Toa Payoh area profile

Overview

Toa Payoh is a Central Region planning area of 8.18 square kilometres, bounded by Bishan to the north, Novena and Kallang to the south, and Serangoon, Hougang and Geylang to the east. Within it are the original Toa Payoh new town, the Potong Pasir and Woodleigh estates, and the Bidadari housing district. SingStat recorded 148,940 residents in June 2026.

Who lives here

Older residents are a larger group than nationally: 22.1% were 65 or over in June 2026, against 19.5% for Singapore, and about 8,340 people were 80 or older. Children under 15 made up 13.7%, slightly above the national 13.3%.

Homes and dwelling types

HDB flats housed 82% of residents. The flat mix is broad, from more than 11,000 people in 1- and 2-room flats to about 48,000 in 4-room flats and 25,800 in 5-room and executive flats. Condominiums and other apartments housed 14% of residents, and landed homes 4%.

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

HDB's third-quarter 2026 medians for Toa Payoh were S$363,500 for a 3-room flat and S$1,023,500 for a 4-room flat. That 4-room median was the second-highest of any HDB town in the quarter, after Queenstown's. There were too few 5-room and executive resales to publish a median. Our HDB medians by town puts the figures side by side.

Getting around

Seven stations have exits inside the planning area.

Toa Payoh and Braddell are on the North-South Line. Caldecott joins the Circle Line and the Thomson-East Coast Line. Potong Pasir and Woodleigh, on the North East Line, serve the eastern estates and Bidadari. Tai Seng and Bartley, on the Circle Line, each have some exits inside Toa Payoh and some in the neighbouring area.

Schools

Fifteen MOE schools fall inside Toa Payoh on the 2025 boundary. The primary schools are Cedar Primary, CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh), First Toa Payoh Primary, Kheng Cheng School, Marymount Convent School, Pei Chun Public School (a Special Assistance Plan school) and St. Andrew's School (Junior), plus Maris Stella High School, which runs from Primary 1 to Secondary 4. The secondary schools are Bartley, Beatty, Cedar Girls', CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh), Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) and St. Andrew's School (Secondary), alongside Maris Stella. St. Andrew's Junior College completes the list. Cedar Girls' and Raffles Girls' offer the Integrated Programme.

Hawker centres

NEA lists seven. The largest is at Block 210 Lorong 8 with 80 cooked-food stalls, followed by Kim Keat Palm at Block 22 Lorong 7 with 61. Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre opened in 2024 with 40 stalls. The others are at Block 127 Lorong 1, Block 75 Lorong 5 and Block 93 Lorong 4, and there is a market at Block 74 Lorong 4.

Parks

NParks lists 14 parks and green spaces. Toa Payoh Town Park is the long-standing one, and Bidadari Park, which NParks records in several sections including its Memorial Garden and hillock, is the newest. MacPherson Linear Park and Bunga Rampai Park serve the southern streets.

Healthcare

Toa Payoh Polyclinic, at 2003 Lorong 8, is run by NHG Polyclinics, and MOH's list of upcoming facilities includes a redeveloped Toa Payoh Polyclinic. MOH's June 2024 CHAS list counts 50 clinics in the planning area. Tan Tock Seng Hospital is in neighbouring Novena.

Community facilities

The People's Association's June 2024 list includes Potong Pasir CC and Toa Payoh West CC, with Bidadari CC and Toa Payoh Central CC under construction and two other Toa Payoh clubs pending relocation. NLB runs Toa Payoh Public Library, and SportSG lists Toa Payoh Sport Centre and two ActiveSG gyms.

New launches in Toa Payoh

Nearby planning areas

Next to Toa Payoh on URA's map: Novena, Geylang, Hougang, Kallang, Serangoon, Bishan, Central Water Catchment.

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. MOH, Facilities from 2026 onwards (upcoming polyclinics and hospitals), moh.gov.sg

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

Last updated 15 November 2026