Delft South

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 0 🏘️ Near: delft-8, delft-9, driftsands

This suburb falls within a City of Cape Town urban development focus area, indicating prioritised investment in infrastructure and services.

Schools

7 schools

WCED · 2024

7 Total Schools

9,743 Total Learners

7 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
MASIBAMBISANE SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,704
SUNRAY PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,490
ESSENHOUT PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,456
SIMUNYE SEKONDﾊR	secondary	public	—	1,361
WELWITSCIHA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,333
MASONWABE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,231
DELFT-SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,168

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

DELFT SOUTH CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

13 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

47,452

Population (2022)

50,716

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)

📊 2024 Household Survey

3.29 Avg household size

84.2% Piped water

88.5% Flush toilet

88% Grid electricity

77.3% Refuse removal

70.8% Internet access

50% Formal dwelling

42.8% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

11.9% Has vehicle

12.8% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 49 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

30 Parks

3 With play equipment

41.3 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Lansdowne Road (3.2 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Delft Police Station

Primary station (92.6% of suburb area).

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

58 Murder

236 Aggravated robbery

146 Residential burglary

54 Carjacking

64 Rape

214 Assault GBH

33 Vehicle theft

1,106 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

58 Murder

41 Attempted murder

64 Rape

0 Sexual assault

363 Common assault

214 Assault GBH

236 Aggravated robbery

47 Common robbery

146 Residential burglary

3 Non-residential burglary

33 Vehicle theft

54 Carjacking

34 Residential robbery

1,106 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. This suburb is served by multiple stations; only the primary station's data is shown.

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

delft-80→delft-90→driftsands0→eindhoven10,656 people→leiden0→philippi310,320 people→

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