Springfield
A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Springfield is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. 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 Springfield, crime levels are stable 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 Springfield. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Springfield safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Springfield?
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Springfield?
Development activity in Springfield
Springfield had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were commercial or industrial builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 2
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R10.7M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Springfield?
The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (73%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (73%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Springfield?
Springfield has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 87% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 95.9%
- Flush toilet
- 98.6%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 98.9%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 86.7%
- Owner-occupied
- 47.1%
- Rented
- 21.6%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 5.0%
- Fire risk
- 1.8%
- Violent crime
- 3.4%
- Non-violent crime
- 15.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 42.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 36th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 31.0%
- of households receiving grants
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 86.7%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 12.8%
- No access
- 0.5%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.4%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 2.8%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.6 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.0
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 59.1%
- Fridge ownership
- 97.5%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 77.5%
- Borehole access
- 0.8%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 10.0%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 5.4%
- WFH part-time
- 0.5%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Springfield?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Springfield in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 14 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 14
- Requests resolved
- 86% (12 of 14)
- 75% resolved within
- 10 days
- 90% resolved within
- 23 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 14
- Unresolved
- 14.0%
Top issues: Power outage (4), Customer account adjustment (2), Other (2)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Springfield
Total outstanding municipal debt in Springfield is R214K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R20 728
- Electricity
- R188 176
- Water
- R5 047
- Refuse
- R0
- Sewerage
- R0
- City-wide cleaning
- R0
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Springfield?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 4.7 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Panorama · Private Hospital · 4.4 km
- Public facilities
- 1
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Springfield is Durbanville, 4.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 4.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Panorama, 4.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Panorama · 4.4 km
- Nearest library
- Durbanville · 3.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Oude Westhof · 0.65 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Morning Star Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Springfield. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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).
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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Springfield, Cape Town