Castle Rock
A suburb with among the highest property values in Cape Town and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Castle Rock is a neighbourhood in False Bay, Cape Town, where property values sit in the upper quartile for Cape Town. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Castle Rock, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Castle Rock. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is healthcare facilities are more distant than in most suburbs.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Castle Rock safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Castle Rock?
The median property value in Castle Rock is R6.9M. Property values have grown by 6.9% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R6,900,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.9% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 96th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 2.5-3M
- Source
- CCT GV 2022 · Open Data Policy 27781
- Vintage
- General Valuation 2022 (municipal valuation, not current market price)
Source: City of Cape Town GV2022
What do utilities cost in Castle Rock?
Development activity in Castle Rock
Castle Rock had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 2
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R638K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How responsive are municipal services in Castle Rock?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Castle Rock in a median of 0 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 97 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 97
- Requests resolved
- 87% (84 of 97)
- 75% resolved within
- 1 day
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1894.1 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 97
- Unresolved
- 13.0%
Top issues: Power outage (69), Duplicate (8), Phase Missing (3)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Castle Rock
Total outstanding municipal debt in Castle Rock is R676K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R611 516
- Electricity
- R11 025
- Water
- R498
- Refuse
- R27 498
- Sewerage
- R498
- City-wide cleaning
- R24 915
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Castle Rock?
Healthcare access
0 within 5km- Nearest public
- Simons Town Satellite · Community Day Centre · 6.5 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Tokai · Private Hospital · 19.3 km
- Public facilities
- 0
- Private facilities
- 0
No public healthcare facilities within 5 km of this suburb.
The nearest fire station to Castle Rock is Simonstown, 7.9 km away. The nearest public pool is Muizenberg Swimming Pool, 15.0 km away. The nearest clinic is Simons Town Satellite, 6.5 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Simons Town Satellite · 6.5 km
- Nearest library
- Simon'S Town · 6.3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Cotton Pos · 7.66 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Muizenberg Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Castle Rock. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Water billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Electricity billing: Dec 2020 - Feb 2026 | Municipal arrears: Jan 2025 - May 2026
Next refresh: when SAPS publishes Q1 2026/2027 (typically about 3 months after the period closes).
South African Police Service, via DataFirst (UCT). SAPS crime statistics, 2019-2026 [dataset]. DOI: 10.25828/5MAW-4H90. CC-BY 4.0.
City of Cape Town. City of Cape Town open data, 2022–2025 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
Statistics South Africa. Stats SA Census 2022, 2022 [dataset]. Stats SA standard terms (permissive). Analysis is the user's own and not endorsed by Stats SA.
City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.
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Castle Rock, Cape Town