Sunbird Park
A suburb with moderate reported crime and below-average property values relative to Cape Town.
Data current as of
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Sunbird Park is a neighbourhood in Cape Flats, Cape Town, where property values are moderate by Cape Town standards. The area's safety profile is below the city average for reported safety.
How is the area changing?
In Sunbird Park, 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 Sunbird Park. In this area, service complaints are generally resolved within a few days. The suburb is well-served by nearby healthcare facilities.
Neighbourhood summary generated from StreetSignal data and reviewed by our team.
Is Sunbird Park safe?
54th percentile among 744 suburbs · Data: Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026) · relative index, not an absolute safety measure
Detailed data
- Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated?
- 38 / 100Limited data — why?
- Contact crime rate
- 2,233,578 per 100k residents
- Station population
- 239 187
- Harm rate (per resident)
- 27/100
- Harm volume (absolute)
- 53/100
- Data period
- Q4 2025/2026 (Jan–Mar 2026)
- Source
- SAPS via DataFirst · CC-BY 4.0
This data reflects crimes reported to SAPS Mfuleni precinct, which covers Sunbird Park and surrounding suburbs. Reported crime may differ from actual crime levels.Full methodology
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Sunbird Park?
The median property value in Sunbird Park is R1.1M. Property values have grown by 8.0% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,100,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +8.0% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 34th percentile
- Dominant value band
- 6-800k
- 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 Sunbird Park?
Development activity in Sunbird Park
Sunbird Park had 18 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 6 per year. Most were renovations and extensions.
- 3-year approvals
- 18
- Annual average
- 6/yr
- Avg project value
- R728K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Sunbird Park?
Sunbird Park has 4 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 Sunbird Park?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Sunbird Park in a median of 2 days, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 1,269 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 1 269
- Requests resolved
- 79% (1 006 of 1 269)
- 75% resolved within
- 5 days
- 90% resolved within
- 20 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 1116.5 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 1 266
- Unresolved
- 21.0%
Top issues: Sewerage overflow (226), Customer : Reconnection Request (82), Stolen Bins - 240L (69)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Sunbird Park
Municipal debt in Sunbird Park averages R31 935 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R3 663 249
- Electricity
- R0
- Water
- R9 563 386
- Refuse
- R1 758 038
- Sewerage
- R2 975 557
- City-wide cleaning
- R95 635
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Sunbird Park?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Blue Downs Clinic · Community Day Centre · 1.6 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 5.1 km
- Public facilities
- 7
- Private facilities
- 0
This suburb has public healthcare access but no private facilities within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Sunbird Park is Kuilsriver, 3.0 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 2.6 km away. The nearest clinic is Blue Downs Clinic, 1.6 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Blue Downs Clinic · 1.6 km
- Nearest library
- Delft · 3.5 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Cardinal Street Park 1 · 0.38 km
Fire station
fire station
category
Public swimming pools
public pool
within 5 km
within 10 km
- Nearest pool
- Blue Downs Swimming Pool
Source: City of Cape Town facility registry
Nearby suburbs
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Sunbird Park. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Safety: Q4 2025/2026 | 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).
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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Sunbird Park, Cape Town