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Somerset West Business Park

Safety 75/100 Safer than 73% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Healthcare 7 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Below avg complaints 3d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage well-connected area

Data current as of

The neighbourhood

What's it like to live here?

Somerset West Business Park is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is among the more challenging areas for reported safety in Cape Town. There is a place of worship in the area. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle. Policing falls under the Somerset West SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Somerset West Business Park, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Somerset West Business Park. 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 Somerset West Business Park safe?

Lower reported crime

83rd percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Low Absolute crime volume
8 016 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↓ 2.2% 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? 75 / 100
Contact crime rate 401,600 per 100k residents
Station population 67 476
Harm rate (per resident) 78/100
Harm volume (absolute) 72/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
Source SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Somerset West precinct, which covers Somerset West Business Park 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 Somerset West Business Park?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Somerset West Business Park?

Private vehicle dominant

Somerset West Business Park has 28 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (92%).

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 ›

Connected
28 routes
70th percentile · 22 destinations
Routes pass through Somerset West Business Park but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
Cassablanca, Firgrove, Gordons bay, Helderberg (via heldervue), Heldervue (somerset wes), Heldervue (somerset west) +16 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Somerset West Business Park needs a car. The 92% 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
92%
Walking
2%
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 (92%)
Source CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Somerset West Business Park?

Full municipal services

Somerset West Business Park has a service delivery index of 98.2 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 , Somerset West survey group (57 households). direct.

10% of households have experienced flooding
› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R3,048) is 1.8× the city median of R1,674.› 10% of households have experienced flooding, indicating elevated environmental vulnerability.

Access to basic services

98 City median: 85
Piped water
99.0%
Flush toilet
94.4%
Weekly refuse
99.7%
Grid electricity
99.7%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

99 City median: 68
Formal dwellings
98.6%
Owner-occupied
64.3%
Rented
21.9%

Environmental risk – Elevated risk exposure

37 risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
10.1%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
2.1%
Non-violent crime
2.2%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
35.8%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 56th percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
16.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R498
Weighted mean per household

Spending priorities – top priority: Food

Food
86.5%
of households prioritise
Electricity
79.9%
of households prioritise
Petrol/transport
76.1%
of households prioritise
Rent/bond
26.1%
of households prioritise
School fees
22.4%
of households prioritise

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
78.4%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
10.8%
No access
4.3%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
4.2%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
0.0%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
6.8%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.7 people
Avg children per household
0.5

Asset ownership

Computer access
79.7%
Fridge ownership
95.4%
Property ownership
1.1%
Geyser ownership
87.3%
Borehole access
8.9%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
17.3%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
1.9%
WFH part-time
2.0%

How Somerset West Business Park compares

Food insecurity 77% below the city average for adult food insecurity
Material hardship 87% below the city average for material hardship
Income 2.0× the city average for median household income
Asset ownership 34% above the city average for household asset ownership

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Somerset West. direct.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Somerset West Business Park?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Somerset West Business Park in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 246 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
13th
Percentile
across Cape Town
24%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (29%)Power outage (9%)Water leak (5%)Leak at meter/stopcock 25mm and up (4%)Damaged Bin - 240L (4%)
Service requests logged 246
Requests resolved 73% (179 of 246)
75% resolved within 12 days
90% resolved within 28 days
Source CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Registered places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data. Coverage: 299 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 245
Unresolved 27.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (70), No Power (23), WAT: Leak in Road/Pavement/Undergr (11)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Somerset West Business Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

7 within 5km
Nearest public Ikwezi CDC · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
Nearest private Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 1.4 km
Public facilities 5
Private facilities 2

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

The nearest fire station to Somerset West Business Park is Strand, 1.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 3.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Mediclinic Vergelegen, 1.4 km away.

Nearest clinic Mediclinic Vergelegen · 1.4 km
Nearest library Lwandle · 2 km
Nearest park / open space Strand Pos · 0.36 km

Fire station

1.9
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

3.1
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

5 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Somerset West Business Park. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

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Somerset West Business Park · -34.1022°S, 18.8551°E

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