Highlands Village
A suburb with below-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Highlands Village is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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 Highlands Village, crime levels are stable 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 Highlands Village. 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 Highlands Village safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Highlands Village?
The median property value in Highlands Village is R740K. Property values have grown by 4.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R740,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +4.7% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 23rd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Highlands Village?
Development activity in Highlands Village
Highlands Village had 9 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 9
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R296K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Highlands Village?
Highlands Village has 18 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.
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 Highlands Village?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Highlands Village in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 621 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 621
- Requests resolved
- 81% (502 of 621)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 10 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 620
- Unresolved
- 19.0%
Top issues: Power outage (72), Single street light out (54), Customer : Reconnection Request (46)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Highlands Village
Municipal debt in Highlands Village averages R10 568 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R454 918
- Electricity
- R785 713
- Water
- R1 194 905
- Refuse
- R459 079
- Sewerage
- R478 326
- City-wide cleaning
- R8 673
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Highlands Village?
Healthcare access
14 within 5km- Nearest public
- Weltevreden Valley Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.8 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 3.7 km
- Public facilities
- 13
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Highlands Village is Mitchells Plain, 1.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Lentegeur Swimming Pool, 1.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Weltevreden Valley Clinic, 1.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Weltevreden Valley Clinic · 1.8 km
- Nearest library
- Weltevreden · 1.8 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Oakbury Park · 0.14 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Lentegeur Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Highlands Village. 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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Highlands Village, Cape Town