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Mountainside Estate

Safety 98/100 Safer than 97% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 1-1.5M Top 37% Healthcare 4 facilities moderate access Council Below avg complaints 1d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 1 routes serving the area

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The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Mountainside 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. Policing falls under the Gordons Bay SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Mountainside Estate, 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 Mountainside Estate. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. 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 Mountainside 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 Mountainside 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 Mountainside Estate?

63rd percentile

The median property value in Mountainside Estate is R2.3M. Property values have grown by 4.9% per year since 2018.

A 4.9% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Mountainside 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 R2,300,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022) +4.9% per year ↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile 63rd percentile
Dominant value band 1-1.5M
Source CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Mountainside Estate?

Low connectivity

Mountainside Estate has 1 minibus taxi route.

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 ›

Low connectivity
1 route
0th percentile · 2 destinations
Gordons bay, Temperance town
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Mountainside Estate?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Mountainside Estate in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 968 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Mountainside Estate residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
77th
Percentile
across Cape Town
31%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (13%)Single street light out (10%)Street lights out (6%)Power outage (4%)E - Billing Invoices (3%)
Service requests logged 968
Requests resolved 80% (778 of 968)
75% resolved within 6 days
90% resolved within 18 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 968
Unresolved 20.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (125), Street Lights - Single Light Out (99), Street Lights - All Lights Out (56)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Mountainside Estate?

Well served

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.6 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 6.3 km
Public facilities 4
Private facilities 0

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

The nearest fire station to Mountainside Estate is Sir Lowrys Pass, 5.4 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 6.6 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 · 1.4 km
Nearest park / open space Temperance Town Dam · 0.23 km

Fire station

5.4
km to nearest
fire station
Sir Lowrys Pass
community station
5-10km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

6.6
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

6 adjacent

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

Firlands Gordon Heights Gordons Bay Mountainside Ext 2 Stellenbosch Farms Temperance Town
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Mountainside Estate · -34.1550°S, 18.8856°E

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