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Witsand

Safety 63/100 Safer than 65% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 0-200k Top 97% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 3 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 4d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Witsand is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Atlantis SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

Witsand is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. 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 Witsand safe?

Moderate reported crime

78th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

High Absolute crime volume
15 720 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 5.8% 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? 63 / 100
Contact crime rate 378,846 per 100k residents
Station population 50 494
Harm rate (per resident) 53/100
Harm volume (absolute) 74/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Atlantis precinct, which covers Witsand 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 Witsand?

3rd percentile

The median property value in Witsand is R230K. Property values have grown by 17.7% per year since 2018.

A 17.7% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Witsand 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 R230,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +17.7% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 3rd percentile
Dominant value band 0-200k
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Witsand?

1 school nearby

Witsand has 1 school within reach. Schools include Witsand Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Witsand will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
Q4
Witsand Primary School
Public · Grades R–7 · 954 learners · 36.7:1 learner-educator ratio

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 Witsand?

Vehicle-led mix

Witsand has 13 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (39%).

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
13 routes
54th percentile · 15 destinations · CBD-connected
Atlantis, Atlantis(wesfleur), Bellville, Cape town, Cape town (via killarney), Darling +9 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Witsand – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
39%
Walking
23%
MyCiTi bus
18%
Minibus taxi
20%
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 (39%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Witsand?

Limited service delivery

Witsand has a service delivery index of 60.4 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 27% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Witsand survey group (48 households). direct.

Food insecurity affects 26% of households - 1.4× the city average
› Adult food insecurity (25.5%) is 1.4× the city average of 18.3%.› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R433) is 0.3× the city median of R1,674.› Mobile-dependent: 66% of households rely on mobile data as their primary internet access.› 14% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.› 57% of dwellings are informal structures, reflecting historical under-investment in formal housing provision.

Food security

Adult food insecurity
25.5%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
15.0%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
28.7%
City median: 22.3%

Access to basic services

60 City median: 85
Piped water
31.4%
Flush toilet
64.7%
Weekly refuse
58.4%
Grid electricity
87.2%

Housing & tenure – Informal or family-compound housing

27 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
27.0%
Owner-occupied
12.9%
Rented
26.3%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

20 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
14.1%
Fire risk
3.1%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Significant material pressure

Food spending share
38.6%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 48th percentile
Hardship dimensions
2
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
40.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R435
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
84.7%
of households prioritise
Electricity
72.5%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
45.0%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
11.9%
of households prioritise
School fees
10.8%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Mobile-dependent suburb

Home fibre
15.7%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
66.0%
No access
9.0%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.1 people
Avg children per household
0.9

Asset ownership

Computer access
16.0%
Fridge ownership
81.4%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
3.8%
Borehole access
1.9%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
8.4%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH part-time
1.4%

How Witsand compares

Food insecurity 39% above the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 47% above the city average for material hardship
Income 50% below the city average for median household income
Food spend share 9% above the city average for food expenditure share

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

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Witsand?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Witsand in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,741 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
4
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
7th
Percentile
across Cape Town
6%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (28%)Stolen Bins - 240L (15%)Damaged Bin - 240L (9%)Faulty cistern (4%)Other (3%)
Service requests logged 1 741
Requests resolved 82% (1 422 of 1 741)
75% resolved within 10 days
90% resolved within 17 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 1 687
Unresolved 19.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (473), Stolen Bins - 240L (263), Damaged Bin - 240L (154)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Witsand?

Well served

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public Protea Park Clinic · Clinic · 1.4 km
Nearest private Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 24.1 km
Public facilities 3
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Witsand is Atlantis, 1.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool, 3.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Protea Park Clinic, 1.4 km away.

Nearest clinic Protea Park Clinic · 1.4 km
Nearest library Avondale · 2.6 km
Nearest park / open space Azalea Greenbelt · 0.98 km

Fire station

1.9
km to nearest
fire station
Atlantis
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.5
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Atlantis or Wesfleur 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 Witsand. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Cape Farms District B Saxonwood Wesfleur
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Witsand · -33.5878°S, 18.5057°E

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