Paarden Eiland

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 15 🏘️ Near: brooklyn, foreshore, lagoon-beach

Note: The official Paarden Eiland boundary is a small area. The broader area commonly known as Paarden Eiland includes nearby suburbs. Some schools, clinics and other facilities may appear under:

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

8 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Cape Town City Centre

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

Population (2022)

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

1 Parks

1.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Brooklyn (0.9 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Maitland Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

9 Murder

32 Aggravated robbery

22 Residential burglary

1 Carjacking

1 Rape

23 Assault GBH

20 Vehicle theft

32 Drug-related crime

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9 Murder

3 Attempted murder

1 Rape

0 Sexual assault

54 Common assault

23 Assault GBH

32 Aggravated robbery

25 Common robbery

22 Residential burglary

25 Non-residential burglary

20 Vehicle theft

1 Carjacking

0 Residential robbery

32 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 15

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 15 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

brooklyn10,190 people→foreshore3 people→lagoon-beach509 people→metro0→rugby4,603 people→salt-river7,860 people→woodstock9,276 people→

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