Wesbank

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 0 🏘️ Near: belhar-ext-18, brentwood-park-blue-downs, hagley

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

Schools

4 schools

WCED · 2024

4 Total Schools

4,601 Total Learners

4 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
HOOFWEG PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,295
WEST BANK NO.1 PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,258
RAINBOW PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	1,192
WEST BANK HIGH SCHOOL	secondary	public	—	856

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

WESBANK CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

14 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

6,070

Population (2022)

6,487

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

3.54 Avg household size

100% Piped water

92.4% Flush toilet

100% Grid electricity

100% Refuse removal

95.1% Internet access

58.3% Formal dwelling

50.6% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

29.5% Has vehicle

17.9% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 43 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

24 Parks

5 With play equipment

2.1 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Belhar (2.7 km away) · Divisional Hq

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Mfuleni Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

75 Murder

251 Aggravated robbery

135 Residential burglary

46 Carjacking

50 Rape

160 Assault GBH

36 Vehicle theft

472 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

75 Murder

33 Attempted murder

50 Rape

0 Sexual assault

531 Common assault

160 Assault GBH

251 Aggravated robbery

62 Common robbery

135 Residential burglary

16 Non-residential burglary

36 Vehicle theft

46 Carjacking

24 Residential robbery

472 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

Schedule

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Load shedding 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

belhar-ext-180→brentwood-park-blue-downs0→hagley0→kuilsrivier-south-smallholdings0→roosendal18,862 people→rotterdam0→voorbrug16,085 people→

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