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Morgenster Heights

A suburb with lower reported crime and strong school performance relative to Cape Town.

Safety99+/100Safer than 94% of Cape Town suburbs (relative)Property1.5-2MTop 40%Schools297% matric pass rateHealthcare8 facilitiesmore access than most suburbsCouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage4 routes serving the area

Data current as of

#2 Best for Families#9 Best Schools#9 Best for Investment

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Morgenster Heights is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.

How is the area changing?

In Morgenster Heights, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Morgenster Heights is served by schools within reach, and matric results exceed the city average by a comfortable margin. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. 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 Morgenster Heights safe?

Lower reported crime

90th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 31 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume
2 840 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 1.1% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low by Cape Town standards. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
99+ / 100
Contact crime rate
101,507 per 100k residents
Station population
53 147
Harm rate (per resident)
99+/100
Harm volume (absolute)
99+/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Brackenfell precinct, which covers Morgenster Heights and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Morgenster Heights?

60th percentile

The median property value in Morgenster Heights is R2.2M. Property values have grown by 5.9% per year since 2018.

A 5.9% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Morgenster Heights 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
R2,175,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.9% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
60th percentile
Dominant value band
1.5-2M
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 Morgenster Heights?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R701 / month
6% above city median
Electricity
R2 038 / month
7% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R924Jan 2026: R701Feb 2026: R692
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 478Jan 2026: R1 967Feb 2026: R2 038

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Morgenster Heights

↑ Increasing

Morgenster Heights had 54 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 18 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
54
Annual average
18/yr
Avg project value
R235K

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).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Morgenster Heights?

2 schools nearby

Morgenster Heights has 2 schools within reach. The area matric pass rate is 97.4%, above the city median of 90.0%. Schools include Brackenfell Hoërskool.

Adjusted pass rate
97.4%
City median: 90.0%
Schools contributing
1
276 candidates
Median quintile
Q5
Q4-Q5
  • Q5
    Brackenfell Hoërskool
    Public · Grades 8–12 · 1,511 learners · 21:1 learner-educator ratio
    Quintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size
  • –
    Paarl-Skool Vir Neuraal Gestremde Kinde
    Public · Special needs · 323 learners · 8.3:1 learner-educator ratio
    Specialist provision

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Morgenster Heights?

Limited connectivity

Morgenster Heights has 4 minibus taxi routes.

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 ›

Limited connectivity
4 routes
20th percentile · 4 destinations
Cape gate, Kraaifontein, Scottsville, Scottsville - brackenfell
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 Morgenster Heights?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Morgenster Heights in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,594 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
28%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (11%)Single street light out (6%)Power outage (6%)Damaged Bin - 240L (5%)Meter Replacement Project (5%)
Service requests logged
1 594
Requests resolved
78% (1 249 of 1 594)
75% resolved within
6 days
90% resolved within
23 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
1 586
Unresolved
22.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (173), Single street light out (99), Power outage (89)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Morgenster Heights

26% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Morgenster Heights averages R6 551 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R6 551
per account
26% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R6 386Apr 2026: R6 969May 2026: R6 551
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 952 038
Electricity
R1 399 759
Water
R752 139
Refuse
R232 315
Sewerage
R296 592
City-wide cleaning
R136 213
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 Morgenster Heights?

Well served

Healthcare access

8 within 5km
Nearest public
Brackenfell Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.2 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Cape Gate · Private Hospital · 2 km
Public facilities
7
Private facilities
1

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

The nearest fire station to Morgenster Heights is Brackenfell, 2.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 5.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Brackenfell Clinic, 1.2 km away.

Nearest clinic
Brackenfell Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest library
Brackenfell · 1.2 km
Nearest park / open space
Robyn Park · 0.01 km

Fire station

2.1
km to nearest
fire station
Brackenfell
community station
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
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Morning Star 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

Morgenster633m · R1.9M
100→
Vredekloof East744m · R1.5M
98→
St Michaels951m · R1.9M
98→
Arauna1.0km · R2M
100→
Okavango Park1.1km
→
Similar safety & property profile

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Bordering suburbs

9 adjacent

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

AraunaBrackenfell CentralCape GateEdenparkHoogstedeMorgensterOkavango ParkSt MichaelsVredekloof East

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Matric: NSC 2025 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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 SADBE SchoolsCCT 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.

Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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