Bukit Batok area profile

Overview

Bukit Batok lies in URA's West Region, between Bukit Panjang and Choa Chu Kang to the north and Jurong East and Clementi to the south. It covers 11.14 square kilometres and takes its character from two hills, Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak, with HDB neighbourhoods arranged around them. SingStat counted 165,680 residents at the end of June 2026, making it the tenth-largest planning area by population.

Who lives here

The age profile tracks the national one closely. Children under 15 were 13.3% of residents in June 2026, exactly the national share, and residents aged 65 and over were 19.4%, against 19.5% for Singapore. About 36,140 residents were between 25 and 39.

Homes and dwelling types

HDB flats housed 77% of residents. The 4-room flat is the most common home, with about 56,100 residents, followed by 5-room and executive flats with 35,910 and 3-room flats with 27,210. Condominiums and other apartments accounted for 19% of residents, a higher share than in most western HDB towns, and landed homes for 3%.

Residents by type of dwelling, June 2026 (SingStat). Shares are our arithmetic; “–” means nil or negligible.

In HDB's third-quarter 2026 release, Bukit Batok's medians were S$409,000 for a 3-room flat, S$603,900 for a 4-room flat and S$803,500 for a 5-room flat; executive resales were too few for a median. Our HDB resale medians page compares towns.

Getting around

Five stations have exits inside the boundary on LTA's records.

Stations announced with a date (LTA):

Bukit Batok and Bukit Gombak are on the North-South Line, which runs to Jurong East in one direction and to Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands in the other. On the eastern side, Hume and Hillview are on the Downtown Line, and Hume, the newer of the two, opened in 2025. One exit each of Hillview and Bukit Panjang stations falls inside Bukit Batok.

Two more stations are announced. Bukit Batok West (JE3) is on the Jurong Region Line's eastern branch, which LTA lists for 2028. Brickland (NS3A) is an infill station on the North-South Line between Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Gombak, which LTA targets for completion in 2034.

Schools

Mapped to the 2025 boundary, MOE's list places twelve schools here. The primary schools are Bukit View, Dazhong, Keming, Lianhua, Princess Elizabeth and St. Anthony's. Secondary schools are Bukit Batok, Bukit View, Dunearn, Hillgrove and Swiss Cottage. Millennia Institute, a centralised institute offering a three-year pre-university course, is also inside the planning area.

Food

NEA's register has a single hawker centre in Bukit Batok: Bukit Batok West Hawker Centre, opened in 2024 with 22 cooked-food stalls. For 165,680 residents that is very few; neighbouring Jurong East has three centres on the register and Bukit Panjang two.

Parks and nature

NParks lists 12 parks. Bukit Batok Nature Park and Bukit Batok Town Park, sometimes called Little Guilin for its granite quarry lake, are the best known, and Bukit Gombak Park and Phoenix Park add more green space on the northern side.

Healthcare

Bukit Batok Polyclinic, run by National University Polyclinics, is at 50 Bukit Batok West Avenue 3. St Luke's Hospital, a community hospital, is at 2 Bukit Batok Street 11. MOH's June 2024 CHAS list counts 42 clinics in the area.

Community facilities

The People's Association's June 2024 list includes Hillview CC and Hong Kah North CC, with Bukit Batok CC and Bukit Batok East CC under construction. NLB runs Bukit Batok Public Library, and SportSG lists Bukit Gombak Sport Centre and Bukit Batok Swimming Complex. ECDA's June 2024 list places 75 pre-schools here.

New launches in Bukit Batok

Our new launches index lists nothing inside Bukit Batok.

Nearby planning areas

Next to Bukit Batok on URA's map: Bukit Timah (full guide), Clementi (full guide), Jurong East, Choa Chu Kang, Tengah, Bukit Panjang (full guide).

Every planning area has a page on our neighbourhoods index.

Sources

1. URA, Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea), data.gov.sg (updated 27 February 2026)
2. LTA, MRT Station Exit (GEOJSON), data.gov.sg (updated 18 October 2026)
3. LTA, Train Station Chinese Names (station codes and lines), data.gov.sg; LTA rail system map
4. MOE, General information of schools (2026), data.gov.sg (updated 17 April 2026)
5. NEA, Hawker Centres (GEOJSON), data.gov.sg (updated 14 November 2026), checked against NEA's list of hawker centres (17 August 2026)
6. People's Association, Community Clubs, data.gov.sg (list dated June 2024)
7. NParks, Parks, data.gov.sg (updated 14 November 2026)
8. MOH, CHAS Clinics, data.gov.sg (list dated June 2024)
9. NLB, Libraries, data.gov.sg (list dated June 2024)
10. SportSG, Sport Facilities (GEOJSON), data.gov.sg (updated 13 November 2025)
11. SingStat, Resident Population by Planning Area/Subzone, Age Group and Type of Dwelling, June 2026 (released 25 September 2026), singstat.gov.sg
12. HDB, 3rd Quarter 2026 Public Housing Data, Annex C: Median Resale Prices by Town and Flat Type (23 October 2026), hdb.gov.sg
13. SLA, OneMap search (venue addresses and locations)
14. ECDA, Pre-Schools Location (list dated June 2024) and Kindergartens (updated April 2026), data.gov.sg
15. NHG Polyclinics, SingHealth Polyclinics and National University Polyclinics: lists of polyclinics (November 2026)
16. LTA, Jurong Region Line project page: Stage 1 and Stage 2 in 2028, Stage 3 in 2029
17. LTA news release, 28 July 2023: Brickland station (NS3A), targeted for completion in 2034

Facts checked on 15 November 2026. See our editorial policy.

Last updated 15 November 2026