Voelvlei
A suburb with lower reported crime, below-average property values, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Voelvlei is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. 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 Voelvlei, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Voelvlei. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Voelvlei safe?
92nd percentile among 744 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?
- 99+ / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 491,057 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 83 576
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Voelvlei 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 Voelvlei?
The median property value in Voelvlei is R1.3M. Property values have grown by 5.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,250,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 36th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 800k-1M
- 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 Voelvlei?
Development activity in Voelvlei
Voelvlei had 8 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 8
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R245K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Voelvlei?
Voelvlei has 19 minibus taxi routes.
Taxi connectivity
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
How responsive are municipal services in Voelvlei?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Voelvlei in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 607 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 607
- Requests resolved
- 82% (499 of 607)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 25 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2165.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 607
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (76), Power outage (56), No water 20mm and below (37)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Voelvlei
Municipal debt in Voelvlei averages R7 721 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R482 329
- Electricity
- R730 842
- Water
- R395 188
- Refuse
- R159 720
- Sewerage
- R202 046
- City-wide cleaning
- R21 910
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Voelvlei?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Sarepta Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 0.9 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Voelvlei is Kuilsriver, 2.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 0.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 0.9 km
- Nearest library
- Pd Paulse · 1.1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Protea Park · 0.24 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Voelvlei. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | 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.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Voelvlei, Cape Town