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Clara Anna Fontein

A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Clara Anna Fontein
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property3-3.5MTop 3%Healthcare2 facilitieswithin 5 kmCouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolution

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Clara Anna Fontein is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile 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 Clara Anna Fontein, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Clara Anna Fontein. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Clara Anna Fontein safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. clara-anna-fontein 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 Clara Anna Fontein?

97th percentile

The median property value in Clara Anna Fontein is R7.8M. Property values have grown by 5.6% per year since 2018.

A 5.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Clara Anna Fontein 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
R7,760,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
97th percentile
Dominant value band
3-3.5M
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Clara Anna Fontein?

Utility billing data is not available for Clara Anna Fontein. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Clara Anna Fontein

↓ Decreasing

Clara Anna Fontein had 129 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 43 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
129
Annual average
43/yr
Avg project value
R1.6M

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 Clara Anna Fontein?

Private vehicle dominant

The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (95%).

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Clara Anna Fontein 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 Clara Anna Fontein?

Full municipal services

Clara Anna Fontein 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). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› 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. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Clara Anna Fontein?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Clara Anna Fontein in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 266 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
20th
Percentile
across Cape Town
17%
Resolved
same day
Residential Bin Application - 240L (18%)Recycling Bin Application Form (12%)Damaged Bin - 240L (11%)Damaged Recycling Bin - 130L (6%)E - Billing Invoices (5%)
Service requests logged
266
Requests resolved
83% (222 of 266)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
7 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
266
Unresolved
17.0%

Top issues: Residential Bin Application - 240L (49), Recycling Bin Application Form (31), Damaged Bin - 240L (29)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Clara Anna Fontein

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Clara Anna Fontein is R5.7M as of May 2026.

R5.7M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R2 559 254
Electricity
R1 312 568
Water
R902 271
Refuse
R132 564
Sewerage
R522 598
City-wide cleaning
R318 672
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 Clara Anna Fontein?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public
Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 2.6 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 2.4 km
Public facilities
1
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Clara Anna Fontein is Durbanville, 2.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 2.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Durbanville, 2.4 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Durbanville · 2.4 km
Nearest library
Durbanville · 1.9 km
Nearest park / open space
Vissershokweg Pos · 0.73 km

Fire station

2.7
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

2.7
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
3
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

Wairoa900m · R3.7M
→
D'Urbanvale933m · R2.5M
48→
Westerdale1.3km
→
Aurora1.4km · R3.7M
48→
Nerina1.5km · R3.2M
→
Similar safety & property profile

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25→
TamboerskloofR2.5-3M
37→
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

AuroraCape Farms District CDurbanvaleWesterdale

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

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