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Woodlands area profile

Singapore's northern gateway town, with 255,280 residents, more MOE schools than any other planning area and the Singapore end of the RTS Link to Johor Bahru.

Overview

Woodlands is a North Region planning area of 13.61 square kilometres on the Johor Strait, between Sembawang to the east, Mandai to the south and Sungei Kadut to the west. It is the regional centre for the north, with the Causeway checkpoint nearby, and it had 255,280 residents in June 2026, the fourth-largest population of any planning area.

Who lives here

The age mix is close to the national one, slightly younger at the top end. In June 2026, 13.2% of residents were under 15 and 14.9% were 65 or over, against 13.3% and 19.5% nationally. About 61,210 residents were aged 25 to 39.

Homes and dwelling types

Woodlands is almost entirely HDB. In June 2026, 92% of residents lived in HDB flats, the second-highest share of any planning area after Tengah. The flats are mostly large, with about 102,450 people in 4-room flats and 100,600 in 5-room and executive flats. Condominiums and other apartments housed 7% of residents, and landed homes under 1%.

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

Type of dwellingResidentsShare
HDB 1- and 2-room flats14,0105.5%
HDB 3-room flats18,9307.4%
HDB 4-room flats102,45040.1%
HDB 5-room and executive flats100,60039.4%
Condominiums and other apartments17,0206.7%
Landed properties9000.4%
Others1,3700.5%
All residents255,280100%

HDB's third-quarter 2026 medians for Woodlands were S$387,500 for a 3-room flat, S$545,000 for a 4-room flat, S$650,000 for a 5-room flat and S$890,000 for an executive flat. Our HDB medians article sets these against other towns.

Getting around

Five stations have exits inside Woodlands, on two lines.

StationCodeLine
WoodlandsNS9TE2North-South Line, Thomson-East Coast Line
AdmiraltyNS10North-South Line
MarsilingNS8North-South Line
Woodlands NorthTE1Thomson-East Coast Line
Woodlands SouthTE3Thomson-East Coast Line

Marsiling, Woodlands and Admiralty are on the North-South Line, and Woodlands is also an interchange with the Thomson-East Coast Line, whose northern end runs through Woodlands South to Woodlands North. Woodlands North will connect to the Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS Link, a 4km cross-border line to Bukit Chagar. LTA's project page had targeted passenger service for the end of 2026; on 2 October 2026, LTA and Malaysia's Ministry of Transport made public a revised start of February 2027.

Schools

Woodlands has more MOE schools than any other planning area on our 2025 mapping: 22. The twelve primary schools are Admiralty, Evergreen, Fuchun, Greenwood, Innova, Marsiling, Qihua, Riverside, Si Ling, Woodgrove, Woodlands and Woodlands Ring. The secondary schools are Admiralty, Christ Church, Evergreen, Marsiling, Riverside, Spectra, Woodgrove, Woodlands and Woodlands Ring, plus the Singapore Sports School, which runs from Secondary 1 to a pre-university level.

Hawker centres

NEA lists three. Marsiling Mall Hawker Centre at Block 4 Woodlands Street 12 has 70 cooked-food stalls, the Marsiling Lane centre at Blocks 20 and 21 has 52, and Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre, part of the Kampung Admiralty development at Woodlands Drive 71, has 43. For a population of more than 255,000, three centres is few.

Parks and the waterfront

NParks lists five park points: Woodlands Waterfront Park on the strait, Admiralty Park, Marsiling Park, Woodlands Town Park East and the Woodlands Healing Garden.

Healthcare

Woodlands Health Campus, the north's newer public hospital campus, is at 17 Woodlands Drive 17. Woodlands Polyclinic, run by NHG Polyclinics, is at 10 Woodlands Street 31. MOH's June 2024 CHAS list counts 47 clinics in the area.

Community facilities

The People's Association's June 2024 list includes ACE The Place CC, Woodgrove CC and Woodlands Galaxy CC, with Fuchun, Marsiling and Woodlands community clubs pending new buildings. Woodlands Regional Library is here, and SportSG lists Woodlands Sport Centre. ECDA's June 2024 list places 124 pre-schools in Woodlands.

New launches in Woodlands

Nearby planning areas

Next to Woodlands on URA's map: Mandai, Sembawang, Sungei Kadut.

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. SingStat, Statistics Singapore Newsletter Issue 2, 2026: Geographic Profiling of Singapore's Resident Population
  17. LTA, Johor Bahru–Singapore RTS Link project page; LTA and Malaysia's Ministry of Transport update of 2 October 2026 (passenger service expected February 2027)

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

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