Selborne
A suburb with above-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Selborne is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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 Selborne, 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 Selborne. 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 Selborne safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Selborne?
The median property value in Selborne is R3.2M. Property values have grown by 2.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R3,170,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +2.3% per year
- City-wide value percentile
- 78th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2.5-3M
- 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 Selborne?
Development activity in Selborne
Selborne had 7 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 7
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R232K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Selborne?
Selborne has 2 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 Selborne?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Selborne in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 263 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 263
- Requests resolved
- 78% (205 of 263)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 11 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 6780.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 263
- Unresolved
- 22.0%
Top issues: Power outage (30), Water leak (21), No supply (17)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Selborne
Municipal debt in Selborne averages R6 796 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R159 563
- Electricity
- R90 525
- Water
- R49 900
- Refuse
- R18 277
- Sewerage
- R27 408
- City-wide cleaning
- R14 505
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Selborne?
Healthcare access
10 within 5km- Nearest public
- Karl Bremmer Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Bellville · Private Hospital · 2.3 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Selborne is Bellville, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville Swimming Pool, 2.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Karl Bremmer Hospital, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Karl Bremmer Hospital · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Tygervalley · 1.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Sturke Singel Park 1 · 0.12 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
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Selborne. 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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Selborne, Cape Town