Philippi

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 16 🏘️ Near: colorado-park, crossroads, delft-south

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

Schools

26 schools

WCED · 2024

26 Total Schools

29,249 Total Learners

23 Public

3 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
SOPHUMELELA SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,646
SINETHEMBA SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,643
INTSEBENZISWANO SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,530
VUYISEKA SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,525
PHILLIPI SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,417
PHANDULWAZI HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,391
NAL'UXULO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,379
WELTEVREDEN VALLEY CORE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,371
ZISUKHANYO SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,367
SAMORA MACHEL PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,366
SIYAZAKHA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,344
MASIVUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,335
KHANYA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,221
VUKANI PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,208
KWA-FAKU PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,208
PHAKAMA SECONDARY SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	1,184
ZANEMFUNDO PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,184
ENTSHONA PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,166
MZAMOMHLE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,122
BONGOLETHU PRIMARY SCHOOL(NYANGA)	primary	public	—	1,098
HEINZ PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,014
KLIPFONTEIN MET PRIMﾊRE SKOOL	primary	public	—	631
DIETRICH MOR PRIMﾊRE SKOOL	primary	public	—	265
JEQ PREPARATORY SCHOOL	primary	independent	—	270
ITHEMBA LABANTU PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	independent	—	195
JUNIOR COLLEGE	primary	independent	—	169

Healthcare

4 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 4

PHUMLANI CLINIC
MZAMOMHLE CLINIC
WELTEVREDEN VALLEY CLINIC
PHILLIPI CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

35 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

310,320

Population (2022)

331,664

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

3.86 Avg household size

44.9% Piped water

33.9% Flush toilet

61.2% Grid electricity

39.4% Refuse removal

83.1% Internet access

28.5% Formal dwelling

14.2% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

5.5% Has vehicle

19.7% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 16 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

98 Parks

43 With play equipment

66.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Guguletu (3.2 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Philippi Police Station

Primary station (70.6% of suburb area).

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

31 Murder

40 Aggravated robbery

26 Residential burglary

12 Carjacking

7 Rape

47 Assault GBH

7 Vehicle theft

319 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

31 Murder

16 Attempted murder

7 Rape

0 Sexual assault

122 Common assault

47 Assault GBH

40 Aggravated robbery

24 Common robbery

26 Residential burglary

8 Non-residential burglary

7 Vehicle theft

12 Carjacking

0 Residential robbery

319 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 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