Is Delro Village affordable?

Delro Village is among the more affordable suburbs in Cape Town. With a median property value of R730K, it falls in the 23rd percentile, below 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.

Delro Village

Safety 9/100 Safer than 8% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 4-600k Top 77% Healthcare 10 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of March 2026

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Delro Village 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 below the city average for reported safety. Policing falls under the Mfuleni SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Delro Village, crime is rising 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 Delro Village. 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 Delro Village safe?

Higher reported crime

Higher crime Moderate Lower crime

54th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume

33 764 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468

↑ 14.6% vs Q3 2024

Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing over the past year. 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? 9 / 100

Contact crime rate 2,738,761 per 100k residents

Station population 239 187

Harm rate (per resident) 18/100

Harm volume (absolute) 5/100

Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

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

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Delro Village?

23rd percentile

The median property value in Delro Village is R730K. Property values have grown by 5.8% per year since 2018.

A 5.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.

Value band distribution – Delro Village properties (GV2022)

0-200k

2-400k

4-600k ◀

6-800k

800k-1M

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 R730,000

Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.8% per year ↑ Growing

City-wide value percentile 23rd percentile

Dominant value band 4-600k

Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Delro Village?

Moderate connectivity

Delro Village has 13 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity

Moderate connectivity

13 routes

47th percentile · 13 destinations

Bellville, Brentwood park, Delft, Eerste river, Eersterivier, Elsies river +7 more

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 Delro Village?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Delro Village in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 187 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

23rd

Percentile
across Cape Town

27%

Resolved
same day

Sewerage overflow (19%)Street lights out (6%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)No water 20mm and below (5%)Customer : Reconnection Request (4%)

Service requests logged 187

Requests resolved 73% (137 of 187)

75% resolved within 6 days

90% resolved within 21 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 187

Unresolved 27.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (36), Street Lights - All Lights Out (11), Damaged Bin - 240L (10)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Delro Village?

Well served

Healthcare access

10 within 5km

Nearest public Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 0.8 km

Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 7.3 km

Public facilities 10

Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Delro Village is Mfuleni, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 0.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 0.8 km away.

Nearest clinic Blue Downs Clinic · 0.8 km

Nearest library Mfuleni · 2.2 km

Nearest park / open space Fountainhead Pos · 0.71 km

Fire station

2.1

km to nearest
fire station

Mfuleni

community station

within-5km

response
category

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

Public swimming pools

0.5

km to nearest
public pool

pools
within 5 km

pools
within 10 km

Nearest pool Blue Downs 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

Hindle Park310m · R650K

9→

Blue Downs CBD625m · R670K

9→

Fountain Village713m · R360K

9→

Fairdale788m · R282K

9→

Silversands1.1km · R850K

9→

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Brentwood Park - Blue Downs R6-800k

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Phoenix R4-600k

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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Blue Downs Cbd Fountain Village Hindle Park Silversands