Avondale - Parow

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 13 🏘️ Near: belvedere-tygerberg, de-tijger, fairfield-estate

Note: The official Avondale - Parow boundary is a small area. The broader area commonly known as Avondale - Parow includes nearby suburbs. Some schools, clinics and other facilities may appear under:

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

Census 2022 demographic data is not yet available for this suburb. Coverage is being expanded as Stats SA releases finer geographic data.

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

4 Parks

1 With play equipment

1.5 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Goodwood (3.4 km away) · Fire Service Head Office

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Parow Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

0 Murder

69 Aggravated robbery

36 Residential burglary

4 Carjacking

4 Rape

20 Assault GBH

30 Vehicle theft

309 Drug-related crime

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0 Murder

3 Attempted murder

4 Rape

0 Sexual assault

76 Common assault

20 Assault GBH

69 Aggravated robbery

86 Common robbery

36 Residential burglary

16 Non-residential burglary

30 Vehicle theft

4 Carjacking

0 Residential robbery

309 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

Block 13

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 13 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

belvedere-tygerberg0→de-tijger1,340 people→fairfield-estate2,904 people→loevenstein3,922 people→oosterzee-bellville0→parow-east337 people→

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