Which HDB town is best for a young-family community?

In the current snapshot, Punggol leads for a young-family community (24.6%), measured by the share of residents aged under 15 across its 559 HDB blocks.

Town ranking · by who lives there

HDB Towns With the Most Young Families

Q: How is this ranking of a young-family community calculated?

Towns are ranked by the share of residents aged under 15 (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 residents aged under 15 — the youngest, most family-heavy heartlands.

Largest senior community →Most affluent →Most graduates →Most car-lite →Most singles & couples →Most HDB heartland →

#	Town	Under 15	Liveability
1	Punggol	24.6%	66
2	Changi	22.7%	36
3	Sengkang	20.1%	71
4	Tanglin	18.5%	69
5	Sembawang	18.0%	65
6	Bukit Timah	16.7%	73
7	Novena	15.6%	74
8	Yishun	15.4%	66
9	Woodlands	15.1%	65
10	Bukit Panjang	14.9%	70
11	Choa Chu Kang	14.8%	69
12	Jurong West	14.6%	71

Ranked by the share of residents aged under 15. 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 a young-family community against everything else on the overall town ranking, and pressure-test a shortlist with the screening framework.