Which HDB town is best for car-lite living?

In the current snapshot, Toa Payoh leads for car-lite living (63.1%), measured by the share of working residents whose main commute mode is public transport across its 386 HDB blocks.

Town ranking · by who lives there

Most Car-Lite HDB Towns in Singapore

Q: How is this ranking of car-lite living calculated?

Towns are ranked by the share of working residents whose main commute mode is public transport (higher is better). Figures are from the 2020 Census of Population (SingStat, via OneMap) and describe who currently lives in the town — a demographic descriptor, not a liveability score.

HDB towns ranked by the share of working residents who commute by public transport — the most car-lite heartlands.

Most young families →Largest senior community →Most affluent →Most graduates →Most singles & couples →Most HDB heartland →

#	Town	PT commuters	Liveability
1	Toa Payoh	63.1%	73
2	Sembawang	62.9%	65
3	Bukit Merah	62.6%	78
4	Queenstown	61.6%	78
5	Geylang	61.3%	81
6	Ang Mo Kio	60.9%	75
7	Yishun	60.4%	66
8	Kallang	60.3%	83
9	Jurong East	59.8%	70
10	Woodlands	59.7%	65
11	Sengkang	59.6%	71
12	Tampines	58.9%	66

Ranked by the share of working residents whose main commute mode is public transport. Figures are from the 2020 Census of Population (SingStat, via OneMap) and describe who currently lives in the town — a demographic descriptor, not a liveability score. Snapshot 2026-11.

How to use this

A town’s figure summarises the typical block, but individual blocks vary — check the specific block before you commit. Open a town’s Living in… guide for its full picture, weigh car-lite living against everything else on the overall town ranking, and pressure-test a shortlist with the screening framework.