Overview
Mandai is a North Region planning area of 11.77 square kilometres, wedged between Woodlands, Sembawang and Yishun to the north and east, Sungei Kadut to the west and the Central Water Catchment to the south. It is mostly green and low-density, and SingStat counted 2,030 residents in June 2026.
The name is best known for the Mandai wildlife parks, but on URA's map the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Bird Paradise all sit in the neighbouring Central Water Catchment planning area, going by their OneMap locations. The Mandai planning area itself is the residential and green fringe to the north of them.
Who lives here
With about 2,000 residents, the age shares are indicative only. In June 2026, 10.3% of Mandai's residents were under 15, about 210 children, and 18.7% were 65 or older, about 380 people. Nationally the shares were 13.3% and 19.5%. About 430 residents were aged between 25 and 39.
Homes
Mandai's housing is entirely private. Condominiums and other apartments housed about 1,250 residents, or 62%, and landed homes about 720, or 35%. A further 60 lived in other dwellings. SingStat records no HDB flats in the planning area, so there is no HDB resale median for it.
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 | – | – |
| HDB 4-room flats | – | – |
| HDB 5-room and executive flats | – | – |
| Condominiums and other apartments | 1,250 | 61.6% |
| Landed properties | 720 | 35.5% |
| Others | 60 | 3.0% |
| All residents | 2,030 | 100% |
That mix makes Mandai one of only a handful of populated planning areas with no HDB flats at all; the others with more than 1,000 residents are Newton, River Valley, Orchard and the Singapore River area in the city, and the Southern Islands.
Getting around
LTA's exit data shows no rail station inside Mandai.
Residents use stations in the towns around the area. Woodlands, Admiralty and Woodlands South are in the Woodlands planning area, Khatib and Yishun are in Yishun, and the Thomson-East Coast Line's Springleaf station is on the Yishun side. Roads and buses link the estates to these towns.
Parks and green space
NParks lists three park points inside Mandai: Sembawang Hot Spring Park, the only public hot spring on the main island, and two estate playgrounds at Goodlink Park and Platina Road. The forests of the Central Catchment and the wildlife parks lie immediately to the south.
Schools, food and healthcare
There is no MOE school, NEA hawker centre, polyclinic or CHAS clinic inside Mandai on the agencies' lists. ECDA's June 2024 list places six pre-schools in the area. For everything else, residents rely on neighbouring towns:
- Schools: Woodlands has 22 MOE schools and Yishun 19 on our 2025 mapping.
- Food: Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre is in Woodlands, and Chong Pang Market and Food Centre is in Yishun.
- Healthcare: Woodlands Polyclinic and Woodlands Health Campus are in Woodlands, and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and two polyclinics are in Yishun.
How Mandai compares
At about 170 residents per square kilometre on our arithmetic, Mandai is one of the most sparsely settled of the planning areas where people live, comparable to Changi and the Southern Islands rather than to any town. It suits buyers who want a private home near nature and are content to drive or take a bus for daily errands.
New launches in Mandai
Our new launches index lists nothing inside Mandai.
Nearby planning areas
Next to Mandai on URA's map: Sembawang, Woodlands, Yishun, Sungei Kadut, Central Water Catchment.
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)
- MOE, General information of schools (2026), data.gov.sg (updated 17 April 2026)
- 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)
- 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
- NHG Polyclinics, SingHealth Polyclinics and National University Polyclinics: lists of polyclinics (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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