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Audas Estate

A suburb with above-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Audas Estate
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property1.5-2MTop 32%Schools2nearbyHealthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Audas Estate is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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. There are several places of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In Audas Estate, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Audas Estate is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Audas Estate safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. audas-estate makes up a very small share of the Somerset West police precinct, so we cannot reliably separate its crime data from the rest of the precinct. Rather than show a score that could be misleading, we have withheld it.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Audas Estate?

68th percentile

The median property value in Audas Estate is R2.5M. Property values have grown by 4.5% per year since 2018.

A 4.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Audas Estate 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
R2,505,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+4.5% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
68th 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 Audas Estate?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 336 / month
103% above city median
Electricity
R1 940 / month
2% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 630Jan 2026: R1 336Feb 2026: R939
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 940Jan 2026: R2 079Feb 2026: R1 904

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Audas Estate

↑ Increasing

Audas Estate had 28 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 9 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
28
Annual average
9/yr
Avg project value
R1.1M

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Audas Estate?

2 schools nearby

Audas Estate has 2 schools within reach. Schools include Audas House Remedial School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Audas Estate will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Audas House Remedial School
    Independent · Special needs · 27 learners · 4.5:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateSpecialist provision
  • IND
    Somerset West Private School
    Independent · Grades R–12 · 98 learners · 8.2:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Audas Estate?

Moderate connectivity

Audas Estate has 16 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 ›

Moderate connectivity
16 routes
54th percentile · 17 destinations
Firgrove, Firgrove (r102), Helderberg (via heldervue), Heldervue (somerset wes), Heldervue (somerset west), Lourensford +11 more
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 Audas Estate?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Audas Estate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,652 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Audas Estate residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
50th
Percentile
across Cape Town
36%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (11%)No supply (9%)Sewerage overflow (8%)No water 20mm and below (4%)Single street light out (4%)
Service requests logged
1 652
Requests resolved
74% (1 228 of 1 652)
75% resolved within
7 days
90% resolved within
25 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

3 registered
Christian
3

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
1 645
Unresolved
26.0%

Top issues: Power outage (187), No supply (147), Sewerage overflow (135)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Audas Estate

33% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Audas Estate averages R11 758 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R11 758
per account
33% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R11 758Apr 2026: R13 898May 2026: R11 053
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R818 351
Electricity
R543 298
Water
R260 718
Refuse
R103 404
Sewerage
R158 815
City-wide cleaning
R27 639
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 Audas Estate?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.7 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 1.7 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
2

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

The nearest fire station to Audas Estate is Somerset West, 0.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Somerset West Cdc, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic
Somerset West Cdc · 0.7 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 0.6 km
Nearest park / open space
De Beers Park · 0.18 km

Fire station

0.6
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.5
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand 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

Berbago626m · R2.5M
→
Somerset West Country Club654m
→
Carey Park703m · R260K
100→
Stuart's Hill723m · R2.9M
→
Dorhill735m · R2.7M
→
Similar safety & property profile

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5 matches
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41→
Somerset WestR1-1.5M
→
Diep RiverR1-1.5M
46→
HoogstedeR1.5-2M
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Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

DorhillSomerset WestSomerset West Country ClubStuarts HillWestridge Somerset West

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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 SADBE SchoolsCCT 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.

Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.

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

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