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Helderrant

A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Helderrant
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Helderrant 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 Helderrant, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Helderrant. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Helderrant safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. helderrant 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 Helderrant?

89th percentile

The median property value in Helderrant is R4.3M. Property values have grown by 5.3% per year since 2018.

A 5.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Helderrant 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
R4,300,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.3% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
89th percentile
Dominant value band
3-3.5M
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 Helderrant?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 492 / month
127% above city median
Electricity
R2 267 / month
19% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 786Jan 2026: R1 492Feb 2026: R1 192
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 073Jan 2026: R2 267Feb 2026: R2 420

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Helderrant

↑ Increasing

Helderrant had 15 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
15
Annual average
5/yr
Avg project value
R606K

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 RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Helderrant?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Helderrant in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 650 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 Helderrant residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
68th
Percentile
across Cape Town
31%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (21%)Power outage (11%)No supply (11%)No water 20mm and below (7%)Burst pipe (5%)
Service requests logged
650
Requests resolved
73% (476 of 650)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
21 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
648
Unresolved
27.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (139), Power outage (71), No supply (70)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Helderrant

8% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Helderrant averages R8 114 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R8 114
per account
8% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R8 114Apr 2026: R8 735May 2026: R7 080
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R417 567
Electricity
R210 754
Water
R165 569
Refuse
R30 145
Sewerage
R94 217
City-wide cleaning
R44 664
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 Helderrant?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public
Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.5 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 3.1 km
Public facilities
2
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Helderrant is Somerset West, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 6.9 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 1.5 km away.

Nearest clinic
Helderberg Hospital · 1.5 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 2.6 km
Nearest park / open space
Hamerkop Park · 0.06 km

Fire station

3
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

6.9
km to nearest
public pool
0
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

La Sandra554m · R4.8M
World's View - Somerset West603m · R4.7M
Golden Hill Ext 1631m · R4.8M
Parelvallei Kleinhoewes656m · R5.7M
Parel Vallei855m · R4M
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Helderrant. 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 | 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 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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