Parkwood

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 16 🏘️ Near: grassy-park, lotus-river, ottery

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

Schools

1 schools

WCED · 2024

1 Total Schools

823 Total Learners

1 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
FAIRMOUNT SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	823

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

PARKWOOD CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

6 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

14,999

Population (2022)

16,031

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

3.67 Avg household size

100% Piped water

98.3% Flush toilet

100% Grid electricity

100% Refuse removal

80.4% Internet access

85% Formal dwelling

24.6% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

18% Has vehicle

21.3% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 35 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

10 Parks

5 With play equipment

40.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Ottery (3.2 km away) · Divisional Hq

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Grassy Park Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

16 Murder

77 Aggravated robbery

61 Residential burglary

16 Carjacking

12 Rape

33 Assault GBH

11 Vehicle theft

547 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

16 Murder

29 Attempted murder

12 Rape

0 Sexual assault

152 Common assault

33 Assault GBH

77 Aggravated robbery

34 Common robbery

61 Residential burglary

12 Non-residential burglary

11 Vehicle theft

16 Carjacking

3 Residential robbery

547 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 16

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 16 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

grassy-park18,233 people→lotus-river40,863 people→ottery4,376 people→southfield6,273 people→

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