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Sunbird Park

Safety 9/100 Safer than 8% of Cape Town suburbs (relative) Property 6-800k Top 66% Healthcare 7 facilities more access than most suburbs Council Near avg complaints 2d median resolution Transport Minibus taxi coverage 4 routes serving the area

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. Policing falls under the Mfuleni SAPS precinct.

How is the area changing?

In Sunbird 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 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.

These statistics describe the suburb as a whole. Conditions vary between streets and neighbourhoods within any suburb.

For home buyers & families

Is Sunbird Park safe?

Higher reported crime

54th percentile among 744 suburbs · relative index, not an absolute safety measure

Very high Absolute crime volume
33 764 reported crimes per year · city median: 10 468
↑ 14.6% vs Q3 2024
Crime is higher than most of Cape Town and has been increasing over the past year. Contact crime (assault, robbery) dominates the reported crime profile. Check the breakdown below for specifics.

Detailed data

Safety index (resident-adjusted) How is this calculated? 9 / 100
Contact crime rate 2,738,761 per 100k residents
Station population 239 187
Harm rate (per resident) 18/100
Harm volume (absolute) 5/100
Data period Q3 2025/2026 (Oct–Dec 2025)
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

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Source: SAPS via DataFirst · Q3 2025/2026

FOR BUYERS & INVESTORS

What do properties cost in Sunbird Park?

34th percentile

The median property value in Sunbird Park is R1.1M. Property values have grown by 8.0% per year since 2018.

A 8.0% annual growth rate (CAGR) over the valuation period.
Value band distribution – Sunbird Park 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 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

Source: City of Cape Town GV2022

Source: DBE EMIS · Q2 2025

FOR COMMUTERS

How connected is Sunbird Park?

Limited connectivity

Sunbird Park has 4 minibus taxi routes.

Taxi connectivity Ranks 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 ›

Limited connectivity
4 routes
20th percentile · 5 destinations
Brentwood park, Kuilsriver, Mfuleni, Mitchells plain, Silversands
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 Sunbird Park?

Responsive

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.

Computed from City of Cape Town service request data
Below-average municipal responsiveness. A 2-day median resolution is slower than the city median – infrastructure complaints take meaningfully longer to resolve.
2
Median days to resolve
City median: 1
43rd
Percentile
across Cape Town
29%
Resolved
same day
Sewerage overflow (18%)Customer : Reconnection Request (7%)Stolen Bins - 240L (5%)Street lights out (5%)Customer reconnection request (4%)
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
Municipal complaints

Complaints & top issues

Near city average
Complaint rate How is this calculated? 1116.5 per 1,000 households
Total complaints 1 266
Unresolved 21.0%

Top issues: SEW: Blocked/Overflow (226), Customer : Reconnection Request (82), Stolen Bins - 240L (69)

Source: City of Cape Town C3 service requests

FOR FAMILIES

What services are near Sunbird Park?

Well served

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

3
km to nearest
fire station
Kuilsriver
community station
within-5km
response
category

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

Public swimming pools

2.6
km to nearest
public pool
2
pools
within 5 km
8
pools
within 10 km
Nearest pool Blue Downs 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

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Bordering suburbs

3 adjacent

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

Hagley Silversands Wimbledon Estate
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Sunbird Park · -33.9642°S, 18.6794°E

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