Martinville
A suburb with above-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Martinville 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. There are several places of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Martinville, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
Martinville is served by schools within reach. 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 Martinville safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Martinville?
The median property value in Martinville is R2.5M. Property values have grown by 2.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R2,470,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.9% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 67th 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
What do utilities cost in Martinville?
Development activity in Martinville
Martinville had 25 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 8 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 25
- Annual average
- 8/yr
- Avg project value
- R459K
How are schools in Martinville?
Martinville has 1 school within reach. Schools include The Honeybush Collective (Pty) Ltd.
- INDThe Honeybush Collective (Pty) LtdPrivateFavourable class size
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Martinville?
Martinville has 8 minibus taxi routes.
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 Martinville?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Martinville in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,921 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 921
- Requests resolved
- 72% (1 381 of 1 921)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 15 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 19977.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 919
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Power outage (200), Sewerage overflow (190), Water leak (102)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Martinville
Municipal debt in Martinville averages R7 543 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 011 715
- Electricity
- R1 379 762
- Water
- R705 823
- Refuse
- R197 425
- Sewerage
- R350 224
- City-wide cleaning
- R58 541
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Martinville?
Healthcare access
6 within 5km- Nearest public
- Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 0.6 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 1 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 Martinville is Somerset West, 1.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 5.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 0.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Helderberg Hospital · 0.6 km
- Nearest library
- Somerset West · 1.1 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Plein Street Park · 0.14 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Martinville. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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).
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.
Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Martinville, Cape Town