Silvertown - Khayelitsha
A suburb with more affordable property values and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Silvertown - Khayelitsha is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. The dominant commuter mode is minibus taxi.
How is the area changing?
Crime trend data is not available for Silvertown - Khayelitsha. Property values have grown above inflation between valuation rolls.
What should buyers know?
School and matric pass rate data is limited for Silvertown - Khayelitsha. In this area, service complaint resolution takes around a week on average. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Silvertown - Khayelitsha safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Silvertown - Khayelitsha?
Planned development
4 hectares of land in Silvertown - Khayelitsha are earmarked for new development across 1 parcel, primarily Medium Density Residential (4ha).
Source: CCT District Spatial Development Framework (January 2023). Development areas indicate planning designation, not construction timelines.
The median property value in Silvertown - Khayelitsha is R255K. Property values have grown by 11.4% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R254,500
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +11.4% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 5th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 0-200k
- 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 Silvertown - Khayelitsha?
Development activity in Silvertown - Khayelitsha
Silvertown - Khayelitsha had 6 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 2 per year. Most were new residential builds.
- 3-year approvals
- 6
- Annual average
- 2/yr
- Avg project value
- R2.0M
33% social housing33% of recent building plans in Silvertown - Khayelitsha were for RDP or low-cost housing projects.
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Silvertown - Khayelitsha?
Silvertown - Khayelitsha has 96 minibus taxi routes, including routes to the CBD. The most common way people get to work is by minibus taxi (41%).
Taxi connectivity
Commute mode share
- Dominant mode
- Minibus taxi (41%)
- Source
- CCT Household Survey 2024
Source: City of Cape Town Open Data · 2024
What are living conditions in Silvertown - Khayelitsha?
Silvertown - Khayelitsha has a service delivery index of 57 out of 100, below the city median of 84.5. 19% of dwellings are formal structures.
Access to basic services
- Piped water
- 46.7%
- Flush toilet
- 44.2%
- Weekly refuse
- 58.7%
- Grid electricity
- 77.3%
Housing & tenure
- Formal dwellings
- 19.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 47.8%
- Rented
- 7.0%
Environmental risk
- Flooding risk
- 25.9%
- Fire risk
- 8.9%
- Violent crime
- 7.8%
- Non-violent crime
- 2.6%
Economic structure
- Food spending share
- 54.0%
- Share of income spent on food
City median: 35.3%
Under pressure, limited discretionary income · 14th percentile - Hardship dimensions
- 1
- Areas of material need (out of 8)
- Grant income share
- 46.0%
- of households receiving grants
- Monthly savings
- R76
- Weighted mean per household
Digital inclusion
- Home fibre
- 4.1%
- City median: 46.5%
- Mobile only
- 60.9%
- No access
- 22.0%
Food security
- Adult food insecurity
- 13.4%
- City median: 18.3%
- Child food insecurity
- 13.4%
- City median: 13.0%
- Food insecurity prevalence
- 17.3%
- City median: 22.3%
Demographics & community
- Avg household size
- 3.2 people
- Avg children per household
- 0.9
Asset ownership
- Computer access
- 2.9%
- Fridge ownership
- 82.1%
- Property ownership
- 0.0%
- Geyser ownership
- 0.0%
- Borehole access
- 0.0%
Home-based economy
- Home-based business
- 1.6%
- of households operate a home-based business
Source: City of Cape Town household survey · 2024
How responsive are municipal services in Silvertown - Khayelitsha?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Silvertown - Khayelitsha in a median of 4 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 451 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 451
- Requests resolved
- 81% (367 of 451)
- 75% resolved within
- 7 days
- 90% resolved within
- 16 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 427
- Unresolved
- 19.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (98), Stolen Bins - 240L (69), Broken leading (31)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Silvertown - Khayelitsha
Municipal debt in Silvertown - Khayelitsha averages R1 889 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R40 506
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R38 777
- Refuse
- R9 449
- Sewerage
- R28 287
- City-wide cleaning
- R3 886
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Silvertown - Khayelitsha?
Healthcare access
12 within 5km- Nearest public
- Town 2 CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.2 km
- Nearest private
- Melomed Mitchells Plain · Private Hospital · 5.7 km
- Public facilities
- 12
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Silvertown - Khayelitsha is Khayelitsha, 0.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Khayelitsha Swimming Pool, 1.1 km away. The nearest clinic is Town 2 Cdc, 0.2 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Town 2 Cdc · 0.2 km
- Nearest library
- Masakhane · 1.6 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Khayelitsha Wetlands Park · 0.27 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Khayelitsha Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
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Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Silvertown - Khayelitsha. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Household: CCT Survey Feb-Oct 2024 | Facilities: March 2026 | Development: DSDF January 2023 | Water 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 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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