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Zevenwacht Retirement Village

A suburb with above-average property values relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Zevenwacht Retirement Village
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Zevenwacht Retirement Village is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Zevenwacht Retirement Village, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have remained relatively flat between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Zevenwacht Retirement Village. 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 Zevenwacht Retirement Village safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. zevenwacht-retirement-village makes up a very small share of the Kuilsrivier 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 Zevenwacht Retirement Village?

77th percentile

The median property value in Zevenwacht Retirement Village is R3.1M. Property values have declined by 4.7% per year since 2018.

The -4.7% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is consolidation, not distress. Pricing has held across multiple market cycles – buyers are entering a position that has proven sticky at high absolute levels.
Value band distribution – Zevenwacht Retirement Village 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
R3,055,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
-4.7% per year→ Consolidating
City-wide value percentile
77th percentile
Dominant value band
3.5-4M
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 Zevenwacht Retirement Village?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R1 835 / month
179% above city median
Electricity
No billing data available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R1 324Jan 2026: R2 284Feb 2026: R1 835

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Zevenwacht Retirement Village

↑ Increasing

Zevenwacht Retirement Village had 46 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 15 per year. Most were new residential builds.

3-year approvals
46
Annual average
15/yr
Avg project value
R773K

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 Zevenwacht Retirement Village?

Private vehicle dominant

The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (91%).

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Zevenwacht Retirement Village needs a car. The 91% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
91%
Walking
8%
MyCiTi bus
2%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Private vehicle (91%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Zevenwacht Retirement Village?

Full municipal services

Zevenwacht Retirement Village has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 100% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Kuils River survey group (47 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R5,616) is 3.4× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 98% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99+City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
99.3%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

100City median: 68
Formal dwellings
100.0%
Owner-occupied
57.8%
Rented
25.0%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

14risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
9.4%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
24.2%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 88th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
12.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R1,092
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
97.6%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
0.5%
No access
1.9%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.6%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.7%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
5.4%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.8 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
75.6%
Fridge ownership
100.0%
Property ownership
0.7%
Geyser ownership
86.3%
Borehole access
13.5%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
9.5%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
0.6%
WFH part-time
8.3%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Kuils River. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Zevenwacht Retirement Village?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Zevenwacht Retirement Village in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 109 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
47th
Percentile
across Cape Town
22%
Resolved
same day
Residential Bin Application - 240L (15%)Power outage (9%)Sewerage overflow (6%)No supply (5%)Low pressure (5%)
Service requests logged
109
Requests resolved
75% (82 of 109)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
7 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
109
Unresolved
25.0%

Top issues: Residential Bin Application - 240L (16), Power outage (10), Sewerage overflow (7)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Zevenwacht Retirement Village

47% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Zevenwacht Retirement Village averages R4 715 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R4 715
per account
47% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R5 838Apr 2026: R4 715May 2026: R2 366
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R168 080
Electricity
-R145 821 (credit)
Water
R154 115
Refuse
R16 106
Sewerage
R17 641
City-wide cleaning
-R13 759 (credit)
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 Zevenwacht Retirement Village?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public
Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 3.3 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 4.1 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 Zevenwacht Retirement Village is Kuilsriver, 3.1 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 6.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 3.3 km away.

Nearest clinic
Kuilsriver Clinic · 3.3 km
Nearest library
Kuilsriver · 3.5 km
Nearest park / open space
Langverwacht Greenbelt · 0.79 km

Fire station

3.1
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

6.5
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
4
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Blue Downs 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

Zevenwacht Farm Village358m
Zevenwacht Country Estate462m · R5.7M
Zevendal551m · R3.3M
100
Klein Zevenwacht648m · R8.6M
Zevenzicht774m · R3M
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Zevenwacht Retirement Village. 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 | 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 Household SurveyCCT 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 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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Zevenwacht Retirement Village, Cape Town

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