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Weltevreden Valley

A suburb with below-average property values, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Weltevreden Valley
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Weltevreden Valley is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. There is a place of worship in the area.

How is the area changing?

Crime trend data is not available for Weltevreden Valley. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Weltevreden Valley. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Weltevreden Valley safe?

Safety index suppressed
Station catchment population (366k+) dilutes per-capita rate. Score suppressed per Hanover Park Rule. Multi-suburb coverage creates statistical distortion.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Weltevreden Valley?

25th percentile

Planned development

70 hectares of land in Weltevreden Valley are earmarked for new development across 4 parcels, primarily High Density Residential (39ha) and Low Density Residential (16ha), and 1 other category.

Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.

The median property value in Weltevreden Valley is R780K. Property values have grown by 5.0% per year since 2018.

A 5.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Weltevreden Valley 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
R780,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.0% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
25th percentile
Dominant value band
6-800k
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 Weltevreden Valley?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 707 / month
159% above city median
Electricity
R8 548 / month
350% above median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 707Jan 2026: R1 718Feb 2026: R1 543
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R11 360Jan 2026: R8 000Feb 2026: R8 548

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Weltevreden Valley

↓ Decreasing

Weltevreden Valley had 31 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 10 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
31
Annual average
10/yr
Avg project value
R1.8M

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 Weltevreden Valley?

Moderate connectivity

Weltevreden Valley has 11 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD.

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
11 routes
50th percentile · 13 destinations · CBD-connected
Cape town, Cape town (highlands dr, vanguard, n2), Claremont (via merrydale, lansdowne, jan smuts dr & turfhall), Claremont (via rocklands, westgate mall, old lansdowne, heins & turfhall), Grootte schuur hospital, Hanover park +7 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 Weltevreden Valley?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Weltevreden Valley in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 2,850 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Weltevreden Valley residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
96th
Percentile
across Cape Town
27%
Resolved
same day
Power outage (35%)PPM Display Blank (12%)Informal Burnt (5%)Empty conservancy tank (4%)Sewerage overflow (3%)
Service requests logged
2 850
Requests resolved
75% (2 128 of 2 850)
75% resolved within
4 days
90% resolved within
10 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

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
617.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
2 834
Unresolved
25.0%

Top issues: Power outage (987), PPM Display Blank (348), Informal Burnt (153)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Weltevreden Valley

1712% above city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Weltevreden Valley averages R159 770 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R159 770
per account
1712% above city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R155 627Apr 2026: R160 630May 2026: R159 770
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R3 710 218
Electricity
R2 507 377
Water
R2 102 833
Refuse
R724 942
Sewerage
R1 490 128
City-wide cleaning
R169 065
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 Weltevreden Valley?

Well served

Healthcare access

16 within 5km
Nearest public
Weltevreden Valley Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
Nearest private
Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 5 km
Public facilities
16
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Weltevreden Valley is Mitchells Plain, 2.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Browns Farm Swimming Pool, 2.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Weltevreden Valley Clinic, 1.6 km away.

Nearest clinic
Weltevreden Valley Clinic · 1.6 km
Nearest library
Weltevreden · 1.3 km
Nearest park / open space
Bond Street Park Mp · 0.51 km

Fire station

2.4
km to nearest
fire station
Mitchells Plain
divisional hq
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.8
km to nearest
public pool
4
pools
within 5 km
15
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Browns Farm 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

Wildwood745m · R1.1M
Hydepark871m · R980K
Philippi1.1km · R291K
Rondevlei Park1.3km · R820K
Colorado Park1.3km · R970K
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | 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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