Buh-Rein Estate
A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Buh-Rein Estate is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Buh-Rein Estate, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Buh-Rein Estate. 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.
Is Buh-Rein Estate safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Buh-Rein Estate?
The median property value in Buh-Rein Estate is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 1.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,680,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +1.7% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 47th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 800k-1M
- 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 Buh-Rein Estate?
Development activity in Buh-Rein Estate
Buh-Rein Estate had 44 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 15 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 44
- Annual average
- 15/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.3M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Buh-Rein Estate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Buh-Rein Estate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 703 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 703
- Requests resolved
- 87% (610 of 703)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 697
- Unresolved
- 13.0%
Top issues: Ownership Details (62), Single street light out (43), Sectional Title Final Accounts (40)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Buh-Rein Estate
Municipal debt in Buh-Rein Estate averages R115 441 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R6 589 991
- Electricity
- R2 200 415
- Water
- R599 987
- Refuse
- R511 713
- Sewerage
- R461 589
- City-wide cleaning
- R141 439
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Buh-Rein Estate?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Brighton Street Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.3 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 3.3 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Buh-Rein Estate is Kraaifontein, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 5.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Brighton Street Clinic, 2.3 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Brighton Street Clinic · 2.3 km
- Nearest library
- Kraaifontein · 2.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Olympus Park · 0.8 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Morning Star Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Related articles
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | 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).
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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Buh-Rein Estate, Cape Town