Montclair
A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
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.
Is Montclair safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Montclair?
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.
- 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
What do utilities cost in Montclair?
Development activity in Montclair
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
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Montclair?
Montclair has 1 minibus taxi route.
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 Montclair?
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.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- 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
Complaints & top issues
- 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 debt in Montclair
Municipal debt in Montclair averages R18 312 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- 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
What services are near Montclair?
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
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Lentegeur Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
Similar suburbs
Bordering suburbs
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).
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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Montclair, Cape Town