Which HDB town has the best leisure and recreation?

In the current snapshot, Outram ranks first for leisure and recreation, scoring 90/100 on the leisure and recreation pillar averaged across its 19 HDB blocks.

How is leisure and recreation scored?

Each block is scored 0–100 from walking time to libraries, community clubs, sports facilities and gyms; the town figure is the unit-weighted average of its blocks. Everything is computed from open government data (data.gov.sg, OneMap).

Town ranking

Best HDB Towns for Leisure & Recreation

HDB towns ranked by access to libraries, community clubs, sports facilities and gyms.

transport →food and hawker →green space →healthcare →school →daily-needs →

#	Town	Score	To CBD
1	Outram	90	18 min
2	Clementi	79	31 min
3	Rochor	75	16 min
4	Ang Mo Kio	75	35 min
5	Toa Payoh	74	26 min
6	Bishan	73	30 min
7	Bukit Panjang	71	49 min
8	Jurong West	70	45 min
9	Bukit Batok	70	44 min
10	Novena	69	27 min
11	Bedok	66	34 min
12	Serangoon	66	36 min

Score is the unit-weighted average across each town’s blocks of walking time to libraries, community clubs, sports facilities and gyms. Snapshot 2026-08.

How to use this

A high town average means the typical block scores well for leisure and recreation, but individual blocks vary — check the specific block before you commit. Open a town’s Living in… guide for its full picture, or weigh leisure and recreation against everything else on the overall town ranking and with the screening framework.