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Sun City

A suburb with more affordable property values and well-connected public transport relative to Cape Town.

Neighbourhood data for Sun City
Safety data not available. Property, school, and service data shown below.

What's it like to live here?

Sun City is a neighbourhood in Helderberg, Cape Town, where property values place it among the more affordable areas in Cape Town. 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 Sun City, crime is declining 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 Sun City. 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 Sun City safe?

Safety index suppressed
Insufficient data. sun-city makes up a very small share of the Somerset West police precinct, so we cannot reliably separate its crime data from the rest of the precinct. Rather than show a score that could be misleading, we have withheld it.

Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Sun City?

6th percentile

The median property value in Sun City is R270K. Property values have grown by 38.2% per year since 2018.

A 38.2% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Sun City 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
R270,000
Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
+38.2% per year↑ Growing
City-wide value percentile
6th 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

FOR RESIDENTS

What do utilities cost in Sun City?

Computed from City of Cape Town billing data
Water
R41 / month
94% below city median
Electricity
This area is supplied by Eskom. City of Cape Town electricity billing data is not available.
Water trend:Dec 2025: R41Jan 2026: R52Feb 2026: R41

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

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Development activity in Sun City

↑ Increasing

Sun City had 2 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 1 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.

3-year approvals
2
Annual average
1/yr
Avg project value
R666K

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).

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Sun City?

Connected

Sun City has 20 minibus taxi routes.

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
20 routes
61st percentile · 14 destinations
Firgrove (r102), Gordons bay, Lourensford plaas, Lwandle, Macassar, Rusthof (strand) +8 more
Based on CCT minibus taxi route data. Routes matched by name and spatial proximity (500m). Methodology ›

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

FOR RESIDENTS

How responsive are municipal services in Sun City?

Responsive

The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Sun City in a median of 3 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 658 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
13th
Percentile
across Cape Town
14%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (35%)Street lights out (8%)Damaged Bin - 240L (7%)Leak at meter/stopcock 20mm below (4%)No water 20mm and below (4%)
Service requests logged
658
Requests resolved
78% (516 of 658)
75% resolved within
10 days
90% resolved within
26 days
Source
CCT service request database
Community & faith

Places of worship

1 registered
Christian
1

Places of worship per suburb from City of Cape Town open data, supplemented with OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Coverage: 373 of 744 suburbs.

Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Below city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated?
0.0 per 1,000 households
Total complaints
654
Unresolved
22.0%

Top issues: Sewerage overflow (229), Street lights out (51), Damaged Bin - 240L (46)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Municipal debt in Sun City

49% below city median
Computed from City of Cape Town financial data

Municipal debt in Sun City averages R4 488 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.

R4 488
per account
49% below city median
Trend:Mar 2026: R4 488Apr 2026: R4 479May 2026: R4 617
Breakdown as of May 2026
Property rates
R1 422 613
Electricity
R1 635
Water
R402 704
Refuse
R361 586
Sewerage
R464 503
City-wide cleaning
R6 101
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 Sun City?

Some services nearby

Healthcare access

3 within 5km
Nearest public
Sir Lowrys Pass CDC · Community Day Centre · 0.3 km
Nearest private
Mediclinic Vergelegen · Private Hospital · 5.9 km
Public facilities
3
Private facilities
0

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

The nearest fire station to Sun City is Sir Lowrys Pass, 3.3 km away. The nearest public pool is Strand Swimming Pool, 7.5 km away. The nearest clinic is Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc, 0.3 km away.

Nearest clinic
Sir Lowrys Pass Cdc · 0.3 km
Nearest library
Sir Lowry'S Pass · 0.3 km
Nearest park / open space
Sir Lowry's Pass Pos · 0.32 km

Fire station

3.3
km to nearest
fire station
Sir Lowrys Pass
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

7.5
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

Sir Lowry's Pass299m · R250K
33
Sir Lowry's Pass Village Centre452m · R1.1M
34
Mission Grounds640m · R745K
High Riding749m · R5M
Tre Donne1.1km · R3.4M
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Bordering suburbs

2 adjacent

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

Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | 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).

Data sources & legal attribution
SAPS Crime StatsCCT Open DataStats SACCT 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 Service Requests (C3), 2025–2026 [dataset]. CCT Open Data Policy 27781.

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