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Gordons Strand Estate

Neighbourhood data for Gordons Strand Estate
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Gordons Strand Estate is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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 Gordons Strand 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?

Gordons Strand Estate is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Gordons Strand Estate safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. gordons-strand-estate makes up a very small share of the Gordons Bay 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 Gordons Strand Estate?

51st percentile

The median property value in Gordons Strand Estate is R1.8M. Property values have grown by 4.0% per year since 2018.

A 4.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Gordons Strand Estate 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
R1,800,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+4.0% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
51st 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Gordons Strand Estate?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R686 / month
4% above city median
Electricity
R1 881 / month
1% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R781Jan 2026: R686Feb 2026: R612
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R1 925Jan 2026: R1 682Feb 2026: R1 881

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Gordons Strand Estate

↓ Decreasing

Gordons Strand Estate had 9 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
9
Annual average
3/yr
Avg project value
R153K

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 Gordons Strand Estate?

1 school nearby

Gordons Strand Estate has 1 school within reach. Schools include Gordon's Bay College.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Gordons Strand Estate will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Gordon's Bay College
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 1 learners
    Private

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 Gordons Strand Estate?

Private vehicle dominant

Gordons Strand Estate has 7 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Limited connectivity
7 routes
31st percentile · 7 destinations
Gordons bay, Koggelbaai, Lwandle, Somerset mall,somerset west, Somerset west, Strand +1 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Gordons Strand Estate needs a car. The 84% 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
84%
Walking
9%
Minibus taxi
6%
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 (84%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Gordons Strand Estate?

Full municipal services

Gordons Strand Estate has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 99% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Gordons Bay survey group (39 households). direct.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R3,306) is 2.0× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 83% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
99.0%
Flush toilet
99.0%
Weekly refuse
97.3%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

99City median: 68
Formal dwellings
99.0%
Owner-occupied
63.0%
Rented
25.3%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

20risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
4.3%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
1.7%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
32.3%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 67th percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
23.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R406
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
82.8%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
13.8%
No access
1.7%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
2.8%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
2.8%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
7.6%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.5 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
67.1%
Fridge ownership
93.7%
Property ownership
1.7%
Geyser ownership
75.0%
Borehole access
4.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
13.1%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH part-time
4.3%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Gordons Bay. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Gordons Strand Estate?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Gordons Strand Estate in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 816 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
27th
Percentile
across Cape Town
30%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (22%)Single street light out (10%)Power outage (4%)Stolen Bins - 240L (4%)Street lights out (3%)
Service requests logged
816
Requests resolved
81% (665 of 816)
75% resolved within
7 days
90% resolved within
22 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
815
Unresolved
18.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (178), Single street light out (82), Power outage (36)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Gordons Strand Estate

11% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Gordons Strand Estate averages R7 853 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R7 853
per account
11% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R6 683Apr 2026: R10 397May 2026: R7 853
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R622 870
Electricity
R619 570
Water
R274 950
Refuse
R119 825
Sewerage
R145 729
City-wide cleaning
R15 493
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 Gordons Strand Estate?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public
Gustrouw Clinic · Clinic · 1.6 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 4.3 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Gordons Strand Estate is Strand, 3.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Gustrouw Clinic, 1.6 km away.

Nearest clinic
Gustrouw Clinic · 1.6 km
Nearest library
Gordon'S Bay · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space
Ambleside Road Park · 0.36 km

Fire station

3.7
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.2
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand 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

Onverwacht - Gordon's Bay396m · R1.4M
100
Antilles/Cayman Beach680m · R2.7M
Gordons Bay717m · R1.6M
51
Dobson828m · R1.9M
100
Southfork1.0km · R1.5M
50
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Bordering suburbs

7 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Gordons Strand Estate. 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 | 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).

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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Gordons Strand Estate, Cape Town

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