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Three Anchor Bay

Safety 91/100 Safer than 95% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 2-2.5M Top 6% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 6 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 1d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Three Anchor Bay is a neighbourhood in Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Sea Point SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Three Anchor Bay, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Three Anchor Bay is served by schools within reach. 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 Three Anchor Bay safe?

Lower reported crime

76th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
6 472 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 7.5% 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? 91 / 100
Contact crime rate 173,768 per 100k residents
Station population 37 472
Harm rate (per resident) 90/100
Harm volume (absolute) 92/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Sea Point precinct, which covers Three Anchor Bay 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 Three Anchor Bay?

94th percentile

The median property value in Three Anchor Bay is R5.7M. Property values have declined by 1.4% per year since 2018.

The -1.4% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is consolidation, not distress. Pricing has held across multiple market cycles – buyers are entering a position that has proven sticky at high absolute levels.
Value band distribution – Three Anchor Bay 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 R5,650,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) -1.4% per year → Consolidating
City-wide value percentile 94th percentile
Dominant value band 2-2.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Three Anchor Bay?

1 school nearby

Three Anchor Bay has 1 school within reach. Schools include Ellerton Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Three Anchor Bay will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q5
Ellerton Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 462 learners · 23.1:1 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 Three Anchor Bay?

Private vehicle dominant

Three Anchor Bay has 29 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (92%).

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 ›

Connected
29 routes
78th percentile · 18 destinations · CBD-connected
Routes pass through Three Anchor Bay but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Camps bay, Camps bay (via high level rd), Camps bay (via main rd), Camps bay (via western blvd), Cape town, Eyona +12 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Three Anchor Bay needs a car. The 92% 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
92%
Walking
2%
MyCiTi bus
4%
Minibus taxi
2%
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 (92%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Three Anchor Bay?

Full municipal services

Three Anchor Bay has a service delivery index of 99.8 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 , De Waterkant/Green Point/Sea Point survey group (85 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 (R8,114) is 4.8× the city median of R1,674.› No material deprivation recorded across any of the 8 measured dimensions.› High digital connectivity: 95% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

100 City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
100.0%
Weekly refuse
99.1%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Transient or rental-dominated

100 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
18.4%
Rented
71.6%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

7 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Low material stress

Food spending share
23.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 89th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
4.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R1,471
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
77.0%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
67.1%
of households prioritise
Electricity
63.5%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
46.9%
of households prioritise
Debt repayment
8.9%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
94.9%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
4.1%
No access
0.5%

Food security

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

Demographics & community

Avg household size
1.8 people
Avg children per household
0.2

Asset ownership

Computer access
85.3%
Fridge ownership
99.1%
Property ownership
0.5%
Geyser ownership
93.7%
Borehole access
5.9%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
6.5%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
0.9%

How Three Anchor Bay compares

Food insecurity 100% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 100% below the city average for material hardship
Income 4.0× the city average for median household income
Food spend share 33% below the city average for food expenditure share

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: De Waterkant/Green Point/Sea Point. direct.

Energy access
1%
Free basic electricity
5.6%
City median

1% of electricity connections in Three Anchor Bay 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. 2,868 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Three Anchor Bay?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Three Anchor Bay in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,114 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 Three Anchor Bay residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
93rd
Percentile
across Cape Town
35%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (11%)Meter Replacement Project (9%)Sewerage overflow (5%)Non-Collection of 240L Bin (3%)Water leak (3%)
Service requests logged 2 114
Requests resolved 78% (1 651 of 2 114)
75% resolved within 6 days
90% resolved within 18 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

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

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 1038.7 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 2 105
Unresolved 22.0%

Top issues: No Power (228), Meter Replacement Project (198), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (110)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Three Anchor Bay?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public New Somerset Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.8 km
Nearest private Netcare Christiaan Barnard Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.2 km
Public facilities 3
Private facilities 3

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

The nearest fire station to Three Anchor Bay is Sea Point, 1.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Sea Point Swimming Pool, 1.6 km away. The nearest clinic is New Somerset Hospital, 1.8 km away.

Nearest clinic New Somerset Hospital · 1.8 km
Nearest library Colin Eglin Sea Point · 0.1 km
Nearest park / open space Fort Road Park · 0.2 km

Fire station

1.5
km to nearest
fire station
Sea Point
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.6
km to nearest
public pool
3
pools
within 5 km
5
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Sea Point 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

3 adjacent

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

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