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What's it like to live here?

Morgans 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 Lentegeur SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Morgans Village, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Morgans Village. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Morgans Village safe?

Moderate reported crime

39th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
15 364 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 4.8% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 46 / 100
Contact crime rate 672,508 per 100k residents
Station population 88 238
Harm rate (per resident) 56/100
Harm volume (absolute) 37/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Lentegeur precinct, which covers Morgans Village 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 Morgans Village?

17th percentile

The median property value in Morgans Village is R600K. Property values have grown by 7.1% per year since 2018.

A 7.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Morgans Village 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 R600,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +7.1% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 17th 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 Morgans Village?

Moderate connectivity

Morgans Village has 10 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 ›

Moderate connectivity
10 routes
40th percentile · 10 destinations
Claremont (via rocklands, westgate mall, old lansdowne, heins & turfhall), Hanover park, Hazeldene, Lentegeur station, Mitchells plain, N1 city +4 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 Morgans Village?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Morgans Village in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,519 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Morgans Village residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
77th
Percentile
across Cape Town
36%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (7%)Sewerage overflow (7%)Customer : Reconnection Request (6%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (5%)Street lights out (5%)
Service requests logged 2 519
Requests resolved 77% (1 941 of 2 519)
75% resolved within 5 days
90% resolved within 11 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 2 508
Unresolved 23.0%

Top issues: No Power (180), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (161), Customer : Reconnection Request (149)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Morgans Village?

Well served

Healthcare access

14 within 5km
Nearest public Westridge Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 3 km
Public facilities 13
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Morgans Village is Mitchells Plain, 0.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Westridge Swimming Pool, 0.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Westridge Clinic, 1.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Westridge Clinic · 1.6 km
Nearest library Westridge · 1.6 km
Nearest park / open space Victorpu SNA · 0.06 km

Fire station

0.3
km to nearest
fire station
Mitchells Plain
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

0.9
km to nearest
public pool
5
pools
within 5 km
11
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Westridge 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

5 adjacent

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

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Some metrics for this suburb use estimated values. Full methodology ›

Morgans Village · -34.0409°S, 18.5926°E

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