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Ekuphumleni

Neighbourhood data for Ekuphumleni
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property 4-600k Top 79% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 15 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 5 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Ekuphumleni is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town.

How is the area changing?

Crime trend data is not available for Ekuphumleni. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.

What should buyers know?

Ekuphumleni 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 Ekuphumleni safe?

Safety index suppressed
The precinct population is too small for a reliable per-capita calculation.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Ekuphumleni?

21st percentile

City of Cape Town Development Focus Area

Ekuphumleni is within the Khayelitsha CBD development focus area. The City of Cape Town has designated this area as a development priority, signalling committed public investment in infrastructure, services, and economic opportunity.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development focus areas indicate City planning intent, not guaranteed timelines.

Planned development

15 hectares of land in Ekuphumleni are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Commercial (15ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Ekuphumleni is R680K. Property values have grown by 6.6% per year since 2018.

A 6.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Ekuphumleni 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 R680,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +6.6% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 21st percentile
Dominant value band 4-600k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Ekuphumleni?

1 school nearby

Ekuphumleni has 1 school within reach. Schools include Umthawelanga Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Ekuphumleni will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q3
Umthawelanga Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,166 learners · 36.4:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school

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 Ekuphumleni?

Limited connectivity

Ekuphumleni has 5 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Limited connectivity
5 routes
25th percentile · 8 destinations
Harare, Khayelitsha, Khayelitsha (makaya), Khayelitsha (town 2), Kuwait, Langa +2 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 Ekuphumleni?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Ekuphumleni in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 615 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
24th
Percentile
across Cape Town
20%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (24%)Stolen Bins - 240L (9%)Broken leading (5%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (5%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)
Service requests logged 615
Requests resolved 83% (509 of 615)
75% resolved within 6 days
90% resolved within 14 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 368.7 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 610
Unresolved 17.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (145), Stolen Bins - 240L (58), WAT: Broken Leading (29)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Ekuphumleni?

Well served

Healthcare access

15 within 5km
Nearest public Khayelitsha Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.7 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 4.5 km
Public facilities 14
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Ekuphumleni is Khayelitsha, 0.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 0.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Khayelitsha Hospital, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Khayelitsha Hospital · 0.7 km
Nearest library Masakhane · 0.3 km
Nearest park / open space Ntsikizi Pos · 0.41 km

Fire station

0.9
km to nearest
fire station
Khayelitsha
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

0.4
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
8
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Khayelitsha 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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5 adjacent

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

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