Olive Grove
A suburb with above-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Olive Grove is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, 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. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Olive Grove, crime is declining 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 Olive Grove. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Olive Grove safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Olive Grove?
The median property value in Olive Grove is R3.2M. Property values have grown by 6.5% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R3,180,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.5% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 78th 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
What do utilities cost in Olive Grove?
Development activity in Olive Grove
Olive Grove had 8 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 8
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R523K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Olive Grove?
Olive Grove has 12 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 Olive Grove?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Olive Grove in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 357 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 357
- Requests resolved
- 70% (250 of 357)
- 75% resolved within
- 6 days
- 90% resolved within
- 28 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 3089.9 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 353
- Unresolved
- 29.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (46), Power outage (24), Single street light out (21)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Olive Grove
Municipal debt in Olive Grove averages R11 882 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R563 880
- Electricity
- R485 684
- Water
- R242 044
- Refuse
- R51 981
- Sewerage
- R132 304
- City-wide cleaning
- R33 164
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Olive Grove?
Healthcare access
8 within 5km- Nearest public
- Somerset West CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.8 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 0.8 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 2
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Olive Grove is Sir Lowrys Pass, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Vergelegen, 0.8 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · 0.8 km
- Nearest library
- Somerset West · 1.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Yellowwood Park · 0.04 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
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Olive Grove. 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 | 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).
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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Olive Grove, Cape Town