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What's it like to live here?

Table View is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. There are several places of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Table View SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Table View, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls. The suburb is within a City-designated Development Focus Area, signalling future investment and infrastructure priorities.

What should buyers know?

Table View is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Table View safe?

Higher reported crime

59th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
12 704 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 23.9% 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? 26 / 100
Contact crime rate 723,222 per 100k residents
Station population 72 767
Harm rate (per resident) 20/100
Harm volume (absolute) 35/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Table View precinct, which covers Table View 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 Table View?

63rd percentile

City of Cape Town Development Focus Area

Table View is within the Blaauwberg Road 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

4 hectares of land in Table View are earmarked for new development across 6 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (1ha) and Mixed Use (1ha).

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

The median property value in Table View is R2.3M. Property values have grown by 4.8% per year since 2018.

A 4.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Table View 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 R2,300,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +4.8% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 63rd percentile
Dominant value band 1.5-2M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Table View?

3 schools nearby

Table View has 3 schools within reach. Schools include Sunridge Circle Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Table View will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q4
Sunridge Circle Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 717 learners · 32.6:1 learner-educator ratio
IND
Metanoia Silver Oak
Independent · Grades R–7 · 36 learners · 2.4:1 learner-educator ratio
PrivateFavourable class size
Q5
Table View Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,977 learners · 26:1 learner-educator ratio
Quintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size

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 Table View?

Private vehicle dominant

Table View has 100 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).

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
100 routes
97th percentile · 56 destinations · CBD-connected
Atlantis, Atlantis(wesfleur), Bellville, Blaauwberg, Bloubergstrand, Cape town +50 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Table View needs a car. The 84% 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
84%
Walking
3%
MyCiTi bus
6%
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 (84%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Table View?

Full municipal services

Table View has a service delivery index of 100 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 , Bloubergstrand/Table View survey group (89 households). direct.

Zero households report food insecurity across all measured dimensions
› Zero households report hunger or food deprivation across all measured dimensions.› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R5,434) is 3.2× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 93% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

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

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
46.0%
Rented
20.1%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

6 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
2.0%
Fire risk
1.2%
Violent crime
0.6%
Non-violent crime
1.9%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
30.6%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 72nd percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
3.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R2,272
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
82.7%
of households prioritise
Electricity
76.2%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
71.7%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
31.8%
of households prioritise
School fees
22.7%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
93.1%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
4.5%
No access
0.0%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.0%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.0%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
1.4%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.6 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
94.4%
Fridge ownership
97.5%
Property ownership
1.4%
Geyser ownership
88.5%
Borehole access
28.3%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
19.0%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
6.2%

How Table View compares

Food insecurity 100% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 87% below the city average for material hardship
Income 8.0× 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: Bloubergstrand/Table View. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Table View?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Table View in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 13,858 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
43rd
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (10%)Single street light out (8%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)Street lights out (4%)Customer reconnection request (4%)
Service requests logged 13 858
Requests resolved 77% (10 710 of 13 858)
75% resolved within 6 days
90% resolved within 16 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

7 registered
Christian
7

Registered places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data. Coverage: 299 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 2241.9 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 13 844
Unresolved 23.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (1 352), Street Lights - Single Light Out (1 086), Damaged Bin - 240L (560)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Table View?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Table View Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.7 km
Nearest private Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.8 km
Public facilities 2
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Table View is Milnerton, 3.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Kensington Swimming Pool, 10.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Table View Clinic, 1.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Table View Clinic · 1.7 km
Nearest library Table View · 0.8 km
Nearest park / open space Alphen Road Park · 0.28 km

Fire station

3.4
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

10
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
2
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

12 adjacent
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Table View · -33.8268°S, 18.4965°E

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