What the Western Islands are
Western Islands is a West Region planning area of 46.18 square kilometres made up of islands off the south-west coast. The largest is Jurong Island, built up from several smaller islands and home to much of Singapore's energy and chemicals industry. SingStat's June 2026 table shows no residents for the planning area, published as nil or negligible.
Access to the industrial islands is controlled, and they are workplaces rather than neighbourhoods. For a reader comparing places to live, this page exists mainly to complete the map.
Rail and services
LTA's exit data shows no rail station in the Western Islands. The agencies' lists also show no MOE school, NEA hawker centre, polyclinic, CHAS clinic, community club or NParks park inside the planning area.
How it fits the map
URA's planning areas cover all of Singapore, including islands. The Western Islands sit alongside two other island planning areas: the Southern Islands, which include Sentosa and its residential Sentosa Cove, and the North-Eastern Islands, which include Pulau Ubin. Of the three, only the Southern Islands have a resident population of any size, with 2,840 people in June 2026.
Why it has a page
SingStat publishes a resident figure for every URA planning area, so our table of all 55 includes the Western Islands with SingStat's dash. Listing it keeps the rows consistent with SingStat's national total.
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
- JTC, Jurong Island (islands joined by reclamation; energy and chemicals hub), jtc.gov.sg
Facts checked on 15 November 2026. See our editorial policy.
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