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Kalamunda

A suburb with above-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

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

What's it like to live here?

Kalamunda is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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 Kalamunda, 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 Kalamunda. 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 Kalamunda safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. kalamunda 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 Kalamunda?

73rd percentile

The median property value in Kalamunda is R2.8M. 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 – Kalamunda 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
R2,825,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.3% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
73rd percentile
Dominant value band
2-2.5M
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 Kalamunda?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R684 / month
4% above city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
R2 282 / month
20% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R792Jan 2026: R684Feb 2026: R651
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 026Jan 2026: R2 282Feb 2026: R3 134

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

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Kalamunda?

Limited connectivity

Kalamunda has 8 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 ›

Limited connectivity
8 routes
33rd percentile · 11 destinations
Drama street(somerset west), Hottentots holland hospital, Lourensford & vergelegen, Lourensford farm, Lourensford plaas, Lourensford(somerset west) +5 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 Kalamunda?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Kalamunda in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 204 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 Kalamunda residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
70th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Street lights out (26%)Burst pipe (9%)No supply (8%)Re-instatement (7%)Water leak (5%)
Service requests logged
204
Requests resolved
74% (150 of 204)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
13 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
1283.3 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
203
Unresolved
27.0%

Top issues: Street lights out (52), Burst pipe (17), No supply (17)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Kalamunda

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Kalamunda is R172K as of May 2026.

R172K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R64 996
Electricity
R52 787
Water
R24 607
Refuse
R9 247
Sewerage
R15 447
City-wide cleaning
R4 921
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 Kalamunda?

Well served

Healthcare access

6 within 5km
Nearest public
Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 0.7 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
2

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

The nearest fire station to Kalamunda is Somerset West, 1.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Vergelegen, 0.7 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Vergelegen · 0.7 km
Nearest library
Somerset West · 1 km
Nearest park / open space
Plein Street Park · 0.32 km

Fire station

1.6
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

4.8
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

Martinville368m · R2.5M
Somerset West410m · R2.5M
Bizweni553m · R2.7M
Roundhay746m · R2.8M
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Bene Township961m · R3.5M
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Bordering suburbs

2 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Kalamunda. 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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