Durbanville, Cape Town
Schools, shopping, hospitals and what to know before you buy or sell in Durbanville.
Wine farms, a rose garden, and a town that started out as Pumpkin Fold.
Where Durbanville sits
Durbanville started out as Pampoen Kraal, which means pumpkin fold. It was renamed D’Urban in 1836, after Cape Governor Sir Benjamin D’Urban, and became Durbanville in 1882. Wine has been farmed here since the late 1600s.
The City of Cape Town counts these areas as part of Durbanville, among others: Aurora, Bergsig, Brentwood Park, Country Places, Graanendal, Rosedale Estate, Sonstraal, Valmary Park, Vierlanden and Welgevonden.
Shopping
- Durbanville Town Centre, 33 Wellington Road
- De Ville Centre, 36 Main Road
- Village Square Mall, corner of Queen and Oxford Streets
- Groot Phesantekraal View, corner of Okavango and Klipheuwel Roads. Opened in July 2025, about 30,000 m², with Checkers, Woolworths, Super Spar, Dis-Chem and Clicks among its tenants.
Hospitals and clinics
- Mediclinic Durbanville and Mediclinic Durbanville Day Clinic, 45 Wellington Road
- Durbanville Community Day Centre (public), De Villiers Street. Open 07:00–16:00.
Out and about
- Durbanville Wine Valley: 13 member farms, including Diemersdal, Durbanville Hills, Meerendal, Nitida, D’Aria and De Grendel. Known for Sauvignon Blanc and Pinotage, and about 20 minutes’ drive from Cape Town.
- Durbanville Rose Garden, 33 Drakenstein Road. About 500 varieties and 4,500 rose bushes.
- Durbanville Nature Reserve, Racecourse Road. Six hectares with walking trails, wheelchair-friendly paths and picnic spots. Open weekdays 07:30–16:00; weekends from September to April only.
- Rust-en-Vrede, Wellington Road. A Cape Dutch complex from 1850 and a national monument.
Property types
- Apartments, free-standing homes, estates and complexes, plus smallholdings just outside town.
Sources: City of Cape Town: 2011 Census suburb profile, Durbanville; SA History Online: Durbanville; Durbanville Wine Valley; Mediclinic: hospitals in Cape Town; Western Cape Government: Durbanville Community Day Centre; City of Cape Town: Durbanville Nature Reserve; Dis-Chem store locator; Spec-Savers: Durbanville; BusinessTech: Groot Phesantekraal View (July 2025).
Schools in Durbanville
Durbanville has 7 public primary, 3 public high and 11 independent schools on the WCED register, including Kenridge, Eversdal, Pinehurst and Uitzicht.
Government primary
| School | Notes |
|---|---|
| Durbanville Primary School | Choir named world champions at the 2018 World Choir Games (WCED) |
| Durbanville Voorbereidingskool | |
| Eversdal Primary School | Eversdal |
| Gene Louw Primary School | |
| Kenridge Primary School | Kenridge |
| Alpha Primêre Skool | WCED classes it as an intermediate school |
| The Valley Primêre Skool | Farm school on Altydgedacht farm, Tygerbergvallei Rd, Kenridge (Schoolhive) |
Government high
| School | Notes |
|---|---|
| Durbanville Hoërskool (Hoërskool Durbanville) | |
| Fairmont High School | |
| Stellenberg Hoërskool | About 1 km east of Eversdal Primary on WCED coordinates; also serves Bellville and Tygervalley |
Private / independent
| School | Phase (WCED) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Reddam House Durbanville | Combined | IEB and Cambridge in Gr 10–12 (school site) |
| Curro Durbanville | Combined | |
| Curro Durbanville High | Secondary | IEB matric, Gr 8–12, Groot Phesantekraal Estate (Curro fact sheet 2026) |
| Curro Uitzicht Independent School | Combined | Uitzicht. WCED holds two records 30 m apart; treated as one school |
| Meridian Pinehurst Private School | Combined | Pinehurst |
| El Shaddai Christian School | Combined | |
| Tate International School | Combined | |
| Academy of Global Curriculum High School | Secondary | |
| Rainbow Montessori School | Primary | |
| La Vigne Educational House | Combined | Near Eversdal |
| Edublox Durbanville | Combined |
Source: Western Cape Education Department (WCED) school register, last checked 21 October 2026. You can check any school on WCED Find-a-School.
This list is for general information only and may contain errors or be out of date. Schools open, close, change names and change their fees and admission policies. Each school decides admission under its own policy, so buying in a suburb does not guarantee a place. Confirm all details directly with the school and the WCED before making any decision. Andre van Niekerk accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions in this information, or for any decision made in reliance on it.
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