New Macassar
A suburb with more affordable property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
New Macassar is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
In New Macassar, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property value growth has lagged behind inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for New Macassar. 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.
Is New Macassar safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in New Macassar?
The median property value in New Macassar is R550K. Property values have grown by 2.4% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R550,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.4% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 16th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 4-600k
- 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 New Macassar?
Development activity in New Macassar
New Macassar had 3 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 3
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R246K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is New Macassar?
New Macassar has 19 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (44%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (44%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in New Macassar?
New Macassar has a service delivery index of 95 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 67% of dwellings are formal structures.
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 29.2%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 22.9%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 27.4%
- City median: 22.3%
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 88.3%
- Flush toilet
- 95.5%
- Weekly refuse
- 95.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 67.3%
- Owner-occupied
- 51.6%
- Rented
- 9.8%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 2.8%
- Fire risk
- 5.9%
- Violent crime
- 1.8%
- Non-violent crime
- 1.8%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 52.1%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 18th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 2
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 66.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R157
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 35.8%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 44.0%
- No access
- 14.8%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 4.5 people
- Avg children per household
- 1.7
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 25.1%
- Fridge ownership
- 91.9%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 19.7%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 21.1%
- of households operate a home-based business
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in New Macassar?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in New Macassar in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,074 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 074
- Requests resolved
- 79% (849 of 1 074)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 074
- Unresolved
- 21.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (221), Customer reconnection request (85), Customer : Reconnection Request (67)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in New Macassar
Municipal debt in New Macassar averages R12 193 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R520 079
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R2 629 441
- Refuse
- R779 046
- Sewerage
- R1 043 706
- City-wide cleaning
- R8 044
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near New Macassar?
Healthcare access
2 within 5km- Nearest public
- Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 0.7 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 9.7 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to New Macassar is Macassar, 0.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 7.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 0.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Macassar Clinic · 0.7 km
- Nearest library
- Macassar · 0.8 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Brighton 2 · 0.11 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Khayelitsha Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to New Macassar. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | 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).
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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New Macassar, Cape Town