Guguletu

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 12 🏘️ Near: bonteheuwel, charlesville, crossroads

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

Schools

20 schools

WCED · 2024

20 Total Schools

16,493 Total Learners

20 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
FEZEKA SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,845
I. D. MKIZE SEN SECONDARY	secondary	public	—	1,585
INTSHUKUMO SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,469
LWAZI PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,184
XOLANI PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,082
SIYAZINGISA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,024
SONWABO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,013
VUYANI PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	955
LITHA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	810
VUKUKHANYE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	768
SOKHANYO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	706
NOBANTU PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	646
MSEKI PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	621
SIVIWE SCHOOL OF SKILLS	other	public	—	575
BONGA LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	504
LUZUKO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	460
LEHLOHONOLO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	380
INTSHINGA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	361
NOMPUMELELO SKOOL	special	public	—	315
TEMBALETU	special	public	—	190

Healthcare

2 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 2

VUYANI CLINIC
GUGULETU CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

30 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

110,563

Population (2022)

118,167

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

3.96 Avg household size

70.9% Piped water

70.4% Flush toilet

97.7% Grid electricity

58.1% Refuse removal

88.5% Internet access

45.7% Formal dwelling

27.8% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

11.2% Has vehicle

13% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 122 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

31 Parks

16 With play equipment

20 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Guguletu fire station is located in this suburb. (Community Station)

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Gugulethu Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

52 Murder

137 Aggravated robbery

54 Residential burglary

39 Carjacking

49 Rape

132 Assault GBH

9 Vehicle theft

510 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

52 Murder

16 Attempted murder

49 Rape

0 Sexual assault

145 Common assault

132 Assault GBH

137 Aggravated robbery

18 Common robbery

54 Residential burglary

14 Non-residential burglary

9 Vehicle theft

39 Carjacking

13 Residential robbery

510 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

bonteheuwel56,602 people→charlesville1,144 people→crossroads75,225 people→heideveld25,837 people→manenberg55,366 people→montana2,548 people→montevideo0→nyanga26,857 people→philippi310,320 people→

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