Bel'Aire
A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Bel'Aire is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Bel'Aire, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Bel'Aire. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Bel'Aire safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Bel'Aire?
The median property value in Bel'Aire is R6.5M. Property values have grown by 4.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R6,500,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 96th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 5-6M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Bel'Aire?
Development activity in Bel'Aire
Bel'Aire had 21 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 7 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 21
- Annual average
- 7/yr
- Avg project value
- R301K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Bel'Aire?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Bel'Aire in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 174 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 174
- Requests resolved
- 75% (130 of 174)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 20 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 174
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Meter Replacement Project (24), Power outage (10), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (10)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Bel'Aire
Municipal debt in Bel'Aire averages R7 557 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 036 953
- Electricity
- R155 410
- Water
- R212 622
- Refuse
- R52 778
- Sewerage
- R111 503
- City-wide cleaning
- R118 724
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Bel'Aire?
Healthcare access
2 within 5km- Nearest public
- Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 4.2 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 5.6 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Bel'Aire is Somerset West, 4.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 8.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 4.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Helderberg Hospital · 4.2 km
- Nearest library
- Somerset West · 4.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Bel Air Park · 0.4 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Bel'Aire. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 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).
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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Bel'Aire, Cape Town