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What's it like to live here?

Amandelsig is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range 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. Policing falls under the Kuilsrivier SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Amandelsig, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Amandelsig 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 Amandelsig safe?

Higher reported crime

92nd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
12 316 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 2.2% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Check the breakdown below for specifics.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 29 / 100
Contact crime rate 793,277 per 100k residents
Station population 83 576
Harm rate (per resident) 29/100
Harm volume (absolute) 29/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

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

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Amandelsig?

55th percentile

The median property value in Amandelsig is R1.9M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Amandelsig properties (GV2022)

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 R1,935,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 55th percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Amandelsig?

1 school nearby

Amandelsig has 1 school within reach. Schools include Alta Du Toit Skool.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Amandelsig will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Alta Du Toit Skool
Public · Special needs · 381 learners · 13.6:1 learner-educator ratio
Specialist provision

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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Amandelsig?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Amandelsig in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 773 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.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
15th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (16%)Power outage (6%)No water 20mm and below (6%)Single street light out (5%)Non-Collection of 240L Bin (5%)
Service requests logged 773
Requests resolved 77% (599 of 773)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 18 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Registered places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data. Coverage: 299 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 4505.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 770
Unresolved 23.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (122), No Power (45), WMM: No Water 20mm and below (45)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Amandelsig?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.4 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.2 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Amandelsig is Kuilsriver, 1.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 5.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 1.4 km away.

Nearest clinic Kuilsriver Clinic · 1.4 km
Nearest library Kuilsriver · 1.6 km
Nearest park / open space Bokmakierie Avenue Park · 0.09 km

Fire station

1.5
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

5.4
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
6
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

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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

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

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Amandelsig · -33.9285°S, 18.6956°E

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