Spanish Farm
A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Spanish Farm 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Spanish Farm, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Spanish Farm. 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 Spanish Farm safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Spanish Farm?
The median property value in Spanish Farm is R8.7M. Property values have grown by 5.6% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R8,700,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.6% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 98th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-7M
- 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 Spanish Farm?
Development activity in Spanish Farm
Spanish Farm had 9 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
- 9
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R2.3M
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Spanish Farm?
Spanish Farm has 1 minibus taxi route. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (92%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (92%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Spanish Farm?
Spanish Farm has a service delivery index of 98 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 99% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 99.0%
- Flush toilet
- 94.4%
- Weekly refuse
- 99.7%
- Grid electricity
- 99.7%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 98.6%
- Owner-occupied
- 64.3%
- Rented
- 21.9%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 10.1%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 2.1%
- Non-violent crime
- 2.2%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 35.8%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 56th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 16.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R498
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 78.4%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 10.8%
- No access
- 4.3%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 4.2%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 0.0%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 6.8%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 2.7 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.5
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 79.7%
- Fridge ownership
- 95.4%
- Property ownership
- 1.1%
- Geyser ownership
- 87.3%
- Borehole access
- 8.9%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 17.3%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 1.9%
- WFH part-time
- 2.0%
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Spanish Farm?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Spanish Farm in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 365 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 365
- Requests resolved
- 75% (272 of 365)
- 75% resolved within
- 8 days
- 90% resolved within
- 22 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 2874.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 365
- Unresolved
- 25.0%
Top issues: Power outage (41), No supply (30), Sewerage overflow (27)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Spanish Farm
Municipal debt in Spanish Farm averages R16 186 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R1 293 469
- Electricity
- R170 204
- Water
- R174 226
- Refuse
- R47 703
- Sewerage
- R73 678
- City-wide cleaning
- R127 426
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Spanish Farm?
Healthcare access
3 within 5km- Nearest public
- Helderberg Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 2.4 km
- Nearest private
- Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 4 km
- Public facilities
- 2
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Spanish Farm is Somerset West, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.4 km away. The nearest clinic is Helderberg Hospital, 2.4 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Helderberg Hospital · 2.4 km
- Nearest library
- Somerset West · 3.2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- John Rumble Park · 0.41 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 Spanish Farm. 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 | 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 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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Spanish Farm, Cape Town