Gatesville

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 12 🏘️ Near: bridgetown, hatton, mountview

Schools

2 schools

WCED · 2024

2 Total Schools

1,126 Total Learners

1 Public

1 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
RYLANDS HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,091
LITTLE GREENIES PREPARATORY	primary	independent	—	35

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 0

None in this suburb

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 1

MELOMED GATESVILLE

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

3 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

3,595

Population (2022)

3,842

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)

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

9 Parks

3 With play equipment

6.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Guguletu (4.2 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Athlone Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

9 Murder

76 Aggravated robbery

41 Residential burglary

6 Carjacking

9 Rape

46 Assault GBH

28 Vehicle theft

284 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

9 Murder

25 Attempted murder

9 Rape

0 Sexual assault

137 Common assault

46 Assault GBH

76 Aggravated robbery

32 Common robbery

41 Residential burglary

19 Non-residential burglary

28 Vehicle theft

6 Carjacking

0 Residential robbery

284 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 12

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 12 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

bridgetown13,479 people→hatton9 people→mountview2,090 people→penlyn-estate2,909 people→rylands3,815 people→silvertown9,001 people→surrey-estate0→vanguard-estate0→

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