Zeekoevlei
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Zeekoevlei is a neighbourhood in Southern Suburbs, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.
How is the area changing?
In Zeekoevlei, crime levels are stable 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 Zeekoevlei. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Zeekoevlei safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Zeekoevlei?
Planned development
25 hectares of land in Zeekoevlei are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (25ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Zeekoevlei is R2M. Property values have grown by 5.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,970,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.9% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 56th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1.5-2M
- 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 Zeekoevlei?
Development activity in Zeekoevlei
Zeekoevlei had 57 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 19 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 57
- Annual average
- 19/yr
- Avg project value
- R525K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Zeekoevlei?
The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (95%).
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Private vehicle (95%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Zeekoevlei?
Zeekoevlei has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 98% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 97.3%
- Flush toilet
- 100.0%
- Weekly refuse
- 100.0%
- Grid electricity
- 100.0%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 97.7%
- Owner-occupied
- 55.4%
- Rented
- 16.8%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 0.0%
- Fire risk
- 0.0%
- Violent crime
- 2.4%
- Non-violent crime
- 5.1%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 41.4%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 42nd percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 0
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 38.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R69
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 92.6%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 3.5%
- No access
- 3.9%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 2.7%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 2.7%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 2.7%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.1 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.6
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 82.0%
- Fridge ownership
- 100.0%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 90.8%
- Borehole access
- 14.7%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 15.2%
- of households operate a home-based business
- WFH full-time
- 5.3%
5% of electricity connections in Zeekoevlei receive free basic electricity under the City's indigent support programme. Free basic electricity is a constitutional entitlement providing a monthly allocation to qualifying households. The proportion reflects the reach of the City's indigent support in this suburb, not a measure of poverty.
Source: CCT prepaid electricity data (2025/11/30 to 2026/01/31). Covers prepaid connections only. Credit-metered households are not included. 1,109 connections.
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Zeekoevlei?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Zeekoevlei in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 3,557 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 3 557
- Requests resolved
- 80% (2 845 of 3 557)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 9 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 3 547
- Unresolved
- 20.0%
Top issues: Empty conservancy tank (791), Power outage (426), Street lights out (150)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Zeekoevlei
Municipal debt in Zeekoevlei averages R11 693 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R3 430 820
- Electricity
- R2 245 490
- Water
- R3 109 622
- Refuse
- R461 646
- Sewerage
- R754 758
- City-wide cleaning
- R183 149
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Zeekoevlei?
Healthcare access
9 within 5km- Nearest public
- Pelikan Park CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 4.6 km
- Public facilities
- 8
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Zeekoevlei is Ottery, 4.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Retreat Swimming Pool, 3.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Pelikan Park Cdc, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Pelikan Park Cdc · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Grassy Park · 1.4 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Little Lotus River Canal 2 · 0.65 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Retreat Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Zeekoevlei. 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 | 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).
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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Zeekoevlei, Cape Town