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Westerdale

A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Westerdale
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Schools1nearbyHealthcare2 facilitieswithin 5 kmCouncilBelow avg complaints0d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage1 routes serving the area

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

For home buyers & families

Is Westerdale safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. westerdale makes up a very small share of the Durbanville 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 Westerdale?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Westerdale?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 262 / month
92% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
R7 533 / month
297% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 262Jan 2026: R1 275Feb 2026: R946
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R8 499Jan 2026: R7 533Feb 2026: R6 099

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Westerdale

↓ Decreasing

Westerdale had 3 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were new residential builds.

3-year approvals
3
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R1.4M

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 Westerdale?

1 school nearby

Westerdale has 1 school within reach. Schools include Hillview Academy (Pty) Ltd Trading As H.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Westerdale will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Hillview Academy (Pty) Ltd Trading As H
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 88 learners · 4.4:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateFavourable 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 Westerdale?

Low connectivity

Westerdale has 1 minibus taxi route.

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 ›

Low connectivity
1 route
0th percentile · 2 destinations
Durbanville, Vissershok farm
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 Westerdale?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Westerdale in a median of 0 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 194 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Westerdale residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
<1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
100th
Percentile
across Cape Town
54%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (44%)Phase Missing (14%)Empty conservancy tank (5%)Sewerage overflow (3%)Other (Enter detailed Fault description) (3%)
Service requests logged
194
Requests resolved
72% (139 of 194)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
11 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
194
Unresolved
28.0%

Top issues: Power outage (86), Phase Missing (27), Empty conservancy tank (9)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Westerdale

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Westerdale is R1.3M as of May 2026.

R1.3M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R696 606
Electricity
R637 391
Water
-R32 207 (credit)
Refuse
R20 704
Sewerage
-R10 449 (credit)
City-wide cleaning
R29 709
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 Westerdale?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public
Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 3.8 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 3.6 km
Public facilities
1
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Westerdale is Durbanville, 4.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 3.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Durbanville, 3.6 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Durbanville · 3.6 km
Nearest library
Durbanville · 3.1 km
Nearest park / open space
Vissershokweg Pos · 1.97 km

Fire station

4
km to nearest
fire station
Durbanville
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.9
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
2
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Morning Star 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

Clara Anna Fontein1.3km · R7.8M
→
D'Urbanvale1.8km · R2.5M
48→
Wairoa2.2km · R3.7M
→
Nerina2.6km · R3.2M
→
Aurora2.6km · R3.7M
48→
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Bordering suburbs

2 adjacent

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

Cape Farms District CClara Anna Fontein

Data as of: Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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