Which HDB town is best for singles and couples?

In the current snapshot, Downtown Core leads for singles and couples (70.6%), measured by the share of resident households with only one or two people across its 4 HDB blocks.

Town ranking · by who lives there

Best HDB Towns for Singles & Couples

Q: How is this ranking of singles and couples calculated?

Towns are ranked by the share of resident households with only one or two people (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 one- and two-person households — where singles and couples cluster.

Most young families →Largest senior community →Most affluent →Most graduates →Most car-lite →Most HDB heartland →

#	Town	1–2 person HH	Liveability
1	Downtown Core	70.6%	79
2	Outram	62.5%	82
3	Kallang	54.0%	83
4	Bukit Merah	52.5%	78
5	Queenstown	49.9%	78
6	Geylang	49.5%	81
7	Toa Payoh	49.3%	73
8	Ang Mo Kio	46.7%	75
9	Clementi	43.6%	76
10	Novena	43.4%	74
11	Marine Parade	42.3%	78
12	Bedok	42.1%	70

Ranked by the share of resident households with only one or two people. 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 singles and couples against everything else on the overall town ranking, and pressure-test a shortlist with the screening framework.