Overview
Changi sits at the eastern end of the main island, in URA's East Region. At 43.36 square kilometres it is large, and much of that land is taken up by Changi Airport. The residential part is small: SingStat recorded 1,950 residents in June 2026, and its best-known residential corner is Changi Village at the north-eastern tip, where the coast looks out to Pulau Ubin.
With about 45 residents per square kilometre on our arithmetic, Changi is among the most thinly populated of the planning areas that have homes at all. That makes it a very different proposition from the large East Region towns of Tampines, Bedok and Pasir Ris next door.
Who lives here
The resident figures are small, so the percentages should be read with care. In June 2026, 21.5% of Changi's residents were under 15, about 420 children, and 15.4% were 65 or over. Nationally the shares were 13.3% and 19.5%.
Homes and dwelling types
Changi's housing mix is unlike any other planning area's. Two-thirds of residents, about 1,280 people, lived in the "other" dwelling category, which covers homes outside the main housing types. Another 340 lived in landed homes and about 320 in HDB flats, almost all of them 3-room flats. Only around ten people lived in condominiums or other apartments.
Residents by type of dwelling, June 2026 (SingStat). Shares are our arithmetic; “–” means nil or negligible.
| Type of dwelling | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| HDB 1- and 2-room flats | – | – |
| HDB 3-room flats | 310 | 15.9% |
| HDB 4-room flats | – | – |
| HDB 5-room and executive flats | 10 | 0.5% |
| Condominiums and other apartments | 10 | 0.5% |
| Landed properties | 340 | 17.4% |
| Others | 1,280 | 65.6% |
| All residents | 1,950 | 100% |
HDB does not publish a separate resale median for Changi, as the area is not one of its towns.
Getting around
One station has exits inside the planning area today.
| Station | Code | Line |
|---|---|---|
| Changi Airport | CG2 | East-West Line (Changi Airport branch) |
Stations announced with a date (LTA):
| Station | Code | Opening (LTA) |
|---|---|---|
| Aviation Park | CR2 | 2030 |
Changi Airport station is on the East-West Line's airport branch, reached by changing at Tanah Merah or Expo. Changi Village itself is served by buses. The Cross Island Line's first phase, which LTA targets for 2030, starts at Aviation Park (CR2), which URA's Master Plan 2025 rail layer places in the Changi planning area.
Changi Village and food
Changi Village is the residential and leisure heart of the area. NEA's register lists one hawker centre here, the Changi Village centre at Blocks 2 and 3 Changi Village Road, with 87 cooked-food stalls, the largest centre in the East Region on NEA's register. Shops, eateries and the bus terminal cluster around it.
The coast and parks
NParks lists seven park points in Changi, almost all on the shoreline: Changi Beach Park, Changi Point Promenade, Changi Point Waterfront Park, the Changi East and West boardwalks, Turnhouse Park and the ferry terminal area. Bumboats to Pulau Ubin leave from Changi Point Ferry Terminal, linking Changi to the island in the neighbouring North-Eastern Islands planning area.
Schools, healthcare and community
There is no MOE school inside Changi on the 2025 map; neighbouring Pasir Ris and Tampines have 11 and 21 schools respectively. ECDA's June 2024 list places two pre-schools in the area. MOH's June 2024 CHAS list counts nine clinics, but there is no polyclinic; Pasir Ris Polyclinic and Tampines North Polyclinic are in the neighbouring towns, and Changi General Hospital is in Tampines. The People's Association's June 2024 list shows no community club inside the boundary.
New launches in Changi
Our new launches index lists nothing inside Changi.
Nearby planning areas
Next to Changi on URA's map: Pasir Ris (full guide), Tampines (full guide), Changi Bay.
Every planning area has a page on our neighbourhoods index.
Sources
- URA, Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea), data.gov.sg (updated 27 February 2026)
- LTA, MRT Station Exit (GEOJSON), data.gov.sg (updated 18 October 2026)
- LTA, Train Station Chinese Names (station codes and lines), data.gov.sg; LTA rail system map
- LTA, Cross Island Line project page (phases, stations, target years)
- NEA, Hawker Centres (GEOJSON), data.gov.sg (updated 14 November 2026), checked against NEA's list of hawker centres (17 August 2026)
- NParks, Parks, data.gov.sg (updated 14 November 2026)
- MOH, CHAS Clinics, data.gov.sg (list dated June 2024)
- SingStat, Resident Population by Planning Area/Subzone, Age Group and Type of Dwelling, June 2026 (released 25 September 2026), singstat.gov.sg
- SLA, OneMap search (venue addresses and locations)
- ECDA, Pre-Schools Location (list dated June 2024) and Kindergartens (updated April 2026), data.gov.sg
- NParks, Parks and nature areas (park, nature reserve and wetland names), data.gov.sg (updated 14 November 2026)
- NParks, park and nature reserve pages (Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Pulau Ubin, Central Catchment Nature Reserve), nparks.gov.sg
Facts checked on 15 November 2026. See our editorial policy.
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