Cost of Living in Cape Town

Rental costs in Cape Town are close to international major city prices, with a steep drop-off the moment you get away from the "Cape Town" people talk about (City Bowl, Atlantic Coast or just east of table mountain e.g Constantia, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, etc). If you're planning to move to Cape Town, it's the "international" prices you'll pay, unless you plan to live out of the city and commute - the distinction is a bit like San Francisco - don't confuse "Bay Area" with the city.

Here are some live listings of apartments in the City Bowl:

https://www.privateproperty.co.za/to-rent/western-cape/cape-town/cape-town-city-bowl/cape-town-city-centre/436

1 Bedroom apartments are going for as much as R20,000/mo and tiny studios can be well over R10,000/mo.

3 Bedroom places go for anywhere between R25,000/mo and R45,000+/mo. If you want somewhere "nice", you'll be up the top end of that scale and beyond.

Outside Cape Town, prices drop off dramatically for just about everything. Can't help but think those prices are pulling almost everything in this list down. Having lived in San Francsico, London and Melbourne, (the best of) Cape Town is certainly cheaper, but not by a lot.

It'd be great if the prices quoted on Numbeo were what you could expect, but unless you're living "out the city" (i.e. outside of what people _mean_ when they're talking about the "Cape Town" you want to live in/visit), good luck finding a place even close to Numbeo's estimates.

Would it be feasible or of assistance if I would undertake to submit to you data relevant for the City of George in the Garden Route district of the Western Cape.

There is no other City between Cape Town & Port Elizabeth.

I could send you statistics to assist in making an assessment but I can also provide an immediate motivation.

George is one of the most poorly paid areas with the gap between the lower end income and middle management at R394.72 per hour being R375.97 at R17.75. Population growth from 2001 to 2016 is around 82% from a base in 2001 at 121 299 population.

Your lead here would be valuable indeed.

Nick Bischoff

What is the price for House Insurance/Car Insurance/Medical+Dental plans??

Apartment prices are not that high. Live in 2 bedroom apartment just out of city centre for 5500. 3 course meals for two are more expensive than 400

I'm sorry to say but all this information is un-realistic.

When it comes to South-Africa, I look at all the cities, Joburg, Cape Town, Durban, and they show as having a higher standard of living than some European cities I've lived in as well, and can easily compare. When I say unrealistic, what I mean is that those salaries they show as "average" for South-Africa, they are NOT average at all. When compiling all this data, I am sure they only include the upper class, because I assure you, 80-90% of people in S. Africa cannot even dream of the net income/disposable income as its being described here. Its only the engineers, the doctors, the bankers, etc. who make this kind of money, the rest of the people are struggling on few thousands rands per month...

Very useful. The disposable income is wrong though. The majority op people don't even earn R4000 a month before any deductions, never mind the R18k the article suggests as disposable.