Newfields

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 5 🏘️ Near: hanover-park, hatton, manenberg

Schools

2 schools

WCED · 2024

2 Total Schools

1,012 Total Learners

2 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
NEWFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	517
PRIMROSE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	495

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

NEWFIELDS SATELLITE

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

2 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Hanover Park

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

3,513

Population (2022)

3,754

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

12 Parks

3 With play equipment

8.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Guguletu (3.1 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Manenberg Police Station

Primary of 4 stations (54.7% coverage). Secondary: Philippi (45.3%).

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

Source: SAPS Quarterly Crime Statistics 2025/2026

Load Shedding

Block 5

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 5 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

hanover-park40,909 people→hatton9 people→manenberg55,366 people→mountview2,090 people→surrey-estate0→

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