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Montague Gardens

A suburb with well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Montague Gardens
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Healthcare5 facilitiesmoderate accessCouncilAbove avg complaints4d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coveragewell-connected area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Montague Gardens is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Montague Gardens, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Montague Gardens. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.

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 Montague Gardens safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. montague-gardens makes up a very small share of the Milnerton 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 Montague Gardens?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Montague Gardens?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R178 / month
73% below city median
Based on a small number of accounts
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R353Jan 2026: R72Feb 2026: R178

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Montague Gardens

↓ Decreasing

Montague Gardens had 67 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 22 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
67
Annual average
22/yr
Avg project value
R2.7M

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 COMMUTERS

How connected is Montague Gardens?

Private vehicle dominant

Montague Gardens has 77 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (67%).

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Well connected
77 routes
95th percentile · 59 destinations · CBD-connected
Atlantis, Atlantis(wesfleur), Bellville, Bothasig, Cape town, Cape town (station deck) +53 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

A mixed transport profile. Multiple modes serve Montague Gardens – consider proximity to work when evaluating.
Private vehicle
67%
Walking
12%
MyCiTi bus
14%
Minibus taxi
5%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Private vehicle (67%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Montague Gardens?

Full municipal services

Montague Gardens has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Milnerton survey group (59 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,101) is 2.4× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 90% of households have home internet access.› 10% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
94.8%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
45.5%
Rented
40.7%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

28risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
10.4%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.9%
Non-violent crime
8.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
30.6%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 71st percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
14.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R958
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
90.2%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
4.6%
No access
5.2%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.9%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.9%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
1.5%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.2 people
Avg children per household
0.7

Asset ownership

Computer access
72.2%
Fridge ownership
94.8%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
93.6%
Borehole access
15.2%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
25.4%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
3.0%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Milnerton. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Montague Gardens?

Moderate

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Montague Gardens in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,094 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 4-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
4
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
5th
Percentile
across Cape Town
19%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (13%)Sewerage overflow (10%)Street lights out (7%)Power outage (5%)Water leak (4%)
Service requests logged
2 094
Requests resolved
77% (1 618 of 2 094)
75% resolved within
10 days
90% resolved within
20 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
1043500.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
2 087
Unresolved
23.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (276), Sewerage overflow (211), Street lights out (154)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Montague Gardens

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Montague Gardens is R15.8M as of May 2026.

R15.8M
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R7 566 649
Electricity
-R4 954 (credit)
Water
R4 402 234
Refuse
R681 919
Sewerage
R3 103 950
City-wide cleaning
R234
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 Montague Gardens?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public
Bothasig Clinic · Clinic · 1.7 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Milnerton · Private Hospital · 1.5 km
Public facilities
2
Private facilities
3

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

The nearest fire station to Montague Gardens is Milnerton, 1.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Goodwood Swimming Pool, 5.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Milnerton, 1.5 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Milnerton · 1.5 km
Nearest library
Bothasig · 1.9 km
Nearest park / open space
Link Road Pos · 0.29 km

Fire station

1.4
km to nearest
fire station
Milnerton
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

5.2
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
10
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Goodwood 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

Marconi Beam1.4km
→
Royal Ascot1.5km · R2.6M
39→
Joe Slovo Park1.5km · R320K
18→
Bothasig1.6km · R1.9M
39→
Milnerton Ridge1.8km · R3.2M
37→
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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Montague Gardens. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

BothasigCentury CityMarconi BeamMilnertonSummer Greens

Data as of: 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Household SurveyCCT 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 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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