SG Block Index

Block 28 Tiong Bahru RD

163028 · Tiong Bahru · Bukit Merah · Built 1949 · Lease from 1973 · ~46 yrs lease left · 12 units · 4 floors

3 upcoming development sites within 1 km
84Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 28 Tiong Bahru RD in Bukit Merah scores 83.9/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 4.6 minutes’ walk from Tiong Bahru Mrt Station MRT, 4.9 minutes from Havelock Road Blk 22A/B (Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre), and 520 m straight-line from Zhangde Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 28 Tiong Bahru RD in Singapore

Block 28 Tiong Bahru RD, Singapore 163028

Pillar scores

Transport
86
Food
100
Schools
100
Healthcare
70
Daily needs
100
Green space
88
Connectivity
83
Value (lease)
12
Leisure
65
EV charging
92
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
84
Young Families
86
Seniors
84
Renters
88
Investors
69
EV Owners
79

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
13.4min
EWLS$1.38 · direct
one-north
22.8min
EWLCCLS$1.59 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
27.5min
EWLS$1.94 · direct
Changi Airport
47.3min
EWLEWLS$2.36 · 1 transfer

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

13 min door to door · S$1.38 · no transfers · 8 min (462 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 6 min riding

7mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 7 min (434 m) to Tiong Bahru
  2. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Tiong BahruRaffles Place · 3 stops · 6 min
  3. Walk 0 min (28 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 28

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 1572 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Havelock Road Blk 22A/B (Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre)4.9 min
  • Tiong Bahru Market5.3 min
  • Beo Crescent Market8.6 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd2.7 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd5.2 min
  • Fassler Gourmet Pte Ltd6.3 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Tiong Bahru Medical Centre2.4 min
  • Onecare Clinic Tiong Bahru2.6 min
  • Yim Clinic2.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Kim Pong Park4 min
  • Tiong Bahru Pk10.4 min
  • Ganges Ave Os11.9 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Pacific Activity Centres Pte Ltd2.5 min
  • THK SAC @ Beo Crescent8.2 min
  • Econ Health and Wellness Centre9.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Tiong Bahru CC5.1 min
  • Kim Seng CC9.7 min
  • Henderson CC16.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • library@chinatown25.1 min
  • library@orchard30.4 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 78/80 Moh Guan Terrace/Chay Yan Street4.4 min
  • Blks 4-8 Taman Ho Swee Bukit Ho Swee View4.8 min
  • Blk 34 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee The Beo Crescent5.4 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 28 Tiong Bahru RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 3 hawker centres, 5 supermarkets, 1 parks, 4 clinics.

Shaded areas are real pedestrian reach (OSRM foot routing), sampled on a grid — an approximate schematic, not a legal boundary.

Buses near here

LTA stops · OneMap routing
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 101412.6 min walk · 209 m
  • Stop 101512.7 min walk · 189 m

Board here and check the LTA bus app for the services and live arrival times.

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).

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$1.02M · 4 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
priced about right

Among 4-room HDB flats islandwide (3,466 compared), Blk 28 Tiong Bahru RD is more liveable than 95% of them but pricier than 96% — around S$1,048/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability95th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 4%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (4-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-06

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 28 offers an outstanding liveability score (83.9/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is ageing (~46 years left).

What you get83.9/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+13.8%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds46 yrslease remaining

A plain-language read, not financial advice. Liveability and lease come from the index; price signals from data.gov.sg resale transactions for Tiong Bahru. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 28 Tiong Bahru RD

Actual registered resale prices · source data.gov.sg · we show real sale ranges, not an estimated valuation

Subzone median PSF (smoothed)2-room3-room4-room5-room a sale at this block
6018871172Aug '24Jul '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Tiong Bahru (area liquidity)

No registered resale at Blk 28 Tiong Bahru RD in the last 2 years — figures above reflect Tiong Bahru medians.

Subzone medians — Tiong Bahru

Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$1063
3 ROOMS$897▲ 14.1%
4 ROOMS$1048▲ 13.8%
5 ROOMS$1244▲ 17.3%
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