Skip to main content

Brentwood Park - Durbanville

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

Neighbourhood data for Brentwood Park - Durbanville
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Brentwood Park - Durbanville is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, 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. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Brentwood Park - Durbanville, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Brentwood Park - Durbanville. 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 Brentwood Park - Durbanville safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. brentwood-park-durbanville makes up a very small share of the Durbanville 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 Brentwood Park - Durbanville?

73rd percentile

The median property value in Brentwood Park - Durbanville is R2.9M. Property values have declined by 0.6% per year since 2018.

The -0.6% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is consolidation, not distress. Pricing has held across multiple market cycles – buyers are entering a position that has proven sticky at high absolute levels.
Value band distribution – Brentwood Park - Durbanville 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
R2,875,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
-0.6% per year→ Consolidating
City-wide value percentile
73rd percentile
Dominant value band
2.5-3M
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 Brentwood Park - Durbanville?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 249 / month
90% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
R1 835 / month
3% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 621Jan 2026: R1 191Feb 2026: R1 249
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 835Jan 2026: R2 002Feb 2026: R1 519

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Brentwood Park - Durbanville

↑ Increasing

Brentwood Park - Durbanville had 3 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
3
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R347K

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 Brentwood Park - Durbanville?

Private vehicle dominant

Brentwood Park - Durbanville has 23 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (95%).

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
23 routes
65th percentile · 17 destinations
Bellville, Bloekombos, Brackenfell station, Brentwood park, Durbanville, Durbanville(zand dam plaas) +11 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Brentwood Park - Durbanville needs a car. The 95% 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
95%
Walking
5%
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 (95%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Brentwood Park - Durbanville?

Full municipal services

Brentwood Park - Durbanville has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Durbanville survey group (44 households). direct.

› High digital connectivity: 92% of households have home internet access.› Violent crime victimisation reported by 12% of households (distinct from SAPS-reported statistics).

Access to basic services

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

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
54.0%
Rented
26.5%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

14risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
1.7%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
11.9%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
11.9%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Affluent, significant discretionary income · 6th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
5.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R6
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
91.6%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
7.3%
No access
1.2%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
2.9%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.0%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
2.9%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.9 people
Avg children per household
0.5

Asset ownership

Computer access
92.6%
Fridge ownership
98.5%
Property ownership
4.7%
Geyser ownership
84.7%
Borehole access
4.4%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
11.1%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
5.3%
WFH part-time
1.1%

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

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Brentwood Park - Durbanville?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Brentwood Park - Durbanville in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 98 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 Brentwood Park - Durbanville residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
57th
Percentile
across Cape Town
35%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (9%)Run to waste (8%)Damaged Recycling Bin - 130L (8%)Damaged Bin - 240L (7%)No water 20mm and below (5%)
Service requests logged
98
Requests resolved
82% (80 of 98)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
13 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

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
90
Unresolved
20.0%

Top issues: Run to waste (8), Damaged Recycling Bin - 130L (7), Damaged Bin - 240L (7)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Brentwood Park - Durbanville

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Brentwood Park - Durbanville is R93K as of May 2026.

R93K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R35 015
Electricity
R19 330
Water
R20 005
Refuse
R4 941
Sewerage
R10 858
City-wide cleaning
R2 879
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 Brentwood Park - Durbanville?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public
Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 2 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 1.5 km
Public facilities
1
Private facilities
2

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

The nearest fire station to Brentwood Park - Durbanville is Durbanville, 2.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 1.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Durbanville, 1.5 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Durbanville · 1.5 km
Nearest library
Durbanville · 2.5 km
Nearest park / open space
Boland Weg Park · 0.3 km

Fire station

2.5
km to nearest
fire station
Durbanville
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1.8
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Morning Star 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

Durmonte498m · R1.8M
44
Vierlanden562m · R3.6M
46
Wellway Park996m · R3.5M
Ruitershoogte1.0km · R4.3M
Proteaville1.0km · R3.8M
Explore surrounding areas

Bordering suburbs

2 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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 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.

Spot an error or have a correction? Email [email protected].

Building on this data? Access all 744 suburbs via the free REST API or explore commercial access.

This map is available on desktop browsers. For assistance interpreting location data, email usor visit the data sources page.

Brentwood Park - Durbanville, Cape Town

Open StreetSignal map ›View on Google Maps ›