SG Block Index

Block 661 Buffalo RD

210661 · Farrer Park · Rochor · Built 1981 · Lease from 1982 · ~55 yrs lease left · 127 units · 23 floors

1 upcoming development site within 1 km
87Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 661 Buffalo RD in Rochor scores 86.9/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 0.9 minutes’ walk from Little India Mrt Station MRT, 2.3 minutes from Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market), and 560 m straight-line from St. Margaret'S School (Primary).

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 661 Buffalo RD in Singapore

Block 661 Buffalo RD, Singapore 210661

Pillar scores

Transport
90
Food
100
Schools
100
Healthcare
84
Daily needs
100
Green space
84
Connectivity
78
Value (lease)
30
Leisure
72
EV charging
94
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
87
Young Families
88
Seniors
89
Renters
88
Investors
75
EV Owners
84

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
13.4min
NELNSLS$1.28 · 1 transfer
one-north
24.9min
DTLCCLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
39.9min
NELEWLS$2.02 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
43.1min
960EWLEWL2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

13 min door to door · S$1.28 · 1 transfer · 6 min (375 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 4 min riding

2mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (142 m) to Little India
  2. North East Line · SBS Transit
    Little IndiaDhoby Ghaut · 1 stop · 1 min
  3. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby GhautRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  5. 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 661

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
PlannedFounders' Memorial MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2725 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)2.3 min
  • Berseh Food Centre12.1 min
  • Queen Street Blk 270 (Albert Centre)12.7 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd4.1 min
  • Pardeshi Pte. Ltd.10 min
  • Mustafa Holdings Pte Ltd11.3 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Care Family Clinic2.8 min
  • Waheeda's Clinic & Surgery3.1 min
  • Apollo Medical Centre3.2 min

Parks & green

green
  • Mount Emily Pk7.7 min
  • Rowell Rd Os9.2 min
  • Cambridge Park12.1 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Abdullah Shooker Jewish Welfare Home11 min
  • Wesley Senior Activity Centre14 min
  • Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre14.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Pek Kio CC10.5 min
  • Cairnhill CC20.8 min
  • Jalan Besar CC21.8 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Central Public Library18 min
  • National Library Building18.2 min
  • library@orchard25.6 min

EV charging

ev
  • Tekka Place4.1 min
  • Mackenzie Road B Off Street The Mkz4.7 min
  • Blk 632/633/635 Veerasamy Road8.3 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 661 Buffalo RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 1 hawker centres, 2 supermarkets, 2 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 400191.2 min walk · 98 m
  • Stop 400112 min walk · 133 m
Buses that serve this block
  • LITTLE INDIA STN3 min walk
    960

Services seen boarding near this block on real OneMap public-transport routes — not a full timetable. Check the LTA / bus operator app for live arrivals.

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Rochor planning area
Age profile
In Rochor, 10.1% of residents are under 15 and 22.6% are 65 or older.
45–498.5%
40–448.2%
60–647.8%
35–397.4%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$396k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
strong value

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 661 Buffalo RD is more liveable than 98% of them and cheaper than 62% — around S$566/psf for 3 room (as of 2024-06).

Liveability98th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 62%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (3-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2024-06

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 661 offers an outstanding liveability score (86.9/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~55 years left).

What you get86.9/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+17.0%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds55 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 Farrer Park. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 661 Buffalo RD

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

4-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$598k
median S$598k · S$678678 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room a sale at this block
636666697Nov '23Jan '25Mar '26
Monthly resale volume — Farrer Park (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 661 Buffalo RD

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Mar '264-room16 TO 1882S$598kS$678

Subzone medians — Farrer Park

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$566
4 ROOMS$716▲ 17.0%
5 ROOMS$690▲ 0.0%
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