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Marconi Beam

Safety 7/100 Safer than 5% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Schools 1 88% matric pass rate Healthcare 8 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Above 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?

Marconi Beam is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Milnerton SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Marconi Beam, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

Marconi Beam is served by schools within reach, and matric results sit slightly below the city average. 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 Marconi Beam safe?

Higher reported crime

42nd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
17 488 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 3.5% 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? 7 / 100
Contact crime rate 1,454,671 per 100k residents
Station population 87 344
Harm rate (per resident) 4/100
Harm volume (absolute) 13/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Milnerton precinct, which covers Marconi Beam 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 Marconi Beam?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Marconi Beam?

1 school nearby

Marconi Beam has 1 school within reach. The area matric pass rate is 87.7%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Sinenjongo High School.

Adjusted pass rate
87.7%
City median: 90.0%
Schools contributing
1
279 candidates
Median quintile
Q4
Q4-Q5
Q4
Sinenjongo High School
Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,665 learners · 32.6:1 learner-educator ratio

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 Marconi Beam?

Private vehicle dominant

Marconi Beam has 37 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (67%).

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
37 routes
84th percentile · 35 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through Marconi Beam but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Atlantis, Blaauwberg, Cape town, Cape town station, Cape town station (via sandrift), Cape town station (via tableview) +29 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Marconi Beam – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
67%
Walking
12%
MyCiTi bus
14%
Minibus taxi
5%
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 Private vehicle (67%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Marconi Beam?

Full municipal services

Marconi Beam has a service delivery index of 98.7 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Milnerton survey group (59 households). direct.

Home fibre internet reaches 90% of households
› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,101) is 2.4× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 90% of households have home internet access.› 10% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.

Access to basic services

99 City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
94.8%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
45.5%
Rented
40.7%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

28 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
10.4%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.9%
Non-violent crime
8.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
30.6%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 71st percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
14.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R958
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Electricity

Electricity
87.1%
of households prioritise
Food
83.3%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
72.0%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
37.3%
of households prioritise
School fees
36.7%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
90.2%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
4.6%
No access
5.2%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.9%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.9%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
1.5%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.2 people
Avg children per household
0.7

Asset ownership

Computer access
72.2%
Fridge ownership
94.8%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
93.6%
Borehole access
15.2%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
25.4%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
3.0%

How Marconi Beam compares

Food insecurity 95% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 80% below the city average for material hardship
Income 4.0× the city average for median household income
Food spend share 13% below the city average for food expenditure share

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

Energy access
2%
Free basic electricity
5.6%
City median

2% of electricity connections in Marconi Beam receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.

Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 808 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Marconi Beam?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Marconi Beam in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,597 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
33rd
Percentile
across Cape Town
28%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (15%)Power outage (11%)No supply (7%)Single street light out (5%)Street lights out (4%)
Service requests logged 1 597
Requests resolved 82% (1 311 of 1 597)
75% resolved within 7 days
90% resolved within 21 days
Source CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 111209.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 594
Unresolved 18.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (242), No Power (167), WAT: No Supply (115)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Marconi Beam?

Well served

Healthcare access

8 within 5km
Nearest public Bothasig Clinic · Clinic · 3.1 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Milnerton · Private Hospital · 0.9 km
Public facilities 5
Private facilities 3

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

The nearest fire station to Marconi Beam is Milnerton, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 4.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Milnerton, 0.9 km away.

Nearest clinic Mediclinic Milnerton · 0.9 km
Nearest library Milnerton · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space Milky Way Drive Park · 0.37 km

Fire station

2.3
km to nearest
fire station
Milnerton
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.7
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
12
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Kensington 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 Marconi Beam. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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Marconi Beam · -33.8727°S, 18.5119°E

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