O'Kennedyville
A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
O'Kennedyville is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In O'Kennedyville, 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?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for O'Kennedyville. 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.
Is O'Kennedyville safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in O'Kennedyville?
The median property value in O'Kennedyville is R6.2M. Property values have grown by 3.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R6,200,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +3.9% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 95th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in O'Kennedyville?
Development activity in O'Kennedyville
O'Kennedyville 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
- R16.8M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is O'Kennedyville?
O'Kennedyville has 13 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 O'Kennedyville?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in O'Kennedyville in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 256 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 256
- Requests resolved
- 76% (194 of 256)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 13 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1620.6 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 248
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Power outage (39), No supply (19), Run to waste (15)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in O'Kennedyville
Total outstanding municipal debt in O'Kennedyville is R354K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- -R305 552 (credit)
- Electricity
- R152 773
- Water
- R362 111
- Refuse
- R20 187
- Sewerage
- R107 816
- City-wide cleaning
- R16 957
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near O'Kennedyville?
Healthcare access
9 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.6 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 3.7 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 3
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to O'Kennedyville is Bellville, 3.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 4.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Stikland Psychiatric Hospital, 2.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · 2.6 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 0.7 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Old Oak Drive Park · 0.35 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to O'Kennedyville. 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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O'Kennedyville, Cape Town