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Strand Golf Club

Safety 75/100 Safer than 73% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 6 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 6d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Strand Golf Club is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Somerset West SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Strand Golf Club, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Strand Golf Club. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Strand Golf Club safe?

Lower reported crime

83rd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Low Absolute crime volume
8 016 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 2.2% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low by Cape Town standards. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 75 / 100
Contact crime rate 401,600 per 100k residents
Station population 67 476
Harm rate (per resident) 78/100
Harm volume (absolute) 72/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Strand Golf Club 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 Strand Golf Club?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Strand Golf Club?

Private vehicle dominant

Strand Golf Club has 9 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (73%).

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
9 routes
35th percentile · 9 destinations
Advanced medical technology(somerset west), Ae & ci strand, Firgrove, Gordons bay, Macassar, Somerset mall,somerset west +3 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Strand Golf Club needs a car. The 73% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
73%
Walking
8%
Minibus taxi
18%
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 (73%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Strand Golf Club?

Full municipal services

Strand Golf Club has a service delivery index of 95.6 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 87% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Strand survey group (87 households). direct.

35% of households experienced a negative event in the past year
› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R2,784) is 1.7× the city median of R1,674.› Violent crime victimisation reported by 10% of households (distinct from SAPS-reported statistics).

Access to basic services

96 City median: 85
Piped water
91.0%
Flush toilet
91.6%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

87 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
86.7%
Owner-occupied
52.2%
Rented
25.4%

Environmental risk – Elevated risk exposure

39 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
7.3%
Fire risk
0.6%
Violent crime
9.5%
Non-violent crime
2.8%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
33.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 62nd percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
40.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R534
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
69.0%
of households prioritise
Electricity
61.8%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
39.6%
of households prioritise
School fees
26.5%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
23.3%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
65.7%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
23.5%
No access
10.8%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
6.5%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
1.9%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
9.9%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.5 people
Avg children per household
1.0

Asset ownership

Computer access
60.3%
Fridge ownership
93.5%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
70.0%
Borehole access
3.5%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
15.1%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
1.1%
WFH part-time
0.7%

How Strand Golf Club compares

Food insecurity 64% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 60% below the city average for material hardship
Income 2.0× the city average for median household income
Asset ownership 26% above the city average for household asset ownership
Household survey victimisation rates significantly exceed SAPS-reported crime for this area, suggesting substantial under-reporting.

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

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Strand Golf Club?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Strand Golf Club in a median of 6 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 49 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 6-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
6
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
1st
Percentile
across Cape Town
25%
Resolved
same day
Street lights out (12%)Power outage (12%)PPM Rejecting Code (8%)Mowing - Parks (6%)Single street light out (6%)
Service requests logged 49
Requests resolved 73% (36 of 49)
75% resolved within 16 days
90% resolved within 26 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 49
Unresolved 27.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - All Lights Out (6), No Power (6), PPM Rejecting Code (4)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Strand Golf Club?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public Fagan Street Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.4 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 2.5 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Strand Golf Club is Somerset West, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 2.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Fagan Street Clinic, 2.4 km away.

Nearest clinic Fagan Street Clinic · 2.4 km
Nearest library Strand · 2.2 km
Nearest park / open space Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary · 0.22 km

Fire station

2.3
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.7
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Strand 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

8 adjacent

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

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Strand Golf Club · -34.0959°S, 18.8217°E

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