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Burgundy

A suburb with above-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Burgundy
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Burgundy is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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 Burgundy, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Burgundy is served by schools within reach. 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 Burgundy safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. burgundy makes up a very small share of the Brackenfell 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 Burgundy?

67th percentile

The median property value in Burgundy is R2.5M. Property values have grown by 4.6% per year since 2018.

A 4.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Burgundy 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
R2,500,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+4.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
67th percentile
Dominant value band
1.5-2M
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 Burgundy?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 115 / month
69% above city median
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 138Jan 2026: R1 115Feb 2026: R862

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Burgundy

↓ Decreasing

Burgundy had 97 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 32 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
97
Annual average
32/yr
Avg project value
R205K

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 Burgundy?

1 school nearby

Burgundy has 1 school within reach. Schools include Curro Brackenfell.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Burgundy will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Curro Brackenfell
    Independent · Grades R–12 · 680 learners · 14.5:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size

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 Burgundy?

Private vehicle dominant

The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (67%).

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Burgundy – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
67%
Walking
12%
MyCiTi bus
14%
Minibus taxi
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 (67%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Burgundy?

Full municipal services

Burgundy 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, Milnerton survey group (59 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,101) is 2.4× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 90% of households have home internet access.› 10% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
94.8%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
45.5%
Rented
40.7%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

28risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
10.4%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.9%
Non-violent crime
8.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

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 – Fibre-connected suburb

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 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Milnerton. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Energy access
1%
Free basic electricity
5.6%
City median

1% of electricity connections in Burgundy receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.

Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 1,372 connections.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Burgundy?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Burgundy in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,246 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 Burgundy 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
28%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (7%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (6%)Power outage (6%)Broken leading (5%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged
1 246
Requests resolved
80% (998 of 1 246)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
26 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
1 242
Unresolved
20.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (87), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (80), Power outage (78)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Burgundy

21% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Burgundy averages R6 979 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R6 979
per account
21% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R5 771Apr 2026: R6 979May 2026: R9 027
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 911 099
Electricity
R1 728 712
Water
R603 664
Refuse
R349 781
Sewerage
R369 492
City-wide cleaning
R101 143
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 Burgundy?

Well served

Healthcare access

8 within 5km
Nearest public
Brackenfell Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.6 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.4 km
Public facilities
7
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Burgundy is Brackenfell, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 4.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 2.4 km away.

Nearest clinic
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 2.4 km
Nearest library
Brackenfell · 2.6 km
Nearest park / open space
Woudenberg Park · 0.13 km

Fire station

3
km to nearest
fire station
Brackenfell
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.9
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
8
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Bellville South 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

Sonkring476m · R2.7M
99
Kaapsig839m · R1.5M
De Oude Spruit920m · R2.4M
100
Annandale1.1km · R2.2M
100
Soneike Ii1.5km · R1.9M
43
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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 SADBE SchoolsCCT 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.

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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