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Belvedere Tygerberg

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

Neighbourhood data for Belvedere Tygerberg
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property1.5-2MTop 34%Healthcare12 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints3d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Belvedere Tygerberg 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Belvedere Tygerberg, 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 Belvedere Tygerberg. 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 Belvedere Tygerberg safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. belvedere-tygerberg makes up a very small share of the Parow 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 Belvedere Tygerberg?

66th percentile

The median property value in Belvedere Tygerberg is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 6.1% per year since 2018.

A 6.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Belvedere Tygerberg 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
R2,410,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+6.1% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
66th 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 Belvedere Tygerberg?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R616 / month
6% below city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R705Jan 2026: R616Feb 2026: R495

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Belvedere Tygerberg

→ Stable

Belvedere Tygerberg had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
1
Annual average
0/yr
Avg project value
R102K

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 Belvedere Tygerberg?

Private vehicle dominant

Belvedere Tygerberg has 24 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (93%).

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 ›

Connected
24 routes
72nd percentile · 23 destinations · CBD-connected
Bellville, Bellville (via cape town, n1 & durban rd), Bellville (via n2, cape town, n1, & durban rd), Cape town (via n1 city), Century city (via n1), Gugulethu +17 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Belvedere Tygerberg needs a car. The 93% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
93%
Walking
4%
Minibus taxi
3%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Private vehicle (93%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Belvedere Tygerberg?

Full municipal services

Belvedere Tygerberg has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 98% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Bellville survey group (45 households). direct.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,323) is 2.6× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 88% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
97.4%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

98City median: 68
Formal dwellings
98.2%
Owner-occupied
46.2%
Rented
41.7%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

13risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
2.3%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
6.0%
Non-violent crime
3.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
24.7%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 87th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
12.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R881
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
88.5%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
8.0%
No access
1.5%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
2.5%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
2.5%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
6.9%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.9 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
67.1%
Fridge ownership
95.9%
Property ownership
2.1%
Geyser ownership
96.2%
Borehole access
11.2%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
12.6%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
3.6%
WFH part-time
14.4%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Bellville. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Belvedere Tygerberg?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Belvedere Tygerberg in a median of 2.5 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 180 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2.5-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2.5
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
14th
Percentile
across Cape Town
29%
Resolved
same day
No supply (16%)Single street light out (9%)No water 20mm and below (9%)Burst pipe (7%)Sewerage overflow (7%)
Service requests logged
180
Requests resolved
67% (120 of 180)
75% resolved within
9 days
90% resolved within
25 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
179
Unresolved
34.0%

Top issues: No supply (29), Single street light out (17), No water 20mm and below (17)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Belvedere Tygerberg

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Belvedere Tygerberg is R64K as of May 2026.

R64K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R26 384
Electricity
R14 127
Water
R11 270
Refuse
R4 722
Sewerage
R5 642
City-wide cleaning
R1 904
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 Belvedere Tygerberg?

Well served

Healthcare access

12 within 5km
Nearest public
Karl Bremmer Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.9 km
Nearest private
Cape Eye Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.5 km
Public facilities
7
Private facilities
5

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

The nearest fire station to Belvedere Tygerberg is Goodwood, 3.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 1.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Karl Bremmer Hospital, 0.9 km away.

Nearest clinic
Karl Bremmer Hospital · 0.9 km
Nearest library
Parow · 1.9 km
Nearest park / open space
Loevenstein - N1 Pos · 0.57 km

Fire station

3.4
km to nearest
fire station
Goodwood
fire service head office
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.4
km to nearest
public pool
6
pools
within 5 km
12
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Parow North 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

De Tijger496m · R2.9M
48→
Avondale - Parow712m · R2M
35→
Plattekloof 1955m · R4.4M
→
Oosterzee-Bellville1.1km · R2.3M
→
Loevenstein1.1km · R3.4M
33→
Similar safety & property profile

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5 matches
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40→
ObservatoryR2-2.5M
17→
HaasendalR2-2.5M
100→
KleinbronR2-2.5M
99→
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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

Avondale ParowDe TijgerLoevenstein

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 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 Household SurveyCCT 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 Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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

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