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Mountainside

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

Neighbourhood data for Mountainside
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property2-2.5MTop 26%Schools2nearbyHealthcare3 facilitiesmoderate accessCouncilBelow avg complaints1d median resolutionTransportMinibus taxi coverage3 routes serving the area

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Mountainside is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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 Mountainside, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Mountainside is served by schools within reach. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Mountainside safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. mountainside makes up a very small share of the Gordons Bay 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 Mountainside?

74th percentile

The median property value in Mountainside is R2.9M. Property values have grown by 3.8% per year since 2018.

A 3.8% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Mountainside 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
R2,900,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+3.8% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
74th percentile
Dominant value band
2-2.5M
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 Mountainside?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R892 / month
35% above city median
Electricity
R2 296 / month
21% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R892Jan 2026: R1 082Feb 2026: R824
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 650Jan 2026: R1 857Feb 2026: R2 296

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Mountainside

↓ Decreasing

Mountainside had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were commercial or industrial builds.

3-year approvals
1
Annual average
0/yr
Avg project value
R2.1M

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 Mountainside?

2 schools nearby

Mountainside has 2 schools within reach. Schools include Kiekeboe Primary.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Mountainside will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Kiekeboe Primary
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 23 learners · 11.5:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateFavourable class size
  • Q5
    Gordonsbaai Laerskool
    Public · Grades R–7 · 704 learners · 24.3:1 learner-educator ratio
    Quintile 5School fees applyFavourable class size

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 Mountainside?

Low connectivity

Mountainside has 3 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 ›

Low connectivity
3 routes
15th percentile · 5 destinations
Gordons bay, Sir lowrys pass town, Strand, Temperance town, Temperance town (gordons bay)
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 Mountainside?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Mountainside in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 605 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 Mountainside residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
77th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (17%)No supply (10%)Burst pipe (6%)Street lights out (6%)Sewerage overflow (5%)
Service requests logged
605
Requests resolved
81% (491 of 605)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
14 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
598
Unresolved
19.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (103), No supply (57), Burst pipe (39)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Mountainside

1% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Mountainside averages R8 934 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R8 934
per account
1% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R8 301Apr 2026: R8 934May 2026: R9 419
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R497 324
Electricity
R280 288
Water
R227 047
Refuse
R40 814
Sewerage
R80 643
City-wide cleaning
R22 992
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 Mountainside?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public
Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.5 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 6 km
Public facilities
3
Private facilities
0

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

The nearest fire station to Mountainside is Strand, 5.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 6.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 0.5 km away.

Nearest clinic
Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 0.5 km
Nearest library
Gordon'S Bay · 0.6 km
Nearest park / open space
Clivia Park · 0.03 km

Fire station

5.3
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

6.1
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand 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

Mountainside Ext 2349m · R2.7M
→
Gordons Bay Ext 12478m · R3.5M
→
Gordon Heights479m · R4.5M
→
Protea Park - Gordon's Bay580m
51→
Winslow586m · R1.8M
→
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Gordon HeightsGordons BayGordons Bay Ext 12Gordons Bay VillageMountainside Ext 2Winslow

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | 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 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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