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Rondevlei Park

A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Rondevlei Park
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Rondevlei Park 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Rondevlei Park, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Rondevlei Park is served by schools within reach. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Rondevlei Park safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. rondevlei-park makes up a very small share of the Lentegeur 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 Rondevlei Park?

27th percentile

The median property value in Rondevlei Park is R820K. Property values have grown by 5.6% per year since 2018.

A 5.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Rondevlei Park properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R820,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
27th percentile
Dominant value band
6-800k
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Rondevlei Park?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R407 / month
38% below city median
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R482Jan 2026: R407Feb 2026: R353

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Rondevlei Park

↑ Increasing

Rondevlei Park had 33 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 11 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
33
Annual average
11/yr
Avg project value
R233K

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 Rondevlei Park?

1 school nearby

Rondevlei Park has 1 school within reach. Schools include Hyde Park College.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Rondevlei Park will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Hyde Park College
    Independent · Grades R–12 · 246 learners · 27.3:1 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 Rondevlei Park?

Vehicle-led mix

Rondevlei Park has 6 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (33%).

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 ›

Limited connectivity
6 routes
28th percentile · 9 destinations
Claremont (via rocklands, westgate mall, old lansdowne, heins & turfhall), Hanover park, Hazeldene, London village, London village,mitchells plain, Mitchells plain +3 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Rondevlei Park – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
33%
Walking
28%
MyCiTi bus
19%
Minibus taxi
15%
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 (33%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Rondevlei Park?

Full municipal services

Rondevlei Park has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 67% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Retreat survey group (48 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R437) is 0.3× the city median of R1,674.› Social grants reach 50% of households, providing a critical income safety net.

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
94.9%
Flush toilet
99.9%
Weekly refuse
99.9%
Grid electricity
99.9%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

67City median: 68
Formal dwellings
67.4%
Owner-occupied
53.1%
Rented
21.1%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

1risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
1.3%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
44.3%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 33rd percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
50.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R14
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Mixed-access suburb

Home fibre
59.6%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
28.4%
No access
12.0%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
7.0%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
5.6%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
5.6%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.7 people
Avg children per household
1.1

Asset ownership

Computer access
29.3%
Fridge ownership
89.3%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
47.5%
Borehole access
7.9%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
7.4%
of households operate a home-based business

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Retreat. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Energy access
3%
Free basic electricity
5.6%
City median

3% of electricity connections in Rondevlei Park receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.

Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 1,159 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Rondevlei Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rondevlei Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,145 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Rondevlei Park residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
85th
Percentile
across Cape Town
32%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (8%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (8%)Customer : Reconnection Request (6%)Customer reconnection request (5%)Water leak (5%)
Service requests logged
2 145
Requests resolved
81% (1 732 of 2 145)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
13 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
2 137
Unresolved
19.0%

Top issues: Power outage (180), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (170), Customer : Reconnection Request (118)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Rondevlei Park

67% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Rondevlei Park averages R14 683 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R14 683
per account
67% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R14 506Apr 2026: R14 683May 2026: R14 765
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R2 807 275
Electricity
R2 223 921
Water
R4 823 964
Refuse
R1 380 816
Sewerage
R1 984 829
City-wide cleaning
R38 236
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 Rondevlei Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

14 within 5km
Nearest public
Weltevreden Valley Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.2 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 3.8 km
Public facilities
13
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Rondevlei Park is Mitchells Plain, 1.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Westridge Swimming Pool, 1.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Weltevreden Valley Clinic, 2.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Weltevreden Valley Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest library
Weltevreden · 2.1 km
Nearest park / open space
Fulham Road Pos · 0.09 km

Fire station

1.1
km to nearest
fire station
Mitchells Plain
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.8
km to nearest
public pool
5
pools
within 5 km
11
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Westridge 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

Highlands Village449m · R740K
Hydepark472m · R980K
Harmony Village603m · R580K
Wildwood689m · R1.1M
Morgans Village830m · R600K
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Bordering suburbs

8 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water 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).

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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