Shirley Park
A suburb with responsive municipal services and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Shirley 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. There is a place of worship in the area.
How is the area changing?
In Shirley Park, crime is rising 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 Shirley Park. 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 Shirley Park safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Shirley Park?
The median property value in Shirley Park is R1.6M. Property values have grown by 6.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,650,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 46th 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 Shirley Park?
Development activity in Shirley Park
Shirley Park had 4 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
- 4
- Annual average
- 1/yr
- Avg project value
- R258K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Shirley Park?
Shirley Park has 31 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 Shirley Park?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Shirley Park in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 237 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 237
- Requests resolved
- 76% (179 of 237)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 19 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Places of worship
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1980.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 237
- Unresolved
- 24.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (22), Sewerage overflow (21), Damaged Bin - 240L (20)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Shirley Park
Municipal debt in Shirley Park averages R5 202 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R160 457
- Electricity
- R168 119
- Water
- R119 772
- Refuse
- R43 969
- Sewerage
- R50 822
- City-wide cleaning
- R8 224
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Shirley Park?
Healthcare access
12 within 5km- Nearest public
- Stikland Psychiatric Hospital · Provincial Hospital · 1.9 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 1.7 km
- Public facilities
- 8
- Private facilities
- 4
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Shirley Park is Bellville, 2.2 km away. The nearest public pool is Bellville South Swimming Pool, 2.3 km away. The nearest clinic is Netcare Kuils River Hospital, 1.7 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · 1.7 km
- Nearest library
- Bellville South · 2 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Barlinka Road Park · 0.02 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Bellville South Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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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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Shirley Park, Cape Town