of the Bothasig 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 Petrosa Tank Farm?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Petrosa Tank Farm?

Utility billing data is not available for Petrosa Tank Farm. 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.

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Petrosa Tank Farm?

Low connectivity

Petrosa Tank Farm has 2 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Low connectivity

2 routes

7th percentile · 2 destinations

Bellville, Du noon

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 Petrosa Tank Farm?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Petrosa Tank Farm in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 10 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

12th

Percentile
across Cape Town

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (30%)Burst pipe (20%)No supply (10%)Non-Collection of 240L Bin (10%)Speeding (10%)

Service requests logged: 10
Requests resolved: 90% (9 of 10)
75% resolved within: 7 days
90% resolved within: 20 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered

Christian

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: 10
Unresolved: 10.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (3), Burst pipe (2), No supply (1)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Petrosa Tank Farm

Data available

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Petrosa Tank Farm is R1.1M as of May 2026.

R1.1M

total

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R93 728
Electricity: R0
Water: R502 993
Refuse: R80 283
Sewerage: R379 304
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 Petrosa Tank Farm?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km

Nearest public: Bothasig Clinic · Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest private: Mediclinic Panorama · Private Hospital · 3.8 km
Public facilities: 3
Private facilities: 3

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

The nearest fire station to Petrosa Tank Farm is Milnerton, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 5.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Bothasig Clinic, 1.2 km away.

Nearest clinic: Bothasig Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest library: Bothasig · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space: Steenoven Street Park · 0.7 km

Fire station

km to nearest
fire station

Milnerton

divisional hq

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

5.6

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Parow North 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

Burgundy Estate1.2km · R2.4M

→

Richmond Park1.4km

→

Bothasig1.4km · R1.9M

39→

Kleinbosch1.5km · R3M

100→

De Grendel Farm1.7km

→

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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Bothasig Burgundy Estate De Grendel Farm Edgemead Kleinbosch Richmond Park

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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