Tafelsig
A suburb with higher reported crime, more affordable property values, and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Tafelsig is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a strong presence of places of worship serving the community. The dominant commuter mode is public bus.
How is the area changing?
In Tafelsig, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Tafelsig is well-served by schools, and matric results sit slightly below the city average. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Tafelsig safe?
73rd percentile among 744 suburbs · precinct-level data, may not reflect this suburb · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 26 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 1,212,299 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 226 109
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 29/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 23/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
Because precinct-level data does not reliably represent Tafelsig, this suburb has been excluded from safety-dependent rankings (Safest Suburbs, Best for Families, Affordable & Safe, Best for Investment, Most Improved). The safety index shown above reflects the Mitchells Plain precinct as a whole and should not be taken as representative of Tafelsig specifically.
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Mitchells Plain precinct, which covers Tafelsig and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Tafelsig?
Planned development
65 hectares of land in Tafelsig are earmarked for new development across 30 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (26ha) and High Density Residential (15ha), and 2 other categories.
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Tafelsig is R480K. Property values have grown by 11.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R480,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +11.1% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 14th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-400k
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Tafelsig?
Development activity in Tafelsig
Tafelsig had 28 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 9 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 28
- Annual average
- 9/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.9M
How are schools in Tafelsig?
Tafelsig has 12 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 85.9%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include A.Z. Berman High School.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 85.9%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 96 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q4
- Q4-Q5
- Q4A.Z. Berman High SchoolFavourable class size
- Q4Perserverance Primary School
- Q3Tafelsig No.2 High SchoolNo-fee school
- –Kilimanjaro High SchoolFavourable class size
- Q4Mitchell Heights Primary School
- Q4Cascade Primary School
- Q4Huguenot Primary School
- Q4Tafelsig Primary School
- Q4Yellowwood Primary School
- Q4Searidge Park Primary School
- Q4Tafelsig Sekondêr
- –AgapeskoolSpecialist provision
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Tafelsig?
Tafelsig has 4 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by public bus (45%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- busPublic
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Tafelsig?
Tafelsig has a service delivery index of 95 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 74% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 35.9%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 15.3%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 30.1%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 82.9%
- Flush toilet
- 98.6%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 98.6%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 74.3%
- Owner-occupied
- 56.0%
- Rented
- 22.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 3.8%
- Fire risk
- 11.5%
- Violent crime
- 3.8%
- Non-violent crime
- 6.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 52.4%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 16th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 2
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 73.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R72
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 47.9%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 41.6%
- No access
- 10.5%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.9 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.3
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 24.4%
- Fridge ownership
- 88.6%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 31.2%
- Borehole access
- 2.4%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 7.2%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 1.4%
78% of electricity connections in Tafelsig 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. 26,657 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
Read more: Cape Town household conditions 2026: what the survey data reveals
How responsive are municipal services in Tafelsig?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Tafelsig in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 23,164 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 23 164
- Requests resolved
- 79% (18 191 of 23 164)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 18 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1421.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 23 049
- Unresolved
- 21.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (2 359), Street lights out (1 971), Power outage (1 678)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Tafelsig
Municipal debt in Tafelsig averages R6 235 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R2 039 925
- Electricity
- R14 843 373
- Water
- R22 989 425
- Refuse
- R8 056 925
- Sewerage
- R7 935 875
- City-wide cleaning
- R36 530
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Tafelsig?
Healthcare access
15 within 5km- Nearest public
- Tafelsig CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.2 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 1.8 km
- Public facilities
- 14
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Tafelsig is Khayelitsha, 4.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Eastridge Swimming Pool, 1.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Tafelsig Cdc, 0.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Tafelsig Cdc · 0.2 km
- Nearest library
- Tafelsig · 0.1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Everest Crescent Park 1 · 0.11 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Eastridge Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Tafelsig. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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).
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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Tafelsig, Cape Town