Rotterdam

Neighbourhood data for Rotterdam

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

Healthcare10 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilBelow avg complaints4d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coverage1 routes serving the area

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

For home buyers & families

Is Rotterdam safe?

Safety index suppressed

Insufficient data. rotterdam makes up a very small share of the Mfuleni 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 Rotterdam?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Rotterdam?

Utility billing data is not available for Rotterdam. 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 Rotterdam?

Low connectivity

Rotterdam has 1 minibus taxi route.

Taxi connectivity

Low connectivity

1 route

0th percentile · 2 destinations

Mfuleni, Tygerberg railway station (via elsies river & parow)

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 Rotterdam?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Rotterdam in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 13 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

5th

Percentile
across Cape Town

43%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (15%)Power outage (15%)No supply (15%)Street lights out (15%)Customer reconnection request (8%)

Service requests logged: 13
Requests resolved: 54% (7 of 13)
75% resolved within: 45 days
90% resolved within: 50 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: 13
Unresolved: 46.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (2), Power outage (2), No supply (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Rotterdam

No arrears

R0 outstanding for Rotterdam as of May 2026.

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R0
Electricity: R0
Water: R0
Refuse: R0
Sewerage: R0
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 Rotterdam?

Well served

Healthcare access

10 within 5km

Nearest public: Wesbank Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.7 km
Nearest private: Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 6.1 km
Public facilities: 10
Private facilities: 0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Rotterdam is Belhar, 3.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Delft Swimming Pool, 1.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Wesbank Clinic, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic: Wesbank Clinic · 0.7 km
Nearest library: Delft · 2.1 km
Nearest park / open space: Voorbrugweg Park · 1.42 km

Fire station

3.6

km to nearest
fire station

Belhar

divisional hq

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.9

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Delft 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

Silversands1.1km · R850K

31→

Camelot1.3km · R750K

40→

Brentwood Park - Blue Downs1.4km · R800K

49→

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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

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

Brentwood Park Blue Downs Camelot Driftsands Hagley Highgate Silversands Wesbank

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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