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Beacon Hill

A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Beacon Hill
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property2-400kTop 79%Schools1nearbyHealthcare4 facilitiesmoderate accessCouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage4 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In Beacon Hill, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Beacon Hill is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Beacon Hill safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. beacon-hill makes up a very small share of the Atlantis 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 Beacon Hill?

21st percentile

Planned development

96 hectares of land in Beacon Hill are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Medium Density Residential (91ha) and High Density Residential (6ha).

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

The median property value in Beacon Hill is R680K. Property values have grown by 7.5% per year since 2018.

A 7.5% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Beacon Hill 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
R680,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+7.5% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
21st percentile
Dominant value band
2-400k
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 Beacon Hill?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R278 / month
58% below city median
Electricity
No billing data available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R351Jan 2026: R258Feb 2026: R278

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Beacon Hill

↓ Decreasing

Beacon Hill had 26 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
26
Annual average
9/yr
Avg project value
R808K

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 Beacon Hill?

1 school nearby

Beacon Hill has 1 school within reach. Schools include Robinhill Special School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Beacon Hill will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
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    Robinhill Special School
    Public · Special needs · 251 learners · 11.4:1 learner-educator ratio
    Specialist provision

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 Beacon Hill?

Limited connectivity

Beacon Hill has 4 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

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 ›

Limited connectivity
4 routes
25th percentile · 8 destinations · CBD-connected
Atlantis (via table view), Atlantis(wesfleur), Cape town, Cape town (via killarney), Farms(atlantis), Koeberg +2 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 Beacon Hill?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Beacon Hill in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,544 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 Beacon Hill 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
35%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (17%)Customer : Reconnection Request (10%)Power outage (7%)Illegal dumping (5%)Stolen Bins - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged
1 544
Requests resolved
83% (1 281 of 1 544)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
11 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

2 registered
Christian
2

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
1 535
Unresolved
17.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (257), Customer : Reconnection Request (151), Power outage (100)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Beacon Hill

22% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Beacon Hill averages R10 789 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R10 789
per account
22% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R11 206Apr 2026: R10 765May 2026: R10 789
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 303 146
Electricity
R391 300
Water
R2 250 252
Refuse
R1 111 439
Sewerage
R1 132 272
City-wide cleaning
R25 958
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 Beacon Hill?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Wesfleur Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.3 km
Nearest private
Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital · Private Hospital · 27.4 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Beacon Hill is Atlantis, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Atlantis or Wesfleur Swimming Pool, 1.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Wesfleur Hospital, 1.3 km away.

Nearest clinic
Wesfleur Hospital · 1.3 km
Nearest library
Wesfleur · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space
Klipheuwel Pos · 0.03 km

Fire station

3.5
km to nearest
fire station
Atlantis
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.7
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Atlantis or Wesfleur 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

Sherwood1.0km · R460K
41→
Robinvale1.1km · R520K
41→
Saxonwood1.3km
→
Saxonsea2.0km · R480K
34→
Avondale - Wesfleur2.0km · R540K
39→
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

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

Avondale WesfleurRobinvaleSaxonseaSherwoodWesfleur

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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 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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Beacon Hill, Cape Town

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