New Scheme
A suburb with below-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
New Scheme 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 are several places of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In New Scheme, crime is rising based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for New Scheme. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb has a healthcare facility within reach.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is New Scheme safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in New Scheme?
The median property value in New Scheme is R720K. Property values have grown by 17.7% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R720,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +17.7% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 23rd percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2-400k
- 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 Scheme?
Development activity in New Scheme
New Scheme had 2 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
- 2
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R190K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is New Scheme?
New Scheme has 29 minibus taxi routes.
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 New Scheme?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in New Scheme in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,260 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 260
- Requests resolved
- 67% (839 of 1 260)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 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
- 1 258
- Unresolved
- 33.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (121), Suspect Tampering (120), Indigent Application (71)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in New Scheme
Municipal debt in New Scheme averages R16 634 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R553 777
- Electricity
- R1 953
- Water
- R2 300 596
- Refuse
- R604 359
- Sewerage
- R891 595
- City-wide cleaning
- R8 053
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near New Scheme?
Healthcare access
1 within 5km- Nearest public
- Macassar Clinic · Clinic · 0.8 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 8.3 km
- Public facilities
- 1
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to New Scheme is Macassar, 0.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 8.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Macassar Clinic, 0.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Macassar Clinic · 0.8 km
- Nearest library
- Macassar · 0.8 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Musical Greenbelt · 0.23 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Strand Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to New Scheme. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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New Scheme, Cape Town