Block 50 Telok Blangah DR
100050 · Telok Blangah Drive · Bukit Merah · Built 1977 · ~50 yrs lease left · 168 units · 13 floors
79Overall / 100
Summary
Block 50 Telok Blangah DR in Bukit Merah scores 79.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 5.3 minutes’ walk from Telok Blangah Mrt Station MRT, 3 minutes from Telok Blangah Hawker Centre & Market, and 380 m straight-line from Blangah Rise Primary School.
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 86
- Food
- 100
- Schools
- 98
- Healthcare
- 70
- Daily needs
- 100
- Green space
- 67
- Connectivity
- 70
- Value (lease)
- 20
- Leisure
- 53
Who it suits
- Overall
- 79
- Young Families
- 81
- Seniors
- 80
- Renters
- 82
- Investors
- 67
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 25.6min
- one-north
- 17.6min
- Jurong East
- 37.6min
- Changi Airport
- 63.9min
27316EWLS$1.75 · 2 transfers
CCLS$1.59 · direct
273145EWLS$2.02 · 2 transfers
145EWLEWLS$2.43 · 2 transfers
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap26 min door to door · S$1.75 · 2 transfers · 2 min (141 m) walking · 5 min waiting · 18 min riding
1m›273›16›1m›EWL›0mthe city centre
- Walk 1 min (38 m) to Blk 50
- Bus 273 · SBS Transit
Blk 50 → BT Merah Int · 5 stops · 6 min - Bus 16 · SBS Transit
BT Merah Int → Tiong Bahru /plaza · 4 stops · 6 min - Walk 1 min (76 m) to Tiong Bahru
- East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
Tiong Bahru → Raffles Place · 3 stops · 6 min - Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
What’s nearby
walk times, door to doorWalk-time rings · schematic
Distance from centre is real walk time (rings at 5 / 10 / 15 min); the angle only spreads categories apart — it is not compass bearing.
MRT stations
transit- Telok Blangah Mrt Station5.3 min
- Labrador Park Mrt Station12.8 min
- Harbourfront Mrt Station18.4 min
PlannedKeppel MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2191 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.
Hawker centres
food- Telok Blangah Hawker Centre & Market3 min
- Telok Blangah Drive Blk 79 (Telok Blangah Food Centre)4.1 min
- Telok Blangah Drive Blk 82 (Telok Blangah Market)4.6 min
Supermarkets
daily- Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd2.5 min
- Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd14.3 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd17 min
CHAS clinics
health- Fraser Medical Centre2.4 min
- Healthplus Family Clinic & Surgery2.4 min
- Elyon Family Clinic And Surgery3.1 min
Parks & green
green- Labrador Nature Park12.3 min
- Labrador Villa Park14.5 min
- Bukit Chermin Boardwalk17.8 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities Limited7.3 min
- THK SAC @ Telok Blangah Crescent18.9 min
- Silver Ace@Telok Blangah23.4 min
Community clubs
leisure- Telok Blangah CC8.5 min
- Radin Mas CC16.6 min
- Bukit Merah CC30.8 min
Libraries
leisure- Harbour Front Public Library24.4 min
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Bukit Merah planning area- Age profile
- In Bukit Merah, 12.6% of residents are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older.
- 40–447.8%45–497.8%60–647.3%55–597.1%
- Household income
- 35% of Bukit Merah households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person20.8%$20,000+13%$1,000–1,9997.7%$2,000–2,9995.8%
- Dwelling mix
- 90.2% of Bukit Merah households live in HDB flats; 9.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats29.1%HDB 3 room flats26.3%HDB 1 and 2 room flats18.4%HDB 5 room and executive flats16.4%
- Household size
- 52.5% of Bukit Merah households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person28.8%1-person23.7%3-person18.5%4-person15.9%
- In education
- Of Bukit Merah residents currently in education, 20.9% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary38.4%Secondary22.5%University12.4%Polytechnic8.5%
- Commute to work
- 62.6% of working Bukit Merah residents commute by public transport; 24.1% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus24.3%Bus23.7%Car17.1%MRT LRT only12.6%
Resident data for the Bukit Merah planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).
Resale context — Telok Blangah Drive
Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg
Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo changeLatest txns
2 ROOMS$619▼ 5.7%1
3 ROOMS$995▲ 21.3%5
4 ROOMS$542▼ 42.3%1
5 ROOMS$802▲ 19.4%1