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Gordons Strand Estate

Safety 98/100 Safer than 97% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1-1.5M Top 49% Schools 1 nearby Healthcare 5 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 7 routes serving the area

Data current as of

#5 Affordable & Safe

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Gordons Strand Estate is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values sit in the middle-to-upper range 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 Gordons Strand Estate, 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?

Gordons Strand Estate is served by schools within reach. 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 Gordons Strand Estate 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 Gordons Strand Estate 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 Gordons Strand Estate?

51st percentile

The median property value in Gordons Strand Estate is R1.8M. Property values have grown by 4.0% per year since 2018.

A 4.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Gordons Strand Estate 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 R1,800,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +4.0% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 51st percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Gordons Strand Estate?

1 school nearby

Gordons Strand Estate has 1 school within reach. Schools include Gordon's Bay College.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs. Gordons Strand Estate will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
IND
Gordon's Bay College
Independent · Grades R–7 · 1 learners
Private

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Gordons Strand Estate?

Private vehicle dominant

Gordons Strand Estate has 7 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).

Taxi connectivity Ranks 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 ›

Limited connectivity
7 routes
31st percentile · 7 destinations
Gordons bay, Koggelbaai, Lwandle, Somerset mall,somerset west, Somerset west, Strand +1 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Gordons Strand Estate 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 Gordons Strand Estate?

Full municipal services

Gordons Strand Estate 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 Gordons Strand Estate 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 Gordons Strand Estate?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Gordons Strand Estate in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 816 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
30%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (22%)Single street light out (10%)Power outage (4%)Stolen Bins - 240L (4%)Street lights out (3%)
Service requests logged 816
Requests resolved 81% (665 of 816)
75% resolved within 7 days
90% resolved within 22 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 815
Unresolved 18.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (178), Street Lights - Single Light Out (82), No Power (36)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Gordons Strand Estate?

Well served

Healthcare access

5 within 5km
Nearest public Gustrouw Clinic · Clinic · 1.6 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 4.3 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 Gordons Strand Estate is Strand, 3.7 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 4.2 km away. The nearest clinic is Gustrouw Clinic, 1.6 km away.

Nearest clinic Gustrouw Clinic · 1.6 km
Nearest library Gordon'S Bay · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space Ambleside Road Park · 0.36 km

Fire station

3.7
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

4.2
km to nearest
public pool
1
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

7 adjacent

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

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Gordons Strand Estate · -34.1479°S, 18.8590°E

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