HoodEx scores areas of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, Foreshore scores highest at 7.4/10, against an average of 7.2/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Cape Town fits you.
Cape Town lies between the steep face of Table Mountain and the Atlantic shoreline, its central corridor squeezed onto narrow coastal flats that widen as the land rises inland. The downtown core sits hard against a working harbor, with Foreshore forming a flat, heavily engineered commercial strip of offices and apartment towers set on reclaimed land. Minibus taxis, buses, and foot traffic dominate movement through the city bowl, threading between the mountain slopes and the sea. The climate brings dry, warm summers and mild, wet winters. Housing shifts from dense high-rise blocks near the foreshore to lower-scale neighborhoods on the inland fringes. Connectivity is a reliable feature across the mapped parts of the city, yet greenery and open natural space remain scattered, often tucked against the mountain or in discrete parks rather than spread evenly through the streetscape.
Across the 2 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Cape Town, the average score is 7.2 out of 10 — strong. That places Cape Town 14th of the 33 cities measured so far, 0.6 above the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is Foreshore at 7.4/10; the lowest is Cape Town Ward 115 at 6.9/10. A gap of only 0.5 points means Cape Town is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is. 1 of the 2 areas score 7 or better.
Averaged across Cape Town: green & air 6.2, comfort & safety 7.1, homes & buildings 7.3, shops & services 7.4 and getting around 7.8, each out of 10.
Cape Town's strongest category is getting around — transport and walkability — at 7.8/10, 0.7 above the 7.1 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 6.2/10, 0.5 above the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Cape Town's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Cape Town have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 2 neighbourhoods in Cape Town. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Cape Town neighbourhoods is 7.2/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 0.6 above the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
Foreshore currently has the highest overall score in Cape Town at 7.4/10, 0.5 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, Cape Town Ward 115 (6.9/10).
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.