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Protea Park - Gordon's Bay

A suburb with moderate reported crime relative to Cape Town.

Data current as of

What's it like to live here?

Protea Park - Gordon's Bay is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town. The area's safety profile is around or above the city median for reported safety. The dominant commuter mode is private vehicle.

How is the area changing?

In Protea Park - Gordon's Bay, crime levels are stable based on the most recent quarterly comparison. No recent valuation trend data is available for this suburb.

What should buyers know?

School and matric pass rate data is limited for Protea Park - Gordon's Bay. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb has several healthcare facilities within reasonable distance.

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 Protea Park - Gordon's Bay safe?

Moderate reported crime

97th percentile among 744 suburbs · based on precinct-level data shared with 20 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very lowAbsolute crime volume
1 356 reported crimes per year · city median: 4 280
↑ 2.7% vs Q3 2024
Crime sits in the middle range for Cape Town. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
51 / 100
Contact crime rate
58,439 per 100k residents
Station population
19 851
Harm rate (per resident)
49/100
Harm volume (absolute)
54/100
Data period
Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
Source
SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0

This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Gordons Bay precinct, which covers Protea Park - Gordon's Bay and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay?

No property valuation data available for this suburb.

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay?

Utility billing data is not available for Protea Park - Gordon's Bay. This area is not individually billed by the City of Cape Town - services may be delivered through communal infrastructure, prepaid meters, or Eskom supply.More about data coverage

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

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Protea Park - Gordon's Bay?

Private vehicle dominant

Protea Park - Gordon's Bay has 3 minibus taxi routes. The most common way people get to work is by private vehicle (84%).

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 ›

Low connectivity
3 routes
15th percentile · 5 destinations
Gordons bay, Sir lowrys pass town, Strand, Temperance town, Temperance town (gordons bay)
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

Commute mode share

Anyone relocating to Protea Park - Gordon's Bay needs a car. The 84% 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
84%
Walking
9%
Minibus taxi
6%
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 (84%)
Source
CCT Household Survey 2024

Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

What are living conditions in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay?

Full municipal services

Protea Park - Gordon's Bay has a service delivery index of 99 out of 100, above the city median of 84.5. 99% of dwellings are formal structures.

Computed from the City of Cape Town 2024 Household Survey, Gordons Bay survey group (39 households). Indicative: nearest survey group used.

› Monthly accommodation expenditure (R3,306) is 2.0× the city median of R1,674.› High digital connectivity: 83% of households have home internet access.

Access to basic services

99City median: 85
Piped water
99.0%
Flush toilet
99.0%
Weekly refuse
97.3%
Grid electricity
100.0%

Housing & tenure – Mixed tenure community

99City median: 68
Formal dwellings
99.0%
Owner-occupied
63.0%
Rented
25.3%

Environmental risk – Moderate risk exposure

20risk index · higher = greater risk · City median: 26
Flooding risk
4.3%
Fire risk
0.0%
Violent crime
1.7%
Non-violent crime
0.0%

Economic structure – Moderate material pressure

Food spending share
32.3%
Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Comfortable, moderate discretionary income · 67th percentile
Hardship dimensions
1
Areas of material need (out of 8)
Grant income share
23.0%
of households receiving grants
Monthly savings
R406
Weighted mean per household

Digital inclusion – Fibre-connected suburb

Home fibre
82.8%
City median: 46.5%
Mobile only
13.8%
No access
1.7%

Food security

Adult food insecurity
2.8%
City median: 18.3%
Child food insecurity
2.8%
City median: 13.0%
Food insecurity prevalence
7.6%
City median: 22.3%

Demographics & community

Avg household size
2.5 people
Avg children per household
0.6

Asset ownership

Computer access
67.1%
Fridge ownership
93.7%
Property ownership
1.7%
Geyser ownership
75.0%
Borehole access
4.0%

Home-based economy

Home-based business
13.1%
of households operate a home-based business
WFH part-time
4.3%

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

Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 16 service requests to the City of Cape Town.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 3-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
3
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
12th
Percentile
across Cape Town
23%
Resolved
same day
Single street light out (25%)Sewerage overflow (13%)Customer phone in reading (13%)Street lights out (13%)Burst pipe (6%)
Service requests logged
16
Requests resolved
81% (13 of 16)
75% resolved within
7 days
90% resolved within
16 days
Source
CCT service request database
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
16
Unresolved
19.0%

Top issues: Single street light out (4), Sewerage overflow (2), Customer phone in reading (2)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay

Data available
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Total outstanding municipal debt in Protea Park - Gordon's Bay is R38K as of May 2026.

R38K
total
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
-R216 267 (credit)
Electricity
R359 302
Water
-R59 306 (credit)
Refuse
-R3 679 (credit)
Sewerage
-R41 746 (credit)
City-wide cleaning
R0
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 Protea Park - Gordon's Bay?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

4 within 5km
Nearest public
Gordon'S Bay CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.4 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Strand · Private Hospital · 5.5 km
Public facilities
4
Private facilities
0

This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.

The nearest fire station to Protea Park - Gordon's Bay is Strand, 4.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 5.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Gordon'S Bay Cdc, 0.4 km away.

Nearest clinic
Gordon'S Bay Cdc · 0.4 km
Nearest library
Gordon'S Bay · 0.7 km
Nearest park / open space
Neptune Park · 0.18 km

Fire station

4.8
km to nearest
fire station
Strand
district hq - east
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

5.6
km to nearest
public pool
0
pools
within 5 km
1
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool
Strand 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

Winslow336m · R1.8M
Anchorage Park373m · R1.6M
100
Admirals Park517m · R1.3M
100
Sea Breeze Park537m · R1.4M
100
Mountainside Ext 2551m · R2.7M
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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Protea Park - Gordon's Bay. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.

Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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.

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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Protea Park - Gordon's Bay, Cape Town

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