SG Block Index

Block 52 Chin Swee RD

160052 · Pearl'S Hill · Outram · Built 1973 · ~46 yrs lease left · 272 units · 20 floors

83Overall / 100
Summary

Block 52 Chin Swee RD in Outram scores 83.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 4.3 minutes’ walk from Chinatown Mrt Station MRT, 6.7 minutes from Jalan Kukoh Blk 1 (Kukoh 21 Food Centre), and 1003 m straight-line from River Valley Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
89
Food
94
Schools
97
Healthcare
70
Daily needs
100
Green space
92
Connectivity
74
Value (lease)
12
Leisure
90

Who it suits

Overall
83
Young Families
86
Seniors
86
Renters
87
Investors
61

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
19min
walkableS$0.00 · direct
one-north
28.6min
NELCCLS$1.75 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
38min
123EWLS$2.02 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
50.2min
80EWLEWLS$2.27 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

19 min door to door · S$0.00 · no transfers · 19 min (1574 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 0 min riding

19mthe city centre
  1. Walk 19 min (1574 m) to Destination
Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door
Walk-time rings · schematic5 min10 min15 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkBlk 52

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
PlannedCantonment MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 1648 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Jalan Kukoh Blk 1 (Kukoh 21 Food Centre)6.7 min
  • Upper Cross Street Blk 531A (Hong Lim Food Centre and Market)8.1 min
  • New Market Road Blk 32 (People's Park Food Centre)8.5 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd0 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6.2 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd9.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Huan Clinic1.9 min
  • Ho Medical Clinic5.2 min
  • Manhattan Medical Centre5.8 min

Parks & green

green
  • Pearl'S Hill City Pk6.2 min
  • Hong Lim Pk8.2 min
  • Telok Ayer Green12.4 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Chin Swee)1.9 min
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Jalan Kukoh)5.5 min
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Banda)11.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • imPAct@Hong Lim Green8.4 min
  • Kreta Ayer CC11.4 min
  • Tiong Bahru CC18.7 min

Libraries

leisure
  • library@chinatown6.1 min
  • library@orchard24.5 min
  • library@esplanade25.3 min

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Outram planning area
Age profile
In Outram, 12% of residents are under 15 and 25.5% are 65 or older.
40–448.2%
60–648%
45–497.8%
55–597.6%
Household income
28.1% of Outram households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person27.2%
$20,000+10.8%
$1,000–1,99910.1%
$2,000–2,9996.3%
Dwelling mix
94.5% of Outram households live in HDB flats; 5.2% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 1 and 2 room flats35.9%
HDB 3 room flats29.3%
HDB 4 room flats21.5%
HDB 5 room and executive flats7.8%
Household size
62.5% of Outram households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
1-person35.2%
2-person27.3%
3-person16.1%
4-person11%
In education
Of Outram residents currently in education, 17.6% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary41.3%
Secondary21.6%
University12.5%
Pre primary9.6%
Commute to work
57.4% of working Outram residents commute by public transport; 15.3% drive or ride.
No transport required25.3%
MRT LRT only20.4%
MRT LRT and bus18.7%
Bus16.6%

Resident data for the Outram planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).

No recent resale transactions recorded for this subzone.

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