Burgundy Estate
A suburb with above-average property values, strong school performance, and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Burgundy Estate 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Burgundy Estate, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Burgundy Estate is served by schools within reach, and matric results are broadly in line with the city average. 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 Burgundy Estate safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Burgundy Estate?
The median property value in Burgundy Estate is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 3.2% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,390,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.2% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 65th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Burgundy Estate?
Development activity in Burgundy Estate
Burgundy Estate had 212 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 71 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 212
- Annual average
- 71/yr
- Avg project value
- R2.0M
How are schools in Burgundy Estate?
Burgundy Estate has 2 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 91.2%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Curro Burgundy.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 91.2%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 13 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q5
- Q4-Q5
- INDCurro BurgundyPrivateFavourable class size
- INDRiverside CollegePrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
Read more: Cape Town schools and education data 2026
How connected is Burgundy Estate?
Burgundy Estate has 2 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (67%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (67%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Burgundy Estate?
Burgundy Estate has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 100.0%
- Flush toilet
- 94.8%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 45.5%
- Rented
- 40.7%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 10.4%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.9%
- Non-violent crime
- 8.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 30.6%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 71st percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 14.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R958
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 90.2%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 4.6%
- No access
- 5.2%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.9%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.9%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 1.5%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.2 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.7
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 72.2%
- Fridge ownership
- 94.8%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 93.6%
- Borehole access
- 15.2%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 25.4%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 3.0%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Burgundy Estate?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Burgundy Estate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,333 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 333
- Requests resolved
- 82% (1 088 of 1 333)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 320
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (147), Power outage (97), Damaged Bin - 240L (66)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Burgundy Estate
Municipal debt in Burgundy Estate averages R75 455 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R9 631 276
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R2 563 866
- Refuse
- R1 955 186
- Sewerage
- R1 833 821
- City-wide cleaning
- R314 055
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Burgundy Estate?
Healthcare access
5 within 5km- Nearest public
- Bothasig Clinic · Clinic · 2.1 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Panorama · Private Hospital · 4.7 km
- Public facilities
- 3
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Burgundy Estate is Milnerton, 3.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 6.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Bothasig Clinic, 2.1 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Bothasig Clinic · 2.1 km
- Nearest library
- Bothasig · 2.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Rustenberg Park · 0.85 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Parow North Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Burgundy Estate. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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.
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 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.
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Burgundy Estate, Cape Town