Durbell
A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Durbell 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 Durbell, 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?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Durbell. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Durbell safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Durbell?
The median property value in Durbell is R3.7M. Property values have grown by 1.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R3,670,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +1.9% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 85th 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
What do utilities cost in Durbell?
Development activity in Durbell
Durbell had 6 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 6
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.2M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Durbell?
Durbell has 11 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (95%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (95%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Durbell?
Durbell 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
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 54.0%
- Rented
- 26.5%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 1.7%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 11.9%
- Non-violent crime
- 0.0%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 11.9%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Affluent, significant discretionary income · 8th 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
- 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 household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Durbell?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Durbell in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 385 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 385
- Requests resolved
- 82% (315 of 385)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 4262.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 385
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Power outage (76), Street lights out (44), Sewerage overflow (32)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Durbell
Municipal debt in Durbell averages R7 452 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R226 123
- Electricity
- R405 173
- Water
- R184 346
- Refuse
- R22 319
- Sewerage
- R66 790
- City-wide cleaning
- R20 635
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Durbell?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 3 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 3.5 km
- Public facilities
- 3
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Durbell is Durbanville, 2.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 3.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Durbanville Cdc/Clinic, 3.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Durbanville Cdc/Clinic · 3 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 2.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Hillrise Crescent Park · 0.2 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
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Durbell. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity 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 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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Durbell, Cape Town