List of Cape Town suburbs

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This is a list of suburbs in the City of Cape Town, South Africa which includes the city of Cape Town and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs

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Each suburb is followed by its postcode. The first code is for street deliveries, the second, where applicable, refers to PO boxes. Some suburbs share the same postcode.

In South Africa, the term "suburb" does not necessarily mean "residential area on the edge of a city"; rather, it is used synonymously with neighbourhood to refer to the smallest geographical subdivision of the city.

Atlantic Seaboard

SuburbStreet CodePostal CodeDialing prefix
Bakoven 8005
Bantry Bay 8005
Camps Bay 80058040+27 21 438
Clifton 8005
Fresnaye 8005
Green Point 80058051
Hout Bay 78067872
Imizamo Yethu 7806
Llandudno 7806
Mouille Point 8005
Sea Point 80058060
Three Anchor Bay 8005

Cape Flats (South East suburbs)

SuburbStreet CodePostal Code
Athlone 77647760
Bishop Lavis 74907490
Bonteheuwel 7764
Crawford 77807770
Crossroads 7755
Epping 7460
Gugulethu 7750
Hanover Park 7780
Kalksteenfontein 7490
Khayelitsha 77847783
Langa 74557456
Lavender Hill 7945
Manenberg
Mitchells Plain 77857789
Nyanga 77507755
Ottery 78007808
Pelican Park 7941
Philippi 7750
Samora Machel 7785
Strandfontein 7798
Valhalla Park 7490
Delft 7100
Belhar 7493
Elsie's River 7490
Vrygrond 7945

City Bowl

SuburbStreet CodePostal Code
Bo-Kaap (Malay Quarter)8001
Devil's Peak Estate 8001
De Waterkant 8001
Foreshore 8001
Gardens 8001
Higgovale 8001
Lower Vrede (District Six)8001
Oranjezicht 8001
Salt River 7925
Schotsche Kloof 8001
Tamboerskloof 8001
University Estate 8001
Vredehoek 8001
Walmer Estate (District Six)7925
Woodstock (including Upper Woodstock)7925
Zonnebloem (District Six)7925

Eastern Suburbs

SuburbStreet CodePostal Code
Kuils River 75807579
Eersterivier 71007103
Blue Downs 71007105
Blackheath 75797580
Firgove 71307110
Gordon's Bay 7140
Macassar 71307134
Croydon 71307130
Sir Lowry's Pass Village 71307133
Somerset West 71307129
Strand 71407139

Northern Suburbs

SuburbStreet CodePostal Code
Bellville 75307535
Brackenfell 7560
Bothasig 7441
Brooklyn 74057420
Burgundy Estate7441
Durbanville 75507551
Edgemead 7441
Goodwood 74607459
Kensington 7405
Kraaifontein 75707572
Loevenstein 7530
Maitland 74057404
Monte Vista 74607463
Panorama 75007506
Thornton 74607485
Parow 75007499
Plattekloof 7500
Rugby 7405

Southern Suburbs

SuburbStreet CodePostal Code
Bergvliet 79457864
Bishopscourt 7708
Claremont 77087735
Constantia 78067848
Diep River 79457800
Grassy Park 79417888
Harfield Village 7708
Heathfield 7945
Kenilworth 77087745
Kenwyn 7780
Kirstenhof 7945
Kreupelbosch 7806
Lansdowne 77807779
Lotus River 79417805
Meadowridge 7806
Mowbray 77007705
Ndabeni 7405
Newlands 77007725
Observatory 79257935
Pinelands 74057430
Plumstead 78007801
Retreat 79457965
Rondebosch 77007701
Rondebosch East 7780
Rosebank 7700
SouthField 7880
Steenberg 7945
Tokai 79457966
Wynberg 78007824
Wetton 7780
Capri Village 7975
Clovelly 7975
Fish Hoek 79757974
Glencairn 7975
Kalk Bay 79757990
Kommetjie 79757976
Lakeside 79457946
Marina da Gama 7945
Masiphumelele 7975
Muizenberg 79457950
Noordhoek (PO boxes only)7979
Ocean View 7975
Scarborough (PO boxes only)7975
Simon's Town 79757995
St James 79457946
Sunnydale 7975
Sun Valley 79757985
Vrygrond 7945

West Coast Suburbs

SuburbStreet CodePostal CodeTelephone number
Atlantis 73497349
Bloubergstrand 74417441
Mamre 73497349
Melkbosstrand 74417441
Milnerton 74417435
Montague Gardens 74417441
Parklands 74417441
Table View 74417439
West Beach 74417441

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