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What's it like to live here?

Annandale is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Annandale, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Annandale. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Annandale safe?

Lower reported crime

90th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume
2 840 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 1.1% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low by Cape Town standards. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
99+ / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
101,507 per 100k residents
Station population
53 147
Harm rate (per resident)
99+/100
Harm volume (absolute)
99+/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Brackenfell precinct, which covers Annandale and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Annandale?

61st percentile

Planned development

85 hectares of land in Annandale are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (85ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Annandale is R2.2M. Property values have grown by 8.1% per year since 2018.

A 8.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Annandale properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R2,210,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+8.1% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
61st percentile
Dominant value band
1.5-2M
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Annandale?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R513 / month
22% below city median
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R755Jan 2026: R513Feb 2026: R466

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Annandale

↑ Increasing

Annandale had 25 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 8 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
25
Annual average
8/yr
Avg project value
R8.8M

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Annandale?

Low connectivity

Annandale has 2 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 4 destinations
Bellville, Bottelary rd,kuilsriver, Kuilsriver, Stellenbosch (du toit station)
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Annandale?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Annandale in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 379 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
15th
Percentile
across Cape Town
26%
Resolved
same day
Infestation cockroach (13%)Street lights out (10%)Single street light out (6%)Customer : Reconnection Request (4%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged
379
Requests resolved
74% (279 of 379)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
12 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
376
Unresolved
27.0%

Top issues: Infestation cockroach (50), Street lights out (37), Single street light out (21)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Annandale

21% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Annandale averages R7 002 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R7 002
per account
21% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R7 002Apr 2026: R7 157May 2026: R5 474
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R867 243
Electricity
-R245 033 (credit)
Water
R170 982
Refuse
R86 103
Sewerage
R110 527
City-wide cleaning
R83 022
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Annandale?

Well served

Healthcare access

7 within 5km
Nearest public
Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.8 km
Public facilities
6
Private facilities
1

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Annandale is Kuilsriver, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 4.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 1.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 1.8 km
Nearest library
Kuilsriver · 2.3 km
Nearest park / open space
Bottelary Greenbelt · 0.49 km

Fire station

3.1
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

4.9
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
7
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Bellville South Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Brandwag960m · R2.4M
Rouxville1.1km · R2.2M
42
Burgundy1.1km · R2.5M
Bottelary Smallholdings 21.1km · R2.4M
Amandelrug1.1km · R2.2M
100
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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Annandale. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026

Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Service Requests

South African Police Service, via DataFirst (UCT). SAPS crime statistics, 2019-2026 [dataset]. DOI: 10.25828/5MAW-4H90. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. City of Cape Town open data, 2022–2025 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

Statistics South Africa. Stats SA Census 2022, 2022 [dataset]. Stats SA standard terms (permissive). Analysis is the user's own and not endorsed by Stats SA.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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