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Wedderwill Estate

A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Wedderwill Estate
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.
Property4.5-5MTop 5%Healthcare1 facilitieswithin 5 kmCouncilBelow avg complaints2d median resolution

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Wedderwill Estate 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.

How is the area changing?

In Wedderwill Estate, 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 Wedderwill Estate. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has a healthcare facility within reach.

Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Wedderwill Estate safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. wedderwill-estate makes up a very small share of the Somerset West police precinct, so we cannot reliably separate its crime data from the rest of the precinct. Rather than show a score that could be misleading, we have withheld it.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Wedderwill Estate?

95th percentile

The median property value in Wedderwill Estate is R6.1M. Property values have grown by 7.6% per year since 2018.

A 7.6% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Wedderwill Estate properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R6,065,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+7.6% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
95th percentile
Dominant value band
4.5-5M
Source
CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
Vintage
General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Wedderwill Estate?

Utility billing data is not available for Wedderwill Estate. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Wedderwill Estate

↑ Increasing

Wedderwill Estate had 14 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 5 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
14
Annual average
5/yr
Avg project value
R285K

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Wedderwill Estate?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Wedderwill Estate in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 83 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
45th
Percentile
across Cape Town
12%
Resolved
same day
Empty conservancy tank (58%)Billing Discrepancy (16%)Internal mtr related queries (11%)OSL - Sewerage (4%)E - Services (2%)
Service requests logged
83
Requests resolved
92% (76 of 83)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
22 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
83
Unresolved
8.0%

Top issues: Empty conservancy tank (48), Billing Discrepancy (13), Internal mtr related queries (9)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Wedderwill Estate

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Wedderwill Estate is R375K as of May 2026.

R375K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R312 135
Electricity
R0
Water
R123
Refuse
R6 454
Sewerage
R18 649
City-wide cleaning
R37 831
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Wedderwill Estate?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

1 within 5km
Nearest public
Sir Lowrys Pass CDC · Community Day Centre · 2.8 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 6.4 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 Wedderwill Estate is Sir Lowrys Pass, 4.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 9.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc, 2.8 km away.

Nearest clinic
Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc · 2.8 km
Nearest library
Sir Lowry'S Pass · 2.8 km
Nearest park / open space
Sir Lowry's Pass Greenbelt · 2.84 km

Fire station

4.5
km to nearest
fire station
Sir Lowrys Pass
community station
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

9.3
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Tre Donne2.1km · R3.4M
→
Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre2.5km · R1.1M
34→
Sir Lowry's Pass2.7km · R250K
33→
Sun City2.9km · R270K
→
High Riding3.1km · R5M
→
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Bordering suburbs

1 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Wedderwill Estate. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Stellenbosch Farms

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026

Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT Service Requests

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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