Turtle Creek
A suburb with below-average property values and responsive municipal services relative to Cape Town.
The neighbourhood
What's it like to live here?
Turtle Creek 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.
How is the area changing?
In Turtle Creek, 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 Turtle Creek. 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 Turtle Creek safe?
Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q4 2025/2026
What do properties cost in Turtle Creek?
The median property value in Turtle Creek is R1.4M. Property values have grown by 6.3% per year since 2018.
- Median GV2022
- R1,370,000
- Value growth (CAGR 2018–2022)
- +6.3% per year↑ Growing
- City-wide value percentile
- 39th 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 Turtle Creek?
Development activity in Turtle Creek
Turtle Creek had 9 building plans approved in the last three financial years (FY22/23 to FY24/25), averaging 3 per year. Most were other approvals.
- 3-year approvals
- 9
- Annual average
- 3/yr
- Avg project value
- R94K
Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025
How connected is Turtle Creek?
Turtle Creek has 6 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 Turtle Creek?
The City of Cape Town resolves service requests in Turtle Creek in a median of 1 day, compared to the city-wide median of 1 day. This is based on 436 service requests to the City of Cape Town.
City median: 1
across Cape Town
same day
- Service requests logged
- 436
- Requests resolved
- 78% (339 of 436)
- 75% resolved within
- 3 days
- 90% resolved within
- 14 days
- Source
- CCT service request database
Complaints & top issues
- Complaint rate How is this calculated?
- 0.0 per 1,000 households
- Total complaints
- 432
- Unresolved
- 22.0%
Top issues: Single street light out (49), Power outage (47), Customer : Reconnection Request (26)
Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests
Municipal debt in Turtle Creek
Municipal debt in Turtle Creek averages R4 783 per account, compared to the city median of R8 815.
- Property rates
- R471 649
- Electricity
- R112 356
- Water
- R317 041
- Refuse
- R119 901
- Sewerage
- R155 893
- City-wide cleaning
- R16 752
- Improvement district
- R0
What services are near Turtle Creek?
Healthcare access
7 within 5km- Nearest public
- Kuilsriver Clinic · Community Day Centre · 2.9 km
- Nearest private
- Netcare Kuils River Hospital · Private Hospital · 3.8 km
- Public facilities
- 6
- Private facilities
- 1
This suburb has access to both public and private healthcare within 5 km.
The nearest fire station to Turtle Creek is Kuilsriver, 1.8 km away. The nearest public pool is Blue Downs Swimming Pool, 4.7 km away. The nearest clinic is Kuilsriver Clinic, 2.9 km away.
- Nearest clinic
- Kuilsriver Clinic · 2.9 km
- Nearest library
- Kuilsriver · 2.9 km
- Nearest park / open space
- Foxhound Street Pos · 0.21 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
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Bordering suburbs
Suburbs that border or sit adjacent to Turtle Creek. Each has its own safety profile, property market, and service data.
Data as of: Property: GV2022 | Facilities: March 2026 | Electricity: Jan 2024 - Feb 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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Turtle Creek, Cape Town