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What's it like to live here?

Bottelary Smallholdings 2 is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, 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. Policing falls under the Brackenfell SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Bottelary Smallholdings 2, crime is rising 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 Bottelary Smallholdings 2. 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.

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

For home buyers & families

Is Bottelary Smallholdings 2 safe?

Lower reported crime

90th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
5 308 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 1.0% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low by Cape Town standards. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 87 / 100
Contact crime rate 250,434 per 100k residents
Station population 53 147
Harm rate (per resident) 86/100
Harm volume (absolute) 88/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Brackenfell precinct, which covers Bottelary Smallholdings 2 and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels. Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Bottelary Smallholdings 2?

65th percentile

Planned development

78 hectares of land in Bottelary Smallholdings 2 are earmarked for new development across 2 parcels, primarily Low Density Residential (75ha) and High Density Residential (3ha).

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

The median property value in Bottelary Smallholdings 2 is R2.4M. Property values have grown by 5.3% per year since 2018.

A 5.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Bottelary Smallholdings 2 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 R2,400,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +5.3% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 65th percentile
Dominant value band 1.5-2M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Bottelary Smallholdings 2?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Bottelary Smallholdings 2 in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 389 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
3
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
8th
Percentile
across Cape Town
15%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (21%)Non-Collection of 240L Bin (6%)Ownership Details (6%)No supply (5%)Duplicate (4%)
Service requests logged 389
Requests resolved 78% (303 of 389)
75% resolved within 11 days
90% resolved within 48 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 388
Unresolved 22.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (82), Non-Collection of 240L Bin (23), Ownership Details (23)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Bottelary Smallholdings 2?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.7 km
Nearest private Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 2.8 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 1

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

The nearest fire station to Bottelary Smallholdings 2 is Brackenfell, 3.5 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 6.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 2.7 km away.

Nearest clinic Kuilsriver Clinic · 2.7 km
Nearest library Kuilsriver · 3.1 km
Nearest park / open space Bottelary Greenbelt · 0.61 km

Fire station

3.5
km to nearest
fire station
Brackenfell
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

6
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
5
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Bellville South 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

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Bordering suburbs

5 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Bottelary Smallholdings 2. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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Bottelary Smallholdings 2 · -33.9094°S, 18.7039°E

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