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Heartland Historic Precinct

A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Heartland Historic Precinct
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Heartland Historic Precinct is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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.

How is the area changing?

In Heartland Historic Precinct, crime is declining 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 Heartland Historic Precinct. 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Heartland Historic Precinct safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. heartland-historic-precinct makes up a very small share of the Somerset West 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 Heartland Historic Precinct?

91st percentile

The median property value in Heartland Historic Precinct is R4.6M. Property values have grown by 1.1% per year since 2018.

A 1.1% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Heartland Historic Precinct 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
R4,600,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+1.1% per year
City-wide value percentile
91st percentile
Dominant value band
2.5-3M
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 Heartland Historic Precinct?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R24 301 / month
3591% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R25 484Jan 2026: R24 301Feb 2026: R18 781

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Heartland Historic Precinct

↑ Increasing

Heartland Historic Precinct had 14 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
14
Annual average
5/yr
Avg project value
R3.6M

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 Heartland Historic Precinct?

Moderate connectivity

Heartland Historic Precinct has 10 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Moderate connectivity
10 routes
40th percentile · 10 destinations
Advanced medical technology(somerset west), Ae & ci strand, Firgrove, Gordons bay, Macassar, Somerset mall,somerset west +4 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Heartland Historic Precinct?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Heartland Historic Precinct in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 112 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Heartland Historic Precinct residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
67th
Percentile
across Cape Town
44%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (10%)Sectional Title Final Accounts (10%)Reconnect (Non - Payment) (8%)Power outage (7%)Ownership Details (6%)
Service requests logged
112
Requests resolved
77% (86 of 112)
75% resolved within
2 days
90% resolved within
4 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
112
Unresolved
23.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (11), Sectional Title Final Accounts (11), Reconnect (Non - Payment) (9)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Heartland Historic Precinct

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Heartland Historic Precinct is R3.3M as of May 2026.

R3.3M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R3 691 565
Electricity
R107 456
Water
-R363 176 (credit)
Refuse
R54 952
Sewerage
-R273 452 (credit)
City-wide cleaning
R61 754
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 Heartland Historic Precinct?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public
Fagan Street Clinic · Community Day Centre · 3.1 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 3.3 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 Heartland Historic Precinct is Somerset West, 2.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 3.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Fagan Street Clinic, 3.1 km away.

Nearest clinic
Fagan Street Clinic · 3.1 km
Nearest library
Strand · 3 km
Nearest park / open space
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary · 0.96 km

Fire station

2.7
km to nearest
fire station
Somerset West
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

3.4
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

Heartland Beach Road Precinct423m
De Velde699m
Strand Golf Club837m
Mall Triangle1.2km
Lourensia Park1.2km · R390K
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Heartland Historic Precinct. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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Heartland Historic Precinct, Cape Town

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