Jacarandas
A suburb with responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Jacarandas is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Jacarandas, 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 Jacarandas. 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.
Is Jacarandas safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Jacarandas?
Planned development
25 hectares of land in Jacarandas are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (25ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Jacarandas is R1.9M. Property values have grown by 2.5% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,870,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.5% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 53rd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1.5-2M
- 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 Jacarandas?
Development activity in Jacarandas
Jacarandas had 88 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 29 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 88
- Annual average
- 29/yr
- Avg project value
- R646K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Jacarandas?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Jacarandas in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,151 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 151
- Requests resolved
- 80% (923 of 1 151)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 19 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 142
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (122), Residential Bin Application - 240L (80), Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (70)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Jacarandas
Municipal debt in Jacarandas averages R5 986 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R2 030 245
- Electricity
- R265 298
- Water
- R529 553
- Refuse
- R174 733
- Sewerage
- R313 015
- City-wide cleaning
- R81 311
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Jacarandas?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.1 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 3 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 Jacarandas is Kuilsriver, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 6.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 2.1 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kuilsriver Clinic · 2.1 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 2.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Helderandt Park · 0.12 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Jacarandas. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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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Jacarandas, Cape Town