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Bene Township

A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Bene Township
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property3-3.5MTop 18%Schools1nearbyHealthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage6 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Bene Township 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 Bene Township, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Bene Township 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 Bene Township safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. bene-township 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 Bene Township?

82nd percentile

The median property value in Bene Township is R3.5M. Property values have grown by 2.3% per year since 2018.

A 2.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Bene Township 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
R3,460,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+2.3% per year
City-wide value percentile
82nd percentile
Dominant value band
3-3.5M
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 Bene Township?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 519 / month
131% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
R2 023 / month
6% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 519Jan 2026: R1 484Feb 2026: R1 673
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 725Jan 2026: R2 410Feb 2026: R2 023

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Bene Township

↑ Increasing

Bene Township had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were new residential builds.

3-year approvals
2
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R422K

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 Bene Township?

1 school nearby

Bene Township has 1 school within reach. Schools include Vergezicht Private School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Bene Township will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Vergezicht Private School
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 84 learners · 5.2:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable 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 Bene Township?

Limited connectivity

Bene Township has 6 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 ›

Limited connectivity
6 routes
28th percentile · 10 destinations
Drama street(somerset west), Firgrove, Hottentots holland hospital, Lourensford, Rue mount pellar(somerset west), Sir lowrys pass town +4 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 Bene Township?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Bene Township in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 354 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 Bene Township residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
54th
Percentile
across Cape Town
40%
Resolved
same day
No supply (14%)No water 20mm and below (12%)Low pressure (9%)Power outage (9%)Burst pipe (5%)
Service requests logged
354
Requests resolved
74% (263 of 354)
75% resolved within
3 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
353
Unresolved
26.0%

Top issues: No supply (47), No water 20mm and below (42), Low pressure (32)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Bene Township

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Bene Township is R245K as of May 2026.

R245K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R105 823
Electricity
R61 763
Water
R36 839
Refuse
R13 071
Sewerage
R19 987
City-wide cleaning
R7 810
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 Bene Township?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.4 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 1.4 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 Bene Township is Somerset West, 1.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 5.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 0.4 km away.

Nearest clinic
Helderberg Hospital · 0.4 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 0.8 km
Nearest park / open space
Pienaar Street Park · 0.39 km

Fire station

1.3
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

5.1
km to nearest
public pool
0
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

Jacques Hill208m · R3.3M
→
Roundhay215m · R2.8M
44→
Stuart's Hill424m · R2.9M
→
Berbago523m · R2.5M
→
Martinville706m · R2.5M
→
Similar safety & property profile

Similar suburbs

5 matches
SonstraalR2.5-3M
47→
Gordons Bay Ext 12R2.5-3M
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Jonkers HoogteR3-3.5M
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La MontagneR3-3.5M
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GraanendalR2-2.5M
100→
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Jacques HillRoundhaySomerset WestStuarts Hill

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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).

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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Bene Township, Cape Town

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