UWC

A suburb with well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for UWC

Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

Healthcare18 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilBelow avg complaints3d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

UWC is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In UWC, 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 UWC. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is UWC safe?

Safety index suppressed

Insufficient data. uwc makes up a very small share of the Bellville South 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 UWC?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in UWC?

Utility billing data is not available for UWC. 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.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in UWC

↓ Decreasing

UWC had 11 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: 11
Annual average: 4/yr
Avg project value: R144K

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is UWC?

Connected

UWC has 27 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Connected

27 routes

68th percentile · 20 destinations

Routes pass through UWC but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.

Atlantis(wesfleur), Belhar, Bellville, Bellville station, Delft, Delft south +14 more

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 UWC?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in UWC in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 40 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

13th

Percentile
across Cape Town

21%

Resolved
same day

Street lights out (35%)Sewerage overflow (8%)Power outage (5%)Animal Carcass Removal - Dog - Large (5%)Single street light out (5%)

Service requests logged: 40
Requests resolved: 73% (29 of 40)
75% resolved within: 11 days
90% resolved within: 16 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered

Islamic

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 40
Unresolved: 28.0%

Top issues: Street lights out (14), Sewerage overflow (3), Power outage (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in UWC

Net credit

R0 - UWC has a net credit balance as of May 2026.

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R0
Electricity: -R2 746 800 (credit)
Water: R0
Refuse: R0
Sewerage: R0
City-wide cleaning: -R405 (credit)
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 UWC?

Well served

Healthcare access

18 within 5km

Nearest public: Chestnut Satellite · Community Day Centre · 1.8 km
Nearest private: Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3.6 km
Public facilities: 14
Private facilities: 4

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to UWC is Belhar, 2.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Chestnut Satellite, 1.8 km away.

Nearest clinic: Chestnut Satellite · 1.8 km
Nearest library: Belhar · 1.7 km
Nearest park / open space: St Vincent Pos · 0.93 km

Fire station

2.2

km to nearest
fire station

Belhar

divisional hq

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.3

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Bellville South 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

Belhar Ext 8811m · R620K

100→

Belhar Ext 171.2km · R1.4M

42→

Belhar Ext 61.3km · R960K

45→

Greenlands1.4km · R360K

→

Belhar Ext 51.5km · R1.2M

100→

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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

Belhar Ext 17 Belhar Ext 8 Cput Greenlands Transnet Marshalling Yard

Data as of: 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).

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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