Greenville Garden City
A suburb with more affordable property values relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Greenville Garden City is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Greenville Garden City, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Greenville Garden City is served by schools within reach. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has a healthcare facility within reach.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Greenville Garden City safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Greenville Garden City?
Planned development
698 hectares of land in Greenville Garden City are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (698ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Greenville Garden City is R250K. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R250,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 5th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-400k
- 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 Greenville Garden City?
Development activity in Greenville Garden City
Greenville Garden City had 890 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 297 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 890
- Annual average
- 297/yr
- Avg project value
- R267K
97% social housing97% of recent building plans in Greenville Garden City were for RDP or low-cost housing projects.
How are schools in Greenville Garden City?
Greenville Garden City has 2 schools within reach. Schools include Fisantekraal Primary School.
- Q1Fisantekraal Primary SchoolNo-fee school
- Q1Aquila High SchoolNo-fee schoolFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Greenville Garden City?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Greenville Garden City in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,573 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 2 573
- Requests resolved
- 82% (2 102 of 2 573)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 2 563
- Unresolved
- 18.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (344), Stolen Bins - 240L (264), Street lights out (249)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Greenville Garden City
Municipal debt in Greenville Garden City averages R606 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R733 229
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R513 340
- Refuse
- R145 146
- Sewerage
- R271 114
- City-wide cleaning
- R111 851
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Greenville Garden City?
Healthcare access
1 within 5km- Nearest public
- Fisantekraal Clinic · Clinic · 1.5 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 7.4 km
- Public facilities
- 1
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Greenville Garden City is Kraaifontein, 6.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 8.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Fisantekraal Clinic, 1.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Fisantekraal Clinic · 1.5 km
- Nearest library
- Fisantekraal · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Naartjie Street Park · 0.89 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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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Greenville Garden City. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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).
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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Greenville Garden City, Cape Town