Witsand

📍 Cape Town, South Africa ⚡ Load Shedding Block 0 🏘️ Near: cape-farms-district-b, saxonwood, wesfleur

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

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

954 Total Learners

1 Public

0 Independent

School Name	Phase	Sector	Quintile	Learners
WITSAND PRIMARY SCHOOL	primary	public	—	954

🚐 Minibus Taxi Routes

1 taxi routes serve this area.

Connected to:

Wesfleur

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.

📊 2024 Household Survey

3.09 Avg household size

67% Piped water

64.7% Flush toilet

87.2% Grid electricity

58.4% Refuse removal

81.7% Internet access

27% Formal dwelling

12.9% Home ownership

0% Food insecure

15.5% Has vehicle

16% Has computer

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey · 48 households surveyed

🌳 Parks & Green Spaces

1 Parks

1 With play equipment

0.2 Hectares green space

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚒 Fire Service

Nearest fire station: Atlantis (1.9 km away) · Community Station

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data Portal

🚔 SAPS Station Crime Statistics

Atlantis Police Station

This suburb falls entirely within this station's jurisdiction.

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

7 Murder

28 Aggravated robbery

59 Residential burglary

0 Carjacking

9 Rape

51 Assault GBH

2 Vehicle theft

796 Drug-related crime

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7 Murder

12 Attempted murder

9 Rape

0 Sexual assault

341 Common assault

51 Assault GBH

28 Aggravated robbery

31 Common robbery

59 Residential burglary

8 Non-residential burglary

2 Vehicle theft

0 Carjacking

2 Residential robbery

796 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

cape-farms-district-b0→saxonwood0→wesfleur0→

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