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Wellway Park East

A suburb with moderate reported crime, above-average property values, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Wellway Park East is a neighbourhood in Northern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

In Wellway Park East, 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 Wellway Park East. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Wellway Park East safe?

Moderate reported crime

93rd percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

LowAbsolute crime volume
3 996 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 4.6% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
45 / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
460,321 per 100k residents
Station population
66 873
Harm rate (per resident)
29/100
Harm volume (absolute)
69/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Durbanville precinct, which covers Wellway Park East and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Wellway Park East?

70th percentile

The median property value in Wellway Park East is R2.6M. Property values have grown by 2.0% per year since 2018.

A 2.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Wellway Park East 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
R2,640,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+2.0% per year
City-wide value percentile
70th 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Wellway Park East?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 300 / month
98% above city median
Electricity
R2 061 / month
8% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 410Jan 2026: R1 300Feb 2026: R1 096
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 061Jan 2026: R2 334Feb 2026: R2 040

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Wellway Park East

↑ Increasing

Wellway Park East had 28 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 9 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
28
Annual average
9/yr
Avg project value
R677K

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 COMMUTERS

How connected is Wellway Park East?

Moderate connectivity

Wellway Park East has 18 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Moderate connectivity
18 routes
57th percentile · 16 destinations
Bellville, Bellville (via wallacedene), Bloekombos, Brackenfell station, Durbanville, Eikenfontein +10 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Wellway Park East?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Wellway Park East in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 987 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
46th
Percentile
across Cape Town
28%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (8%)Single street light out (7%)Street lights out (6%)Sewerage overflow (6%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)
Service requests logged
987
Requests resolved
80% (791 of 987)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
17 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Above city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
3476.5 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
985
Unresolved
20.0%

Top issues: Power outage (78), Single street light out (68), Street lights out (62)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Wellway Park East

44% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Wellway Park East averages R4 950 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R4 950
per account
44% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R4 896Apr 2026: R5 259May 2026: R4 950
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R441 953
Electricity
R442 272
Water
R295 618
Refuse
R68 880
Sewerage
R152 908
City-wide cleaning
R19 003
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 Wellway Park East?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Durbanville CDC/Clinic · Clinic · 1.2 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Durbanville · Private Hospital · 1 km
Public facilities
2
Private facilities
2

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Wellway Park East is Durbanville, 1.6 km away. The nearest public pool is Morning Star Swimming Pool, 1.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Durbanville, 1.0 km away.

Nearest clinic
Mediclinic Durbanville · 1 km
Nearest library
Durbanville · 1.9 km
Nearest park / open space
Ivyweg Park · 0.17 km

Fire station

1.6
km to nearest
fire station
Durbanville
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

1
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
2
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Morning Star 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

Wellway Park466m · R3.5M
Morningstar801m · R620K
46
Goedemoed860m · R2.7M
100
Langeberg Village982m · R2.9M
The Crest995m · R2.4M
47
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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).

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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