Overview
Newton is a compact planning area of 2.06 square kilometres in URA's Central Region. It sits just north of Orchard, with Rochor to the east and Novena to the north. SingStat recorded 10,390 residents there in June 2026.
The district is almost entirely private housing. There are no HDB flats in it on SingStat's count, and the homes are condominiums with a few landed enclaves.
Who lives here
Newton's residents are younger than average at both ends of the age range. Children under 15 were 17.2% of the population in June 2026, compared with 13.3% nationally, and residents 65 and older were 15.8%, below the national 19.5%.
Homes
Condominiums and other apartments housed 9,350 of Newton's 10,390 residents in June 2026, or 90%. Landed homes accounted for 600 people and other dwellings for 450. SingStat records no residents in HDB flats here, so HDB does not publish a Newton resale median.
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 | 9,350 | 90.0% |
| Landed properties | 600 | 5.8% |
| Others | 450 | 4.3% |
| All residents | 10,390 | 100% |
Getting around
One interchange serves the whole planning area.
| Station | Code | Line |
|---|---|---|
| Newton | NS21DT11 | North-South Line, Downtown Line |
Newton station links the North-South Line and the Downtown Line. North-South trains reach Orchard in one stop and Raffles Place in five, while the Downtown Line runs to Little India, Bugis and the Bayfront in one direction and to Botanic Gardens and Beauty World in the other. Stevens, on the Thomson-East Coast and Downtown lines, is a short ride away in neighbouring Novena and Tanglin.
Schools
The only MOE school inside the boundary is Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), a primary school. MOE's own register files it under a broad "Central" grouping; we place it in Newton because its postal address falls inside URA's 2025 boundary. Many of the well-known schools families compare are a short drive away in Novena, Bukit Timah and Tanglin. Our P1 registration guide explains how the 1 km and 2 km distance bands work.
Food
Newton Food Centre, at 500 Clemenceau Avenue North beside the station, is the area's hawker centre and has 83 cooked-food stalls on NEA's register. For a district of about 10,000 residents, that is a generous supply.
Parks
NParks lists one park point inside the boundary, Mount Emily Park. The larger green spaces nearby are Fort Canning Park in the Museum area and the Singapore Botanic Gardens in Tanglin.
Healthcare
There is no polyclinic in Newton. Residents use polyclinics in other areas, such as Kallang Polyclinic at 701 Serangoon Road, and Tan Tock Seng Hospital is in neighbouring Novena. MOH's June 2024 CHAS list places three clinics inside the planning area.
Community facilities
Cairnhill CC is the People's Association community club for the area on the June 2024 list. ECDA's June 2024 list has seven pre-schools here; there is no kindergarten on its 2026 list. There is no public library or SportSG facility inside the boundary.
How Newton compares
Newton's 10,390 residents on 2.06 square kilometres work out to about 5,000 people per square kilometre (our arithmetic), well below the HDB towns, where the densest planning area, Choa Chu Kang, has more than 30,000. The difference is the housing: low-rise condominiums and landed plots rather than high-rise flats. Among the 32 planning areas with more than 10,000 residents, Newton has the smallest population and, with River Valley, no HDB flats at all on SingStat's count.
For a buyer, that combination means quiet residential streets within one stop of Orchard, but also fewer of the shared estate facilities that HDB towns are planned around. Schools, polyclinics and libraries are in the neighbouring areas rather than on the doorstep.
New launches in Newton
Draycott 8
A residential project at 8 Draycott Park: 136 homes, 99-year leasehold, TOP 2006.
Nearby planning areas
Next to Newton on URA's map: Novena, Tanglin, Kallang, Museum, Orchard, Rochor (full guide).
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
- 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)
- People's Association, Community Clubs, data.gov.sg (list dated June 2024)
- 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
- NHG Polyclinics, SingHealth Polyclinics and National University Polyclinics: lists of polyclinics (November 2026)
Facts checked on 15 November 2026. See our editorial policy.
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