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Saxonwood

Neighbourhood data for Saxonwood
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Healthcare4 facilitiesmoderate access

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

For home buyers & families

Is Saxonwood safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. saxonwood makes up a very small share of the Atlantis 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 Saxonwood?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Saxonwood?

Private vehicle dominant

The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (63%).

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Saxonwood – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
63%
Walking
4%
MyCiTi bus
17%
Minibus taxi
14%
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 (63%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Saxonwood?

Full municipal services

Saxonwood has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 90% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Atlantis survey group (48 households). direct.

› food spending share of 39.2% places households in the "comfortable" band (city median: 32.1%).› Adult food insecurity at 12.6% (above the city median of 2.9%).› Service delivery score of 98.4/100 indicates reliable access to municipal infrastructure.› 90% of dwellings are formal structures.› Fibre internet available to 59% of households.

Access to basic services

98City median: 85
Piped water
96.0%
Flush toilet
97.8%
Weekly refuse
99.9%
Grid electricity
99.9%

Housing & tenure – Informal or family-compound housing

90City median: 68
Formal dwellings
90.0%
Owner-occupied
37.8%
Rented
35.2%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

3risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
2.9%
Fire risk
0.1%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
39.2%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 47th percentile
Hardship dimensions
2
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
41.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R71
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Mixed-access suburb

Home fibre
58.9%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
31.2%
No access
7.1%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
12.6%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
3.2%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
23.6%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.8 people
Avg children per household
1.0

Asset ownership

Computer access
32.3%
Fridge ownership
94.3%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
56.4%
Borehole access
6.2%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
3.0%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH part-time
0.5%

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

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Saxonwood?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Saxonwood in a median of 0 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1 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 Saxonwood residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
<1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
100th
Percentile
across Cape Town
100%
Resolved
same day
E - Billing Invoices (100%)
Service requests logged
1
Requests resolved
100% (1 of 1)
75% resolved within
0 days
90% resolved within
0 days
Source
CCT service request database

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Saxonwood?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Wesfleur Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest private
Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 26.6 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
0

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

The nearest fire station to Saxonwood is Atlantis, 3.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool, 2.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Wesfleur Hospital, 2.1 km away.

Nearest clinic
Wesfleur Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest library
Wesfleur · 2.2 km
Nearest park / open space
Sampson Pos · 0.76 km

Fire station

3.6
km to nearest
fire station
Atlantis
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.8
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Atlantis or Wesfleur 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

Beacon Hill1.3km · R680K
→
Robinvale1.3km · R520K
41→
Protea Park - Wesfleur2.2km · R420K
35→
Sherwood2.3km · R460K
41→
Witsand2.6km · R230K
32→
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District BWesfleurWitsand

Data as of: Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 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 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.

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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