Manenberg

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 12 🏘️ Near: guguletu, heideveld, newfields

Schools

14 schools

WCED · 2024

14 Total Schools

10,269 Total Learners

13 Public

1 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
MANENBERG SEKONDﾊR	secondary	public	—	1,114
TALFALAH PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,086
SILVERSTREAM PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	996
PHOENIX SEKONDﾊR	secondary	public	—	878
DOWNEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	833
SONDEREND PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	801
RED RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	769
RIO GRANDE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	703
EASTER PEAK PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	644
MANENBERG PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	537
EDENDALE PRIMﾊRE SKOOL	primary	public	—	456
SILVERSTREAM SCHOOL OF SKILLS	other	public	—	310
SAAMBOU PRIMﾊRE SKOOL	primary	public	—	235
THE LEADERSHIP COLLEGE	combined	independent	—	907

Healthcare

3 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 2

RUIMTE ROAD SATELLITE
MANENBURG CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 1

G.F. JOOSTE HOSPITAL

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

11 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

55,366

Population (2022)

59,174

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

4.04 Avg household size

100% Piped water

95.1% Flush toilet

97.5% Grid electricity

100% Refuse removal

88.9% Internet access

81.9% Formal dwelling

21% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

38.4% Has vehicle

22.3% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 48 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

29 Parks

15 With play equipment

17.4 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Guguletu (2 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Manenberg Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

32 Murder

30 Aggravated robbery

38 Residential burglary

3 Carjacking

5 Rape

59 Assault GBH

8 Vehicle theft

427 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

32 Murder

50 Attempted murder

5 Rape

0 Sexual assault

163 Common assault

59 Assault GBH

30 Aggravated robbery

21 Common robbery

38 Residential burglary

8 Non-residential burglary

8 Vehicle theft

3 Carjacking

1 Residential robbery

427 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

guguletu110,563 people→heideveld25,837 people→newfields3,513 people→philippi310,320 people→surrey-estate0→

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