Lillydale
A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Lillydale is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is well above the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Lillydale, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Lillydale. In this area, the City typically resolves service complaints promptly. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Lillydale safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Lillydale?
The median property value in Lillydale is R1.4M. Property values have grown by 5.8% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,395,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +5.8% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 39th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 1-1.5M
- 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 Lillydale?
Development activity in Lillydale
Lillydale had 1 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 0 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 1
- Annual average
- 0/yr
- Avg project value
- R228K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Lillydale?
Lillydale has 4 minibus taxi routes.
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode data is not available for this suburb. The CCT Household Survey covers 163 survey areas; this suburb is outside the surveyed areas.
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Lillydale?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Lillydale in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 40 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 40
- Requests resolved
- 73% (29 of 40)
- 75% resolved within
- 4 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 40
- Unresolved
- 28.0%
Top issues: Power outage (10), Damaged Bin - 240L (5), Dunning Investigations / Final Accounts (5)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Lillydale
Total outstanding municipal debt in Lillydale is R37K as of May 2026.
- Property rates
- R24 523
- Electricity
- R4 953
- Water
- -R670 (credit)
- Refuse
- R7 727
- Sewerage
- -R693 (credit)
- City-wide cleaning
- R1 285
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Lillydale?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 3 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 4 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Lillydale is Kuilsriver, 2.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 4.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 3.0 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kuilsriver Clinic · 3 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 3 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Foxhound Street Pos · 0.34 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Lillydale. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 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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Lillydale, Cape Town