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Kanonberg

A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town relative to Cape Town.

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

What's it like to live here?

Kanonberg is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, 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 Kanonberg, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Kanonberg. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Kanonberg safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. kanonberg makes up a very small share of the Durbanville 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 Kanonberg?

96th percentile

The median property value in Kanonberg is R6.9M. Property values have declined by 2.1% per year since 2018.

The -2.1% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is consolidation, not distress. Pricing has held across multiple market cycles – buyers are entering a position that has proven sticky at high absolute levels.
Value band distribution – Kanonberg 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
R6,880,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
-2.1% per year→ Consolidating
City-wide value percentile
96th percentile
Dominant value band
7-8M
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 Kanonberg?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 881 / month
186% above city median
Electricity
R2 629 / month
38% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R2 613Jan 2026: R1 881Feb 2026: R1 524
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 648Jan 2026: R2 629Feb 2026: R2 092

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Kanonberg

↑ Increasing

Kanonberg 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
R167K

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 Kanonberg?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Kanonberg in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 340 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
30th
Percentile
across Cape Town
23%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (17%)Street lights out (12%)Water leak (6%)Broken leading (6%)Power outage (5%)
Service requests logged
340
Requests resolved
77% (261 of 340)
75% resolved within
6 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?
2349.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
336
Unresolved
24.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (56), Street lights out (38), Broken leading (19)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Kanonberg

18% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Kanonberg averages R7 184 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R7 184
per account
18% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R6 159Apr 2026: R8 546May 2026: R7 184
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R600 539
Electricity
R116 093
Water
R164 296
Refuse
R39 662
Sewerage
R73 649
City-wide cleaning
R61 874
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 Kanonberg?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Karl Bremmer Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 3.8 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Panorama · Private Hospital · 2.4 km
Public facilities
1
Private facilities
3

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

The nearest fire station to Kanonberg is Goodwood, 4.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Parow North Swimming Pool, 3.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Panorama, 2.4 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Panorama · 2.4 km
Nearest library
Tygervalley · 4 km
Nearest park / open space
Oude Westhof · 0.36 km

Fire station

4.9
km to nearest
fire station
Goodwood
fire service head office
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

3.7
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
10
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Parow North 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

Oude Westhof655m · R4.5M
50
Welgedacht890m · R6.6M
47
Baronetcy Estate1.3km · R8.4M
Van Riebeeckshof1.5km · R3.6M
49
Nieuw Maastrecht-21.5km
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Kanonberg. 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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