Which is the best HDB town for families with young children?

In the current snapshot, Rochor ranks first for families with young children, with a young families score of 87/100 averaged across its 32 HDB blocks. Kallang and Outram follow.

How is the "Young Families" ranking calculated?

Each HDB block is scored 0–100, weighting primary schools and childcare most heavily, then transport, green space and daily needs. Town scores are the unit-weighted average of their blocks, so larger blocks count for more. Everything is computed from open government data — nothing is hand-tuned.

Town ranking

Best HDB Towns for Young Families

The HDB towns that score best for young families, weighting schools, green space, transport and daily needs.

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#	Town	Young Families score	To CBD	Blocks
1	Rochor	87	16 min	32
2	Kallang	85	21 min	211
3	Outram	84	20 min	32
4	Geylang	83	24 min	293
5	Marine Parade	82	35 min	59
6	Queenstown	80	22 min	241
7	Bukit Merah	80	19 min	425
8	Clementi	80	31 min	206
9	Downtown Core	80	17 min	4
10	Novena	79	27 min	84

Young Families score is the unit-weighted average of block scores in each town, weighting primary schools and childcare most heavily, then transport, green space and daily needs. “To CBD” is the median public-transport commute to Raffles Place. Snapshot 2026-11.

How to use this ranking

Town averages are a starting point, not the whole story — the best block in a mid-ranked town can beat the average block in a top one. Use this list to shortlist two or three towns for families with young children, then open each town’s Living in… guide to see its strengths, commute and highest-scoring blocks, and finally compare individual blocks head-to-head. Screen against your own must-haves with the block screening framework.

Living in Rochor →Living in Kallang →Living in Outram →Living in Geylang →Living in Marine Parade →Living in Queenstown →