Median asking rent
R 8 000
Active listings
37
Median days on market
32d
Median rent per m²
R 52
P25 — P75
R6k – R10k
Listings with a price cut
11%
The average asking rent across Mitchells Plain's 17 suburbs is R8 000 a month (Nov 2026), up 6.7% since November 2025. Half of the 37 live listings ask between R6 250 and R9 500; a typical 2-bed is R7 500 and a 3-bed R10 250. That is R8 000 below the Western Cape median. Homes take about 35 days to let, and 1 in 9 has cut its asking price since listing, against 1 in 5 province-wide.
Like-for-like: the line moves only when asking rents move, not when the mix of what is listed changes.
| Month | House-share | Studio | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4+ bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov '25 | R 7 250 | R 5 500 |
| Rent band | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| <10k | 29 | 78% |
| 10–15k | 7 | 19% |
| 15–22k | 1 | 3% |
| 22–32k | 0 | 0% |
| 32–50k | 0 | 0% |
| 50k+ | 0 | 0% |
| Bedrooms | Listings | Share |
|---|
| Region | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strandfontein Village | Mitchells Plain | R 11 000 | 50 | 34d | 3 |
| Mitchells Plain Central | Mitchells Plain | R 9 500 | — | 31d | 3 |
| Portlands | Mitchells Plain | R 9 000 | 55 | 39d | 5 |
| Strandfontein | Mitchells Plain | R 7 000 | 32 | 33d | 3 |
| Colorado Park | Mitchells Plain | R 6 200 | 144 | 54d | 3 |
| Mandalay | Mitchells Plain | R 5 500 | 22 | 19d | 5 |
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Asking rents from live listings since 14 Nov 2025 · updated 09 Nov 2026 · how these figures are measured.
| R 4 900 |
| R 7 000 |
| R 8 875 |
| R 13 500 |
| Dec '25 | R 8 250 | R 7 900 | R 4 900 | R 7 000 | R 9 000 | R 13 500 |
|---|
| Jan '26 | R 4 000 | R 5 950 | R 4 800 | R 7 500 | R 9 000 | R 13 500 |
|---|
| Feb '26 | R 2 000 | R 3 800 | R 4 500 | R 7 900 | R 9 200 | R 11 700 |
|---|
| Mar '26 | R 2 000 | R 4 225 | R 4 500 | R 7 600 | R 9 500 | R 9 750 |
|---|
| Apr '26 | R 2 000 | R 3 800 | R 5 250 | R 8 500 | R 10 750 | R 9 500 |
|---|
| May '26 | R 2 000 | R 4 550 | R 4 500 | R 9 200 | R 10 000 | — |
|---|
| Jun '26 | R 2 000 | R 7 500 | R 5 200 | R 8 500 | R 11 000 | R 12 500 |
|---|
| Jul '26 | R 4 700 | R 6 600 | R 6 150 | R 7 900 | R 10 525 | R 13 500 |
|---|
| Aug '26 | R 4 700 | R 4 500 | R 6 200 | R 8 000 | R 10 500 | R 12 500 |
|---|
| Sep '26 | R 3 850 | R 3 500 | R 6 000 | R 8 000 | R 9 500 | R 13 500 |
|---|
| Oct '26 | R 3 850 | R 3 500 | R 6 125 | R 7 900 | R 9 750 | — |
|---|
| Nov '26 | R 3 850 | — | R 6 125 | R 7 500 | R 10 250 | — |
|---|
| House-share | 2 | 5% |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bed | 7 | 19% |
| 2 bed | 13 | 35% |
| 3 bed | 15 | 41% |
| Property type | Listings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| House | 24 | 65% |
| Apartment / Flat | 12 | 32% |
| Townhouse | 1 | 3% |
