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Mabille Park

A suburb with lower reported crime, responsive municipal services, and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Mabille Park 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. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Mabille Park, crime is declining based on the most recent quarterly comparison. Property values have broadly tracked inflation between valuation rolls.

What should buyers know?

Mabille Park is served by schools within reach. 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Mabille Park safe?

Lower reported crime

92nd percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

ModerateAbsolute crime volume
4 280 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↓ 16.5% vs Q3 2024
Crime is low and falling. This is one of the safer parts of Cape Town, with violent crime well below the city average and a positive year-on-year trend. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
99+ / 100Limited data — why?
Contact crime rate
491,057 per 100k residents
Station population
83 576
Harm rate (per resident)
99+/100
Harm volume (absolute)
99+/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Kuilsrivier precinct, which covers Mabille Park and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

Disagree with this score? Challenge the methodology ›

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Mabille Park?

47th percentile

The median property value in Mabille Park is R1.7M. Property values have grown by 5.3% per year since 2018.

A 5.3% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Mabille Park properties (GV2022)

Property values are based on the City of Cape Town's 2022 General Valuation roll. GV is an assessed value for municipal rating purposes; transaction prices frequently exceed GV. Recent sales transaction data and rental market data are not available as open data in South Africa.

Median GV2022
R1,700,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+5.3% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
47th 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Mabille Park?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R502 / month
24% below city median
Electricity
R1 478 / month
22% below median of CoCT-billed suburbs
Based on a small number of accounts
Water trend:Dec 2025: R563Jan 2026: R502Feb 2026: R420
Electricity trend:Dec 2025: R2 174Jan 2026: R1 478Feb 2026: R1 430

Monthly cost per account from City of Cape Town billing data. Water coverage: 647 suburbs. Electricity coverage: 384 suburbs.

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Mabille Park

↑ Increasing

Mabille Park had 4 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were other approvals.

3-year approvals
4
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R554K

Building plans approved by the City of Cape Town (2014-2025). Approvals indicate planned investment, not completed construction. This data reflects formal building activity only and does not capture informal construction, backyard dwellings, or building work undertaken without a formal plan submission. In areas with high informality, actual construction activity may be substantially higher than these figures suggest. Source: CoCT Building Development Management (DAMS).

FOR PARENTS

How are schools in Mabille Park?

1 school nearby

Mabille Park has 1 school within reach. Schools include Mabille Soneike Private School.

Matric results: pass rate data currently covers 157 of 744 suburbs.Mabille Park will surface when DBE suburb-level data is processed in the next pipeline run. About coverage ›
  • IND
    Mabille Soneike Private School
    Independent · Grades R–7 · 163 learners · 23.3:1 learner-educator ratio
    PrivateFavourable class size

Quintile 5 is the highest government-funding category - fees apply, but these are the best-resourced public schools in South Africa. Rankings set by the WCED against community socioeconomic index. Learner-educator ratio (LER) is from EMIS Q2 2025; under 30:1 is favourable by WCED standards, over 40:1 indicates strained capacity. What quintile means ›

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Mabille Park?

Private vehicle dominant

Mabille Park has 33 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (76%).

Taxi connectivityRanks this suburb's taxi route access against all 744 Cape Town suburbs. Based on routes matched by name and within 500m of suburb centre. Large suburbs may have higher actual connectivity than shown.Full methodology ›

Connected
33 routes
76th percentile · 26 destinations
Routes pass through Mabille Park but may not originate or terminate here. Connectivity index reflects geographic proximity to route corridors.
7th avenue mitchells plain, Atlantis(wesfleur), Bellville, Bellville railway station, Blackheath, Bloekombos +20 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Mabille Park needs a car. The 76% private vehicle share is a socioeconomic profile signal, not a walkability score – in working-class Cape Town suburbs the same walking rate indicates structural necessity. Here it is lifestyle choice.
Private vehicle
76%
Walking
3%
MyCiTi bus
2%
Minibus taxi
18%
Cape Town transport context: In South African cities, transport mode is a socioeconomic proxy – high private vehicle = affluent, high minibus taxi = working class, high walking = structural necessity not preference. StreetSignal reports modal share rather than a walkability index, which would misrepresent SA urban mobility. Methodology ›
Dominant mode
Private vehicle (76%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Mabille Park?

Full municipal services

Mabille Park has a service delivery index of 99+ out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 97% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Goodwood survey group (48 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› Zero households report hunger or food deprivation across all measured dimensions.› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R4,502) is 2.7× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 84% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99+City median: 85
Piped water
100.0%
Flush toilet
100.0%
Weekly refuse
100.0%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Informal or family-compound housing

97City median: 68
Formal dwellings
97.3%
Owner-occupied
38.7%
Rented
35.1%

Environmental risk – Low risk exposure

0risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
0.0%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
0.0%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
21.4%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 93rd percentile
Hardship dimensions
0
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
3.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R2,051
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
84.1%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
15.9%
No access
0.0%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
0.0%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
2.5%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
2.2%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
3.1 people
Avg children per household
0.9

Asset ownership

Computer access
81.1%
Fridge ownership
100.0%
Property ownership
0.0%
Geyser ownership
87.5%
Borehole access
4.3%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
2.2%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH full-time
2.7%

Source: City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey. Survey group: Goodwood. Indicative: nearest survey group used.

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Mabille Park?

Highly responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Mabille Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,040 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Infrastructure problems get fixed fast. The median resolution under one day means Mabille Park residents experience responsive municipal service – a signal of well-maintained infrastructure and efficient complaint routing.
1
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
74th
Percentile
across Cape Town
29%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (13%)Power outage (10%)Low pressure (7%)Sewerage overflow (6%)No supply (6%)
Service requests logged
1 040
Requests resolved
79% (825 of 1 040)
75% resolved within
5 days
90% resolved within
13 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
3038.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
1 038
Unresolved
21.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (131), Power outage (106), Low pressure (73)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Mabille Park

12% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Mabille Park averages R7 792 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R7 792
per account
12% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R7 679Apr 2026: R7 983May 2026: R7 792
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R757 805
Electricity
R788 306
Water
R387 644
Refuse
R159 854
Sewerage
R182 567
City-wide cleaning
R22 403
Improvement district
R0

Outstanding municipal arrears from City of Cape Town financial records. Coverage: 741 suburbs. Per-account figures available for 582 suburbs.

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Mabille Park?

Well served

Healthcare access

9 within 5km
Nearest public
Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.3 km
Nearest private
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 0.5 km
Public facilities
7
Private facilities
2

This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Mabille Park is Kuilsriver, 2.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.8 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 0.5 km away.

Nearest clinic
Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 0.5 km
Nearest library
Kuilsriver · 1.2 km
Nearest park / open space
Naude Street Pos · 0.14 km

Fire station

2.3
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

Cape Town has 32 fire stations serving 744 suburbs. Source: CCT open data.

Public swimming pools

2.8
km to nearest
public pool
1
pools
within 5 km
8
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Bellville South Swimming Pool

Cape Town operates 35 public swimming pools. Source: CCT open data.

Distances straight-line from suburb centroid.

Source: City of Cape Town facility registry

Nearby suburbs

Letru444m · R1.8M
Marinda Park517m · R1.5M
Sonnekuil526m · R1.5M
100
Voelvlei528m · R1.3M
100
Vogelvlei722m
26
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Bordering suburbs

6 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Mabille Park. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Property: GV2022 | Schools: EMIS Q2 2025 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SADBE SchoolsCCT Household SurveyCCT Service Requests

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.

Department of Basic Education, EMIS (Western Cape Q2 2025; Gauteng Q3 2025). DBE EMIS masterlist and public school data, 2023-2025 [dataset]. Source. CC-BY 4.0.

City of Cape Town. CCT Household Survey 2024, 2024 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

City of Cape Town. CCT Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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