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Misty Cliffs

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

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

What's it like to live here?

Misty Cliffs is a neighbourhood in Cape Town, 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 Misty Cliffs, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Misty Cliffs. 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 Misty Cliffs safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. misty-cliffs makes up a very small share of the Simon's Town 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 Misty Cliffs?

97th percentile

The median property value in Misty Cliffs is R7.2M. Property values have grown by 3.3% per year since 2018.

A 3.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Misty Cliffs 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
R7,170,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+3.3% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
97th percentile
Dominant value band
5-6M
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 Misty Cliffs?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 776 / month
170% above city median
Electricity
R1 830 / month
4% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 776Jan 2026: R1 831Feb 2026: R1 244
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 044Jan 2026: R1 269Feb 2026: R1 830

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Misty Cliffs

↑ Increasing

Misty Cliffs 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
R1.6M

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 Misty Cliffs?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Misty Cliffs in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 165 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
34th
Percentile
across Cape Town
37%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (17%)Empty conservancy tank (13%)Water leak (10%)Broken leading (7%)Re-instatement (6%)
Service requests logged
165
Requests resolved
79% (130 of 165)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
18 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
3842.1 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
163
Unresolved
21.0%

Top issues: Power outage (27), Empty conservancy tank (21), Water leak (16)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Misty Cliffs

109% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Misty Cliffs averages R18 388 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R18 388
per account
109% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R19 414Apr 2026: R18 388May 2026: R17 805
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R729 929
Electricity
R34 064
Water
R214 731
Refuse
R23 049
Sewerage
R11 199
City-wide cleaning
R90 912
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 Misty Cliffs?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public
Red Hill Satellite · Community Day Centre · 4 km
Nearest private
Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 15.7 km
Public facilities
2
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Misty Cliffs is Simonstown, 5.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 13.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Red Hill Satellite, 4.0 km away.

Nearest clinic
Red Hill Satellite · 4 km
Nearest library
Ocean View · 4.1 km
Nearest park / open space
Aries Greenbelt · 3.11 km

Fire station

5.6
km to nearest
fire station
Simonstown
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

13.3
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
0
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Muizenberg 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

Scarborough2.0km · R3.6M
100
Ocean View4.0km · R590K
26
Cape Farms - District H4.6km · R19.1M
38
Simon's Town5.2km · R4.2M
47
Kommetjie5.5km · R3.7M
43
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Bordering suburbs

1 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Misty Cliffs. 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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