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Gordon Heights

Safety 98/100 Safer than 97% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1.5-2M Top 9% Healthcare 2 facilities within 5 km Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Gordon Heights is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Gordons Bay SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Gordon Heights, 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 Gordon Heights. 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 Gordon Heights safe?

Lower reported crime

97th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very low Absolute crime volume
2 280 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 1.9% 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? 98 / 100
Contact crime rate 59,528 per 100k residents
Station population 19 851
Harm rate (per resident) 98/100
Harm volume (absolute) 98/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Gordon Heights 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 Gordon Heights?

91st percentile

The median property value in Gordon Heights is R4.5M. Property values have grown by 3.0% per year since 2018.

A 3.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Gordon Heights 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 R4,500,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +3.0% per year
City-wide value percentile 91st 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 COMMUTERS

How connected is Gordon Heights?

Private vehicle dominant

The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Gordon Heights needs a car. The 84% 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
84%
Walking
9%
Minibus taxi
6%
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 (84%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Gordon Heights?

Full municipal services

Gordon Heights has a service delivery index of 98.8 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 99% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey , Gordons Bay survey group (39 households). direct.

Home fibre internet reaches 83% of households
› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R3,306) is 2.0× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 83% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99 City median: 85
Piped water
99.0%
Flush toilet
99.0%
Weekly refuse
97.3%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

99 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
99.0%
Owner-occupied
63.0%
Rented
25.3%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

20 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
4.3%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
1.7%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
32.3%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 67th percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
23.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R406
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Electricity

Electricity
81.7%
of households prioritise
Food
76.1%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
60.6%
of households prioritise
School fees
21.8%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
18.2%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
82.8%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
13.8%
No access
1.7%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
2.8%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
2.8%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
7.6%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.5 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
67.1%
Fridge ownership
93.7%
Property ownership
1.7%
Geyser ownership
75.0%
Borehole access
4.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
13.1%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH part-time
4.3%

How Gordon Heights compares

Food insecurity 85% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 67% below the city average for material hardship
Food spend share 8% below the city average for food expenditure share
Asset ownership 34% above the city average for household asset ownership

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Gordons Bay. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Gordon Heights?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Gordon Heights in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 352 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
27th
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (14%)Sewerage overflow (11%)Power outage (6%)Street lights out (6%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged 352
Requests resolved 82% (287 of 352)
75% resolved within 8 days
90% resolved within 23 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 351
Unresolved 19.0%

Top issues: Street Lights - Single Light Out (49), SEW: Blocked/Overflow (40), No Power (22)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Gordon Heights?

Well served

Healthcare access

2 within 5km
Nearest public Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 6.4 km
Public facilities 2
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Gordon Heights is Strand, 5.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 6.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 0.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 0.6 km
Nearest library Gordon'S Bay · 1 km
Nearest park / open space Grens Greenbelt · 0.25 km

Fire station

5.7
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
5-10km
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
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Strand 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 Gordon Heights. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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Gordon Heights · -34.1588°S, 18.8811°E

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