Tygerberg Hospital
A suburb with moderate reported crime and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Tygerberg Hospital is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Tygerberg Hospital, 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?
Tygerberg Hospital is served by schools within reach. 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 Tygerberg Hospital safe?
80th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 28 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 40 / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 451,206 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 60 881
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 23/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 68/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Parow precinct, which covers Tygerberg Hospital 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 Tygerberg Hospital?
Planned development
74 hectares of land in Tygerberg Hospital are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Mixed Use (74ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Tygerberg Hospital?
Development activity in Tygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital had 13 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 4 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 13
- Annual average
- 4/yr
- Avg project value
- R3.1M
How are schools in Tygerberg Hospital?
Tygerberg Hospital has 1 school within reach. Schools include Carel Du Toit Sentrum.
- –Carel Du Toit SentrumSpecialist provision
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Tygerberg Hospital?
Tygerberg Hospital has 27 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (93%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (93%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Tygerberg Hospital?
Tygerberg Hospital has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 98% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 97.4%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 98.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 46.2%
- Rented
- 41.7%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.3%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 6.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 3.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 24.7%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 87th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 12.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R881
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 88.5%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 8.0%
- No access
- 1.5%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.5%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 2.5%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 6.9%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.9 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.6
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 67.1%
- Fridge ownership
- 95.9%
- Property ownership
- 2.1%
- Geyser ownership
- 96.2%
- Borehole access
- 11.2%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 12.6%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 3.6%
- WFH part-time
- 14.4%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Tygerberg Hospital?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Tygerberg Hospital in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 53 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 53
- Requests resolved
- 87% (46 of 53)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 25 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 227.8 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 53
- Unresolved
- 13.0%
Top issues: Low pressure (6), Illegal dumping (5), Vagrants (5)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Tygerberg Hospital
Total outstanding municipal debt in Tygerberg Hospital is R6.9M as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R2 224 447
- Electricity
- R3 054 002
- Water
- R772 847
- Refuse
- R10 271
- Sewerage
- R841 574
- City-wide cleaning
- R28 172
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Tygerberg Hospital?
Healthcare access
16 within 5km- Nearest public
- Tygerberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.2 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt · Private Hospital · 1.2 km
- Public facilities
- 13
- Private facilities
- 3
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Tygerberg Hospital is Bellville, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 1.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Tygerberg Hospital, 0.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Tygerberg Hospital · 0.2 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville · 1.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Coniston Park 3 · 0.88 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Tygerberg Hospital. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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).
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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Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town