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Delft 9

Safety 4/100 Safer than 2% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2-400k Top 97% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 16 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Delft 9 is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi. Policing falls under the Delft SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Delft 9, 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?

Delft 9 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 Delft 9 safe?

Higher reported crime

32nd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
39 268 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? 4 / 100
Contact crime rate 2,839,698 per 100k residents
Station population 216 782
Harm rate (per resident) 8/100
Harm volume (absolute) 2/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Delft precinct, which covers Delft 9 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 Delft 9?

3rd percentile

The median property value in Delft 9 is R230K. 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 – Delft 9 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 R230,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 3rd percentile
Dominant value band 2-400k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Delft 9?

1 school nearby

Delft 9 has 1 school within reach. Schools include Hindle Road West Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Delft 9 will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q4
Hindle Road West Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,618 learners

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 Delft 9?

Taxi-connected

Delft 9 has 45 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (63%).

Taxi connectivity Ranks 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 ›

Well connected
45 routes
88th percentile · 34 destinations · CBD-connected
Athlone, Bellville, Cape town, Delft, Delft south, Eindhoven +28 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Minibus taxis are the primary transport mode. The 63% share reflects a working-class commuter profile – taxi connectivity is a critical economic lifeline, not a lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
18%
Walking
15%
MyCiTi bus
4%
Minibus taxi
63%
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 Minibus taxi (63%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Delft 9?

Partial service delivery

Delft 9 has a service delivery index of 91.4 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 72% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Delft Northeast survey group (49 households). direct.

Food insecurity affects 31% of households - 1.7× the city average
› Adult food insecurity (31.4%) is 1.7× the city average of 18.3%.› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R536) is 0.3× the city median of R1,674.› Mobile-dependent: 52% of households rely on mobile data as their primary internet access.› Social grants reach 55% of households, providing a critical income safety net.

Food security

Adult food insecurity
31.4%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
11.7%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
28.9%
City median: 22.3%

Access to basic services

91 City median: 85
Piped water
85.0%
Flush toilet
88.2%
Weekly refuse
96.3%
Grid electricity
96.3%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

72 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
71.7%
Owner-occupied
65.5%
Rented
24.6%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

12 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
1.4%
Fire risk
3.2%
Violent crime
3.5%
Non-violent crime
3.9%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
51.4%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 19th percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
55.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R66
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
63.6%
of households prioritise
Electricity
51.5%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
25.8%
of households prioritise
School fees
13.2%
of households prioritise
Debt repayment
4.9%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Mobile-dependent suburb

Home fibre
23.6%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
52.3%
No access
21.9%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
4.3 people
Avg children per household
1.7

Asset ownership

Computer access
6.3%
Fridge ownership
87.3%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
9.6%
Borehole access
0.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
3.7%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH part-time
1.2%

How Delft 9 compares

Food insecurity 1.7× the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 20% below the city average for material hardship
Income 50% below the city average for median household income
Food spend share 46% above the city average for food expenditure share

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Delft Northeast. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Delft 9?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Delft 9 in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,565 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
22nd
Percentile
across Cape Town
13%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (34%)Stolen Bins - 240L (18%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (5%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)Broken leading (4%)
Service requests logged 1 565
Requests resolved 84% (1 315 of 1 565)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 10 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 213.8 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 561
Unresolved 16.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (532), Stolen Bins - 240L (279), WMM: Leak at Meter/Stopcock 20mm below (85)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Delft 9?

Well served

Healthcare access

16 within 5km
Nearest public Delft South Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.8 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 7.3 km
Public facilities 16
Private facilities 0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Delft 9 is Belhar, 3.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Delft Swimming Pool, 1.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Delft South Clinic, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic Delft South Clinic · 0.8 km
Nearest library Delft South · 0.4 km
Nearest park / open space Sarah Baartman Pos · 0 km

Fire station

3.6
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

1.5
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
17
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Delft 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

3 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Delft 9. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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