Lentegeur

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 4 🏘️ Near: beacon-valley, bongani, colorado-park

Schools

11 schools

WCED · 2024

11 Total Schools

13,059 Total Learners

11 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,690
MEADOWRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,514
CORNFLOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,438
SPRINGDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,267
LANTANA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,256
HYACINTH PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,206
LENTEGEUR SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,188
SUMMERDALE HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,149
ALOE SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,111
MERRYDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	997
LENTEGEUR SCHOOL FOR LSEN-SMH	special	public	—	243

Healthcare

3 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

LENTEGEUR CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 2

MITCHELLS PLAIN HOSPITAL
LENTEGEUR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

7 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Westgate

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

42,201

Population (2022)

45,104

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

4.52 Avg household size

100% Piped water

93.5% Flush toilet

100% Grid electricity

100% Refuse removal

96.2% Internet access

83% Formal dwelling

49.1% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

44.1% Has vehicle

26.5% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 46 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

79 Parks

36 With play equipment

31.3 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Mitchells Plain (2.6 km away) · Divisional Hq

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Lentegeur Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

13 Murder

64 Aggravated robbery

26 Residential burglary

10 Carjacking

16 Rape

29 Assault GBH

13 Vehicle theft

716 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

13 Murder

14 Attempted murder

16 Rape

0 Sexual assault

178 Common assault

29 Assault GBH

64 Aggravated robbery

39 Common robbery

26 Residential burglary

5 Non-residential burglary

13 Vehicle theft

10 Carjacking

3 Residential robbery

716 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 4

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 4 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

beacon-valley28,745 people→bongani0→colorado-park0→mandalay12,890 people→mitchells-plain-cbd14,880 people→montclair311 people→new-woodlands0→philippi310,320 people→portland28,273 people→westridge-mitchells-plain24,332 people→woodlands32,836 people→

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