Avon

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 0 🏘️ Near: elsies-river, leonsdale

Schools

1 schools

WCED · 2024

1 Total Schools

397 Total Learners

1 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
ELDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	397

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

5,720

Population (2022)

6,113

Est. Population (2025)

Census 2022 weighted estimate. 2025 figure projected at 2.2% annual growth — actual rates vary by suburb.

Source: Stats SA Census 2022 (10% sample)

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Epping (2.5 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Elsies River Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

Recorded Crimes — Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)

22 Murder

62 Aggravated robbery

31 Residential burglary

5 Carjacking

5 Rape

67 Assault GBH

15 Vehicle theft

231 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

22 Murder

30 Attempted murder

5 Rape

0 Sexual assault

191 Common assault

67 Assault GBH

62 Aggravated robbery

109 Common robbery

31 Residential burglary

6 Non-residential burglary

15 Vehicle theft

5 Carjacking

3 Residential robbery

231 Drug-related crime

Note: These are station-level totals for the entire policing area, not suburb-specific figures. SAPS does not publish crime data at suburb level.

Source: SAPS Quarterly Crime Statistics 2025/2026

Load Shedding

Schedule

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Load shedding schedule. Times shown are when power will be OFF.

Dam Levels

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

City-wide metric, not suburb-specific.

78% Full

Recent Trend

Neighbouring Suburbs

elsies-river19,599 people→leonsdale9,677 people→

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