Welgemoed has a safety index of 43 out of 100 (Moderate reported crime). This is a relative measure comparing reported crime across Cape Town suburbs, not an absolute safety guarantee. The Bellville precinct recorded approximately 6,668 crimes in the most recent annual period. Absolute crime volume is above the city average.

Is Welgemoed affordable?

Welgemoed is among the higher-value suburbs in Cape Town. The median property value of R4.3M places it in the 89th percentile, above most of the city. Note that these figures are based on the City of Cape Town General Valuation 2022 and reflect municipal valuations, not necessarily current market prices.

What are utility costs in Welgemoed?

The median monthly water cost per account in Welgemoed is R1,809, 175% above the city median of R658. The median monthly electricity cost per account in Welgemoed is R2,396, 26% above the median of CoCT-billed suburbs of R1,900.

What is the municipal debt in Welgemoed?

As of May 2026, the average outstanding municipal debt per account in Welgemoed is R7,871, 11% below the city median of R8,815. Figures include all account types, so may overstate household debt in areas with commercial activity.

Welgemoed

A suburb with moderate reported crime and among the highest property values in Cape Town relative to Cape Town.

Safety43/100Safer than 57% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) · ↑ Worsening Property4-4.5MTop 11%Schools1nearby Healthcare9 facilitiesmore access than most suburbs CouncilAbove avg complaints2d median resolution TransportMinibus taxi coverage2 routes serving the area

Data current as of June 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Welgemoed is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Welgemoed, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Welgemoed 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Welgemoed safe?

Moderate reported crime

Higher crimeModerateLower crime

71st percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 45 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

HighAbsolute crime volume

6 668 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280

↑ 10.3% vs Q3 2024

A middle-of-the-range area where crime has been increasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Review the breakdown below for a clearer picture.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?: 43 / 100
Contact crime rate: 715,478 per 100k residents
Station population: 78 711
Harm rate (per resident): 31/100
Harm volume (absolute): 59/100
Data period: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Bellville precinct, which covers Welgemoed and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Welgemoed?

89th percentile

The median property value in Welgemoed is R4.3M. Property values have grown by 1.0% per year since 2018.

A 1.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Welgemoed properties (GV2022)

2.5-3M

3-3.5M

3.5-4M

4-4.5M ◀

4.5-5M

5-6M

6-7M

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022: R4,260,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022): +1.0% per year
City-wide value percentile: 89th percentile
Dominant value band: 4-4.5M
Source: CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage: General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Welgemoed?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data

Water

R1 809 / month

175% above city median

Electricity

R2 396 / month

26% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs

Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 909Jan 2026: R1 809Feb 2026: R1 484

Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 396Jan 2026: R2 504Feb 2026: R2 131

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Welgemoed

↑ Increasing

Welgemoed had 84 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 28 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals: 84
Annual average: 28/yr
Avg project value: R1.3M

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Welgemoed?

1 school nearby

Welgemoed has 1 school within reach. Schools include Welgemoed Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Welgemoed will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›

Q5
Welgemoed Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 811 learners · 19.3:1 learner-educator ratio
Quintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Welgemoed?

Private vehicle dominant

Welgemoed has 2 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (75%).

Taxi connectivity

Low connectivity

2 routes

7th percentile · 2 destinations

Bellville, Welgemoed

Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Welgemoed needs a car. The 75% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.

Private vehicle

75%

Walking

16%

Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›

Dominant mode: Private vehicle (75%)
Source: CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Welgemoed?

Full municipal services

Welgemoed has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Kenridge/Welgemoed survey group (68 households). direct.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R6,687) is 4.0× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 97% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99+City median: 85

Piped water: 100.0%
Flush toilet: 100.0%
Weekly refuse: 98.2%
Grid electricity: 100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100City median: 68

Formal dwellings: 100.0%
Owner-occupied: 42.3%
Rented: 37.0%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

15risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26

Flooding risk: 0.0%
Fire risk: 0.0%
Violent crime: 0.0%
Non-violent crime: 5.5%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share: 25.0%; Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 86th percentile
Hardship dimensions: 0; Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share: 4.0%; of households receiving grants
Monthly savings: R4,179; Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre: 97.4%; City median: 46.5%
Mobile only: 2.6%
No access: 0.0%

Food security

Adult food insecurity: 0.3%; City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity: 0.3%; City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence: 0.0%; City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size: 3.0 people
Avg children per household: 0.7

Asset ownership

Computer access: 87.9%
Fridge ownership: 88.6%
Property ownership: 1.5%
Geyser ownership: 88.4%
Borehole access: 11.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business: 26.1%; of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time: 10.8%
WFH part-time: 1.1%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Kenridge/Welgemoed. direct.

Energy access

Free basic electricity

5.6%

City median

0% of electricity connections in Welgemoed 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. 1,501 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Welgemoed?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Welgemoed in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 3,242 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data

Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.

Median days to resolve
City median: 1

46th

Percentile
across Cape Town

25%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (11%)Power outage (10%)Street lights out (7%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)Run to waste (4%)

Service requests logged: 3 242
Requests resolved: 74% (2 406 of 3 242)
75% resolved within: 6 days
90% resolved within: 22 days
Source: CCT service request database

Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered

Christian

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

Above city average

Complaint rate How is this calculated?: 3824.7 per 1,000 households
Total complaints: 3 237
Unresolved: 26.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (342), Power outage (317), Street lights out (227)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Welgemoed

11% below city median

Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Welgemoed averages R7 871 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R7 871

per account

11% below city median

Trend:Mar 2026: R7 871Apr 2026: R9 277May 2026: R7 845

Breakdown as of May 2026

Property rates: R2 572 712
Electricity: R2 493 591
Water: R1 056 182
Refuse: R272 818
Sewerage: R549 057
City-wide cleaning: R249 221
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 Welgemoed?

Well served

Healthcare access

9 within 5km

Nearest public: Karl Bremmer Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest private: Cape Eye Hospital · Private Hospital · 3 km
Public facilities: 5
Private facilities: 4

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

The nearest fire station to Welgemoed is Bellville, 4.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 3.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Karl Bremmer Hospital, 2.1 km away.

Nearest clinic: Karl Bremmer Hospital · 2.1 km
Nearest library: Tygervalley · 2 km
Nearest park / open space: Camdebo Park · 0.69 km

Fire station

4.3

km to nearest
fire station

Bellville

district hq - north

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.3

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool: Bellville 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

Blomvlei919m · R3.7M

→

Protea Valley1.1km · R3.6M

31→

Selborne1.2km · R3.2M

→

Loevenstein1.2km · R3.4M

33→

Welgedacht1.4km · R6.6M

47→

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Bordering suburbs

9 adjacent

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

Blomvlei Door De Kraal Loevenstein Plattekloof 1 Plattekloof 2 Protea Valley Stellenbosch Univ Tygervalley Waterfront Welgedacht

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 SADBE SchoolsCCT Household SurveyCCT 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.

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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Welgemoed

What's it like to live here?

How is the area changing?

What should buyers know?

Is Welgemoed safe?

What do properties cost in Welgemoed?

What do utilities cost in Welgemoed?

Development activity in Welgemoed

How are schools in Welgemoed?

How connected is Welgemoed?

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 ›

Commute mode share

What are living conditions in Welgemoed?

Access to basic services

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Food security

Demographics & community

Asset ownership

Home-based economy

How responsive are municipal services in Welgemoed?

Places of worship

Complaints & top issues

Municipal debt in Welgemoed

What services are near Welgemoed?

Healthcare access

Fire station

Public swimming pools

Nearby suburbs

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Bordering suburbs

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