SG Block Index

Block 18 Joo Seng RD

360018 · Joo Seng · Toa Payoh · Built 1983 · Lease from 1984 · ~57 yrs lease left · 114 units · 13 floors

56Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 18 Joo Seng RD in Toa Payoh scores 56.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 17.1 minutes’ walk from Tai Seng Mrt Station MRT, 19.2 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 625 m straight-line from Cedar Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 18 Joo Seng RD in Singapore

Block 18 Joo Seng RD, Singapore 360018

Pillar scores

Transport
24
Food
63
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
60
Green space
64
Connectivity
52
Value (lease)
34
Leisure
26
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
56
Young Families
63
Seniors
54
Renters
48
Investors
61
EV Owners
64

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
35.5min
13562EWLS$1.75 · 2 transfers
one-north
44.8min
CCLS$2.11 · direct
Jurong East
58.9min
CCLEWLS$2.33 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
46.5min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.07 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

36 min door to door · S$1.75 · 2 transfers · 12 min (768 m) walking · 7 min waiting · 17 min riding

9m135622mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 9 min (599 m) to Aft Joo Seng RD
  2. Bus 135 · SBS Transit
    Aft Joo Seng RDAljunied PK · 2 stops · 2 min
  3. Bus 62 · Go-Ahead Singapore
    Aljunied PKAljunied · 4 stops · 5 min
  4. Walk 2 min (141 m) to Aljunied
  5. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    AljuniedRaffles Place · 5 stops · 10 min
  6. 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 minMarketClinicParkBlk 18

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
PlannedDefu MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 3473 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre19.2 min
  • Circuit Road Blk 79/79A22.1 min
  • Circuit Road Blk 80 (80 Circuit Road Market and Food Centre)24.1 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Prime Supermarket Limited?7.5 min
  • Tan Pak Nang10.7 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd12.2 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthlink Medical Clinic & Surgery8.2 min
  • Ysl Aljunied Clinic & Surgery8.2 min
  • G.I.F.T Medical Centre10.8 min

Parks & green

green
  • Macpherson Linear Pk8.6 min
  • Oasis@Mulberry Pk9.6 min
  • Butterfly Ave Pg10 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • St John's Home for the Aged15.9 min
  • CARElderly Senior Activity Centre (Merpati)21.9 min
  • CARElderly Senior Activity Centre22.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)18.6 min
  • Potong Pasir CC25.4 min
  • MacPherson CC26.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Geylang East Public Library35.8 min
  • Serangoon Public Library36.4 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 12 To 18 Joo Seng Road Joo Seng Heights0.2 min
  • Blk 8 Joo Seng Road Joo Seng Green5.7 min
  • Blk 10/11/19 To 21 Joo Seng Road6.8 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 18 Joo Seng RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 supermarkets, 3 parks, 2 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 700596.9 min walk · 386 m
  • Stop 700517.6 min walk · 374 m
Buses that serve this block
  • ALJUNIED PK9 min walk
    62
  • AFT JOO SENG RD9 min walk
    135

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 · Toa Payoh planning area
Age profile
In Toa Payoh, 12.1% of residents are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older.
45–497.8%
60–647.6%
55–597.5%
50–547.2%
Household income
33.5% of Toa Payoh households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person21.4%
$20,000+12.9%
$1,000–1,9996.4%
$3,000–3,9995.6%
Dwelling mix
83.7% of Toa Payoh households live in HDB flats; 15.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 3 room flats34.2%
HDB 4 room flats24.2%
HDB 5 room and executive flats15.1%
Condominiums and other apartments11.6%
Household size
49.3% of Toa Payoh households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
1-person24.9%
2-person24.4%
3-person19%
4-person15.9%
In education
Of Toa Payoh residents currently in education, 23.9% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary33.3%
Secondary25.2%
University14%
Polytechnic9.9%
Commute to work
63.1% of working Toa Payoh residents commute by public transport; 24.2% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus26.8%
MRT LRT only19.3%
Car17.9%
Bus15.2%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$669k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
pays a premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 18 Joo Seng RD is more liveable than 4% of them but pricier than 92% — around S$956/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-05).

Liveability4th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 8%

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 2026-05

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 18 offers a solid liveability score (56.4/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~57 years left).

What you get56.4/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+4.0%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds57 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 Joo Seng. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 18 Joo Seng RD

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

4-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$590k – S$625k
median S$608k · S$532569 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room a sale at this block
467664862Jul '24Jun '25May '26
Monthly resale volume — Joo Seng (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 18 Joo Seng RD

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
May '264-room04 TO 06103S$590kS$532
Aug '254-room10 TO 12102S$625kS$569
Jul '244-room01 TO 03103S$560kS$505

Subzone medians — Joo Seng

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$956▲ 4.0%
4 ROOMS$934▲ 42.0%
5 ROOMS$594▲ 7.8%
EXECUTIVES$624▼ 15.0%
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