Westlake

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 8 🏘️ Near: cape-farms-district-h, kirstenhof, lakeside

Schools

2 schools

WCED · 2024

2 Total Schools

1,934 Total Learners

1 Public

1 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
WESTLAKE PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	774
REDDAM HOUSE	combined	independent	—	1,160

Healthcare

1 facilities

WC Dept of Health · 2024

🏥 Public Clinics 1

WESTLAKE CLINIC

🏨 Public Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🏪 Private Hospitals 0

None in this suburb

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

4 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data — Taxi Routes

Demographics

Census 2022

Stats SA · 2022

Census 2022 demographic data is not yet available for this suburb. Coverage is being expanded as Stats SA releases finer geographic data.

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

7 Parks

3 With play equipment

14.7 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Lakeside (1.8 km away) · Divisional Hq

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Muizenberg Police Station

Primary of 2 stations (55.5% coverage). Secondary: Kirstenhof (44.5%).

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

22 Murder

57 Aggravated robbery

32 Residential burglary

4 Carjacking

8 Rape

20 Assault GBH

27 Vehicle theft

169 Drug-related crime

View all 14 crime categories

22 Murder

14 Attempted murder

8 Rape

0 Sexual assault

103 Common assault

20 Assault GBH

57 Aggravated robbery

31 Common robbery

32 Residential burglary

4 Non-residential burglary

27 Vehicle theft

4 Carjacking

7 Residential robbery

169 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 8

City of Cape Town · 2026-02-20

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 4

⚡ Block 8 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

cape-farms-district-h0→kirstenhof4,331 people→lakeside2,056 people→tokai2,047 people→

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