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Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)

A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Healthcare4 facilitiesmoderate accessCouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage3 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) is a neighbourhood in Cape Town, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs), 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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs). 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. stellenbosch-farms-blue-downs makes up a very small share of the Kuilsrivier 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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)?

Planned development

10 hectares of land in Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Mixed Use (10ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)?

Utility billing data is not available for Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs). 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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)?

Low connectivity

Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) has 3 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Low connectivity
3 routes
15th percentile · 6 destinations
Atlantis(wesfleur), Bellville, Farms(atlantis), Mfuleni, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch (du toit station)
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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 57 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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
91st
Percentile
across Cape Town
36%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (46%)Empty conservancy tank (11%)No supply (4%)Street lights out (4%)Signage - Illegal Signage (4%)
Service requests logged
57
Requests resolved
79% (45 of 57)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
34 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
57
Unresolved
21.0%

Top issues: Power outage (26), Empty conservancy tank (6), No supply (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) is R1.3M as of May 2026.

R1.3M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 006 910
Electricity
R207 937
Water
-R2 738 (credit)
Refuse
R6 069
Sewerage
R5 794
City-wide cleaning
R72 382
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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs)?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Kleinvlei Clinic · Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 7.1 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 Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs) is Mfuleni, 5.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 4.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Kleinvlei Clinic, 2.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Kleinvlei Clinic · 2.2 km
Nearest library
Melton Rose · 2.3 km
Nearest park / open space
Albert Philander Pos · 1.5 km

Fire station

5.1
km to nearest
fire station
Mfuleni
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.1
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Blue Downs 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

Jacobsdal Smallholdings983m
→
Saxenburg Park 21.8km
→
Gaylee2.0km · R1.1M
40→
Dennemere2.1km · R770K
34→
Rustdal2.2km · R1.7M
46→
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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Stellenbosch Farms (Blue Downs). Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Jacobsdal SmallholdingsPenhillRustdalSaxenburg Park 1Saxenburg Park 2Stellenbosch Farms KuilsrivierWelmoed Estate
Further reading

Related articles

Is Blue Downs Safe? What the Data Shows (2026)
2026-03-24

Data as of: Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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