Mission Grounds
A suburb with below-average property values and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Mission Grounds is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Mission Grounds, 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 Mission Grounds. 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.
Is Mission Grounds safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Mission Grounds?
The median property value in Mission Grounds is R745K. Property values have grown by 5.1% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R745,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.1% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 24th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 Mission Grounds?
Development activity in Mission Grounds
Mission Grounds had 10 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 10
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R1.0M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Mission Grounds?
Mission Grounds has 20 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 Mission Grounds?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Mission Grounds in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 906 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 906
- Requests resolved
- 76% (686 of 906)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 17 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 904
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Street lights out (148), Sewerage overflow (137), Single street light out (51)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Mission Grounds
Municipal debt in Mission Grounds averages R18 603 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 499 576
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R1 939 194
- Refuse
- R658 674
- Sewerage
- R933 673
- City-wide cleaning
- R56 067
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Mission Grounds?
Healthcare access
4 within 5km- Nearest public
- Sir Lowrys Pass CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.5 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 5.3 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 Mission Grounds is Sir Lowrys Pass, 2.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 6.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc, 0.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc · 0.5 km
- Nearest library
- Sir Lowry'S Pass · 0.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Sir Lowry's Pass Greenbelt · 0.01 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
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Mission Grounds. 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 | 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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Mission Grounds, Cape Town