Eversdal Heights
A suburb with lower reported crime, among the highest property values in Cape Town, and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.
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The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Eversdal Heights 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 Eversdal Heights, 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?
Eversdal Heights is served by schools within reach, and matric results exceed the city average by a comfortable margin. 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 Eversdal Heights safe?
93rd percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 54 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 99+ / 100
- Contact crime rate
- 460,321 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 66 873
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 99+/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 99+/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Durbanville precinct, which covers Eversdal Heights and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Eversdal Heights?
The median property value in Eversdal Heights is R4.9M. Property values have grown by 2.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R4,930,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.3% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 93rd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-4.5M
- 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 Eversdal Heights?
Development activity in Eversdal Heights
Eversdal Heights had 25 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 8 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 25
- Annual average
- 8/yr
- Avg project value
- R354K
How are schools in Eversdal Heights?
Eversdal Heights has 1 school within reach. The area matric pass rate is 98.3%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Fairmont High School.
- Adjusted pass rate
- 98.3%
- City median: 90.0%
- Schools contributing
- 1
- 280 candidates
- Median quintile
- Q5
- Q4-Q5
- Q5Fairmont High SchoolQuintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Eversdal Heights?
Eversdal Heights has 11 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (87%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (87%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Eversdal Heights?
Eversdal Heights 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
- 98.5%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 100.0%
- Owner-occupied
- 55.0%
- Rented
- 16.3%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 0.0%
- Non-violent crime
- 6.8%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 37.6%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 51st percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 21.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R17
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 97.5%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 2.5%
- No access
- 0.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 0.0%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.2 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.4
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 72.4%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 97.5%
- Borehole access
- 5.3%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 16.1%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 4.8%
- WFH part-time
- 4.3%
8% of electricity connections in Eversdal Heights 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. 582 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
Read more: Cape Town household conditions 2026: what the survey data reveals
How responsive are municipal services in Eversdal Heights?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Eversdal Heights in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 698 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 698
- Requests resolved
- 76% (531 of 698)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 21 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1789.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 697
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Power outage (92), No supply (63), Sewerage overflow (34)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Eversdal Heights
Municipal debt in Eversdal Heights averages R15 715 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R914 106
- Electricity
- R282 714
- Water
- R319 968
- Refuse
- R157 266
- Sewerage
- R357 267
- City-wide cleaning
- R60 715
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Eversdal Heights?
Healthcare access
5 within 5km- Nearest public
- Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 2.5 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 3 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 Eversdal Heights is Durbanville, 2.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 2.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Durbanville Cdc/Clinic, 2.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Durbanville Cdc/Clinic · 2.5 km
- Nearest library
- Durbanville · 2.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Drakensteinweg Park · 0.42 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
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Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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.
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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Eversdal Heights, Cape Town