Macassar Beach
A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Macassar Beach is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In Macassar Beach, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Macassar Beach. 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 Macassar Beach safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Macassar Beach?
The median property value in Macassar Beach is R950K. Property values have grown by 19.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R950,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +19.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 30th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 0-200k
- 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 Macassar Beach?
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Macassar Beach?
The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (44%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (44%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Macassar Beach?
Macassar Beach has a service delivery index of 95 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 67% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 29.2%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 22.9%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 27.4%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 88.3%
- Flush toilet
- 95.5%
- Weekly refuse
- 95.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 67.3%
- Owner-occupied
- 51.6%
- Rented
- 9.8%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.8%
- Fire risk
- 5.9%
- Violent crime
- 1.8%
- Non-violent crime
- 1.8%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 52.1%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 18th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 2
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 66.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R157
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 35.8%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 44.0%
- No access
- 14.8%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.5 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.7
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 25.1%
- Fridge ownership
- 91.9%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 19.7%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 21.1%
- of households operate a home-based business
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Macassar Beach?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Macassar Beach in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 141 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 141
- Requests resolved
- 84% (119 of 141)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 25 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 527.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 139
- Unresolved
- 16.0%
Top issues: Power outage (55), Empty conservancy tank (20), No water 20mm and below (8)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Macassar Beach
Total outstanding municipal debt in Macassar Beach is R118K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R23 656
- Electricity
- R19 044
- Water
- R54 434
- Refuse
- R18 267
- Sewerage
- R0
- City-wide cleaning
- R2 216
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Macassar Beach?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 2.1 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 9.6 km
- Public facilities
- 4
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Macassar Beach is Macassar, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 7.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 2.1 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Macassar Clinic · 2.1 km
- Nearest library
- Macassar · 2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Carnation Greenbelt · 1.38 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Khayelitsha Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Macassar Beach. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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 Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Macassar Beach, Cape Town