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Neighbourhood guides

Twelve URA planning areas, grouped by region, each with stations, schools, food, parks, healthcare and housing.

Singapore is divided by URA into five regions and 55 planning areas. Our guides follow those boundaries, which is how most official statistics are organised. Each guide covers one planning area and uses the agencies' own location data to place stations, schools, hawker centres, parks and clinics inside it.

We started with the planning areas that hold the most residential projects in our new launches index, then added high-demand towns to make twelve. More guides will follow, and their addresses will not change once published.

Central Region

Central Region

Bukit Merah

Tiong Bahru, Redhill, Telok Blangah and HarbourFront, with fifteen hawker centres and two new Circle Line stations.

9 stations · 7 primary schools · 3 new launches listed

Central Region

Bukit Timah

Leafy, low-rise and school-dense, with the Downtown Line running along its spine.

6 stations · 6 primary schools · 4 new launches listed

Central Region

Downtown Core

The CBD and Marina Bay, where homes sit among offices, landmarks and the densest rail network in Singapore.

14 stations · 0 primary schools · 4 new launches listed

Central Region

Marine Parade

Katong, Mountbatten and Marine Parade, with East Coast Park and four Thomson-East Coast Line stations.

4 stations · 3 primary schools · 2 new launches listed

Central Region

Queenstown

A rail-rich mix of mature HDB estates, research districts and green ridges close to the city.

9 stations · 3 primary schools · 4 new launches listed

Central Region

Rochor

Little India, Kampong Glam and Bencoolen, with five MRT stations and two of the island's busiest hawker centres.

5 stations · 0 primary schools · 2 new launches listed

Central Region

Southern Islands (Sentosa)

An island address with waterfront homes, where everyday errands mean a short trip to the mainland.

0 stations · 0 primary schools · 4 new launches listed

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How these areas compare

Census 2020 housing mix for every planning area in our series, side by side.

Money · Census 2020

West Region

West Region

Bukit Panjang

A hillside HDB town on the Downtown Line, with Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on its doorstep.

10 stations · 7 primary schools · 3 new launches listed

West Region

Clementi

A compact western town known for its schools, with two Cross Island Line stations planned.

1 stations · 4 primary schools · 2 new launches listed

North-East Region

North-East Region

Ang Mo Kio

A mature HDB town with ten hawker centres, a polyclinic and a growing private enclave at Lentor.

4 stations · 7 primary schools · 3 new launches listed

East Region

East Region

Pasir Ris

A coastal town of large flats and long parks, about to gain four new rail stations.

1 stations · 6 primary schools · 2 new launches listed

East Region

Tampines

A big eastern town with malls at its interchange, a hospital, two polyclinics and new rail on the way.

6 stations · 11 primary schools · 2 new launches listed

What each guide covers

Every guide follows the same structure, so you can compare areas easily: an overview of who the area suits, the age profile of residents, MRT and LRT stations with line codes, primary and secondary schools, malls, hawker centres, parks, healthcare, community facilities, the housing mix from the 2020 Census, official plans with dates, new launches nearby, frequently asked questions, nearby neighbourhoods and sources.

Comparing across guides

If you are choosing between areas, our comparison articles put the twelve side by side: the housing mix, family-friendly measures, rail to the CBD and hawker centres by region.

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