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Bizweni

A suburb with above-average property values relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Bizweni
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property2-2.5MTop 29%Schools1nearbyHealthcare6 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage2 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Bizweni 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.

How is the area changing?

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

What should buyers know?

Bizweni is served by schools within reach. 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 Bizweni safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. bizweni 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 Bizweni?

71st percentile

The median property value in Bizweni is R2.7M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Bizweni 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
R2,700,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+3.3% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
71st percentile
Dominant value band
2-2.5M
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 Bizweni?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R613 / month
7% below city median
Electricity
R1 242 / month
35% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R752Jan 2026: R613Feb 2026: R526
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 270Jan 2026: R1 242Feb 2026: R1 019

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Bizweni

↑ Increasing

Bizweni had 40 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 13 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
40
Annual average
13/yr
Avg project value
R523K

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 Bizweni?

1 school nearby

Bizweni has 1 school within reach. Schools include Bizweni Primary School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Bizweni will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Bizweni Primary School
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 166 learners
    PrivateQuintile 5School fees apply

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 Bizweni?

Low connectivity

Bizweni has 2 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 ›

Low connectivity
2 routes
7th percentile · 2 destinations
Sir lowrys pass town, Somerset west
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 Bizweni?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Bizweni in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 812 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
17th
Percentile
across Cape Town
33%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (5%)Power outage (5%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)E - Billing Invoices (4%)Reconnect (Non - Payment) (4%)
Service requests logged
812
Requests resolved
76% (615 of 812)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
19 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
808
Unresolved
24.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (42), Power outage (38), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (36)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Bizweni

6% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Bizweni averages R9 375 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R9 375
per account
6% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R8 115Apr 2026: R9 920May 2026: R9 375
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 672 051
Electricity
R1 383 413
Water
R627 237
Refuse
R203 890
Sewerage
R359 232
City-wide cleaning
R66 685
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 Bizweni?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.4 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 0.5 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 Bizweni is Somerset West, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Vergelegen, 0.5 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Vergelegen · 0.5 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space
Bizweni Park · 0.2 km

Fire station

1.8
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

4.6
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

Kalamunda553m · R2.8M
→
Olive Grove609m · R3.2M
→
Somerset West663m · R2.5M
→
Rome Glen692m · R3.8M
→
Martinville904m · R2.5M
→
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Heritage ParkOlive GroveRome GlenSomerset 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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