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.
The neighbourhood
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.
Is Heartland Historic Precinct safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Heartland Historic Precinct?
The median property value in Heartland Historic Precinct is R4.6M. Property values have grown by 1.1% per year since 2018.
- 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
What do utilities cost in Heartland Historic Precinct?
Development activity in Heartland Historic Precinct
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
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Heartland Historic Precinct?
Heartland Historic Precinct has 10 minibus taxi routes.
Taxi connectivity
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
How responsive are municipal services in Heartland Historic Precinct?
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.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- 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
Complaints & top issues
- 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 debt in Heartland Historic Precinct
Total outstanding municipal debt in Heartland Historic Precinct is R3.3M 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
What services are near Heartland Historic Precinct?
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
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Bordering suburbs
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).
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