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Buh-Rein Estate

A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Buh-Rein Estate
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Buh-Rein Estate safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. buh-rein-estate makes up a very small share of the Kraaifontein 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 Buh-Rein Estate?

47th percentile

The median property value in Buh-Rein Estate is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 1.7% per year since 2018.

A 1.7% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Buh-Rein Estate 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
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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Buh-Rein Estate?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R7 529 / month
1044% above city median
Electricity
No billing data available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R8 192Jan 2026: R7 529Feb 2026: R6 392

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Buh-Rein Estate

↑ Increasing

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

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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Buh-Rein Estate?

Highly responsive

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.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Buh-Rein Estate 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
32%
Resolved
same day
Ownership Details (9%)Single street light out (6%)Sectional Title Final Accounts (6%)E - Billing Invoices (5%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)
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
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
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 FINANCE

Municipal debt in Buh-Rein Estate

1210% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Buh-Rein Estate averages R115 441 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R115 441
per account
1210% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R114 385Apr 2026: R123 089May 2026: R115 441
Breakdown as of May 2026
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

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 Buh-Rein Estate?

Well served

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

2.4
km to nearest
fire station
Kraaifontein
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

5.7
km to nearest
public pool
0
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

Viking Village883m · R1.6M
Goliath Estate1.1km · R1.7M
Kraaifontein1.2km · R2M
26
Joostenbergvlakte Smallholdings1.5km · R2.9M
Bonnie Brae1.6km · R1.4M
46
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Bordering suburbs

2 adjacent

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

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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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