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Montclair

A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.

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

What's it like to live here?

Montclair is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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.

How is the area changing?

In Montclair, crime levels are stable 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 Montclair. 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Montclair safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. montclair makes up a very small share of the Lentegeur 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 Montclair?

27th percentile

Planned development

2 hectares of land in Montclair are earmarked for new development across 3 parcels, primarily Commercial (1ha).

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Montclair is R810K. Property values have grown by 5.7% per year since 2018.

A 5.7% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Median GV2022
R810,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.7% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
27th percentile
Dominant value band
N/A
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 Montclair?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R371 / month
44% below city median
Electricity
Insufficient billing data for this suburb.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R371Jan 2026: R423Feb 2026: R354

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Montclair

↑ Increasing

Montclair had 30 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 10 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
30
Annual average
10/yr
Avg project value
R230K

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 Montclair?

Low connectivity

Montclair has 1 minibus taxi route.

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 ›

Low connectivity
1 route
0th percentile · 2 destinations
3rd /7th ave mitchells plain, Mandalay
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Montclair?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Montclair in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,190 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Montclair residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
76th
Percentile
across Cape Town
42%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (11%)Customer : Reconnection Request (10%)Sewerage overflow (7%)Customer reconnection request (6%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)
Service requests logged
2 190
Requests resolved
79% (1 728 of 2 190)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
10 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
23121.2 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
2 179
Unresolved
21.0%

Top issues: Power outage (242), Customer : Reconnection Request (213), Sewerage overflow (156)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Montclair

108% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Montclair averages R18 312 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R18 312
per account
108% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R18 026Apr 2026: R18 312May 2026: R18 335
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R2 920 419
Electricity
R2 052 361
Water
R7 876 692
Refuse
R2 383 002
Sewerage
R2 900 789
City-wide cleaning
R73 828
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 Montclair?

Well served

Healthcare access

21 within 5km
Nearest public
Mandalay Satellite · Community Day Centre · 0.3 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 3.2 km
Public facilities
20
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Montclair is Lansdowne Road, 2.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Lentegeur Swimming Pool, 2.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Mandalay Satellite, 0.3 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mandalay Satellite · 0.3 km
Nearest library
Phillipi East · 2 km
Nearest park / open space
Stinkwood Road Greenbelt · 0.08 km

Fire station

2.6
km to nearest
fire station
Lansdowne Road
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.2
km to nearest
public pool
4
pools
within 5 km
12
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Lentegeur 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

Mandalay489m · R890K
33
Lentegeur1.3km · R610K
26
Thembokwezi1.4km · R760K
46
Bongani2.0km
Mxolisi Phetani2.1km · R230K
34
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Bordering suburbs

4 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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 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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