What the North-Eastern Islands are
The North-Eastern Islands planning area, in URA's North-East Region, covers 67.26 square kilometres of islands off the north-east coast, making it the second-largest planning area after the Western Water Catchment. It includes Pulau Ubin, the smaller islets of Pulau Sekudu and Pulau Unum, and Pulau Tekong, which is used by the Singapore Armed Forces. SingStat recorded 30 residents in June 2026, with the age and dwelling breakdowns all published as nil or negligible.
Pulau Ubin and Chek Jawa
Pulau Ubin is the part most people visit. NParks manages the island, which keeps rural landscapes, old quarry lakes and village houses, and Chek Jawa on its eastern tip is one of NParks' best-known wetlands. NParks lists "Pulau Ubin and Chek Jawa", Pulau Sekudu and Pulau Unum as its three park points in the planning area. Visitors reach Ubin by bumboat from Changi Point Ferry Terminal, which is across the water in the Changi planning area.
Rail and services
There is no rail station on the islands on LTA's records, and the agencies' lists show no MOE school, NEA hawker centre, polyclinic, CHAS clinic or community club inside the planning area.
Why it has a page
SingStat publishes a resident figure for every URA planning area, and the 30 people recorded here count towards Singapore's total. A page for each of the 55 areas keeps our table complete.
Nearby planning areas
No other planning area shares a land boundary with it. 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)
- SingStat, Resident Population by Planning Area/Subzone, Age Group and Type of Dwelling, June 2026 (released 25 September 2026), singstat.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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