Southern Suburbs (Claremont/Newlands)

The Southern Suburbs run down the forested eastern flank of Table Mountain, and Claremont and Newlands are their commercial and residential anchors. This is Cape Town's family and education heartland: UCT climbs the slopes at neighbouring Rondebosch, the country's most storied schools cluster here, and the Newlands cricket and rugby grounds give the area a deep sporting identity, with Kirstenbosch and Newlands Forest on the doorstep. Crucially for investors, this is the best-connected of Cape Town's prime areas: the Metrorail Southern Line links Claremont and Newlands directly to the CBD, and Claremont station is barely 400m from Cavendish Square. That combination of schools, university, sport and rail underpins both robust family owner-occupier demand and a deep rental pool from UCT students and staff, one of the metro's most balanced risk-return profiles, with solid mid-to-high single-digit yields alongside steady capital growth.

Southern Suburbs (Claremont/Newlands) in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa