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Umrhabulo Triangle

Neighbourhood data for Umrhabulo Triangle
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property 2-400k Top 94% Schools 7 87% matric pass rate Healthcare 10 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 3d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Umrhabulo Triangle 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 well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. Policing falls under the Khayelitsha SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Umrhabulo Triangle, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Umrhabulo Triangle is well-served by schools, 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 Umrhabulo Triangle safe?

Safety index suppressed
Makhaza SAPS station data not available in current DataFirst quarterly release. Score withheld: no data should not imply maximum safety.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Umrhabulo Triangle?

6th percentile

Planned development

16 hectares of land in Umrhabulo Triangle are earmarked for new development across 6 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (8ha) and Commercial (5ha), and 1 other category.

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

The median property value in Umrhabulo Triangle is R276K. Property values have grown by 5.1% per year since 2018.

A 5.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Umrhabulo Triangle 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 R276,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.1% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 6th percentile
Dominant value band 2-400k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Umrhabulo Triangle?

7 schools nearby

Umrhabulo Triangle has 7 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 87.4%, below the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Harry Gwala Secondary School.

Adjusted pass rate
87.4%
City median: 90.0%
Schools contributing
3
645 candidates
Median quintile
Q2
Q1-Q2
Q2
Harry Gwala Secondary School
Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,375 learners · 37.2:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q2
Noxolo Xauka Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,496 learners · 38.4:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q2
Impendulo Public Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,474 learners · 38.8:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q2
Nkazimlo Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,669 learners · 41.7:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee schoolStrained capacity
Q2
Chris Hani Secondary School
Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,308 learners · 31.1:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q2
Sinako High School
Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,296 learners · 33.2:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school
Q2
Masiphumelele Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 1,385 learners · 38.5:1 learner-educator ratio
No-fee school

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

Read more: Cape Town schools and education data 2026

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Umrhabulo Triangle?

Limited connectivity

Umrhabulo Triangle has 9 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 ›

Limited connectivity
9 routes
35th percentile · 12 destinations
Bellville, Khayelitsha, Khayelitsha (makaya), Kuwait, Langa, Macassar +6 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 Umrhabulo Triangle?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Umrhabulo Triangle in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 5,537 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
3
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
13th
Percentile
across Cape Town
13%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (30%)Stolen Bins - 240L (11%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (6%)Broken leading (6%)No water 20mm and below (5%)
Service requests logged 5 537
Requests resolved 81% (4 509 of 5 537)
75% resolved within 7 days
90% resolved within 18 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Islamic
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? 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 5 528
Unresolved 19.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (1 672), Stolen Bins - 240L (610), WMM: Leak at Meter/Stopcock 20mm below (312)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Umrhabulo Triangle?

Well served

Healthcare access

10 within 5km
Nearest public Matthew Goniwe CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.3 km
Nearest private Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 7.4 km
Public facilities 10
Private facilities 0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Umrhabulo Triangle is Khayelitsha, 2.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 2.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Matthew Goniwe Cdc, 0.3 km away.

Nearest clinic Matthew Goniwe Cdc · 0.3 km
Nearest library Nazeema Isaacs · 0.1 km
Nearest park / open space Dibana Pos 2 · 0.28 km

Fire station

2
km to nearest
fire station
Khayelitsha
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.6
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
7
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Khayelitsha 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

6 adjacent

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

Driftsands Enkanini Kuyasa Macassar Mandela Park Monwabisi
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Umrhabulo Triangle · -34.0468°S, 18.7038°E

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