SG Block Index

Block 185 Boon Lay Ave

640185 · Boon Lay Place · Jurong West · Built 1975 · ~48 yrs lease left · 436 units · 22 floors

74Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 185 Boon Lay Ave in Jurong West scores 74.1/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 15.9 minutes’ walk from Boon Lay Mrt Station MRT, 5.1 minutes from Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village), and 465 m straight-line from Boon Lay Garden Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 185 Boon Lay Ave in Singapore

Block 185 Boon Lay Ave, Singapore 640185

Pillar scores

Transport
59
Food
90
Schools
100
Healthcare
81
Daily needs
100
Green space
43
Connectivity
54
Value (lease)
16
Leisure
93
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
74
Young Families
77
Seniors
75
Renters
70
Investors
51
EV Owners
75

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
45.8min
174EWLS$2.33 · 1 transfer
one-north
37.5min
174EWLCCLS$2.02 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
22.2min
174EWLS$1.68 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
80.7min
174EWLEWLS$2.55 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

46 min door to door · S$2.33 · 1 transfer · 5 min (349 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 37 min riding

2m1743mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (144 m) to Blk 185
  2. Bus 174 · SBS Transit
    Blk 185Boon Lay Int · 3 stops · 5 min
  3. Walk 3 min (177 m) to Boon Lay
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Boon LayRaffles Place · 13 stops · 32 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 minHawkerMarketClinicBlk 185

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
PlannedJurong West MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 418 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village)5.1 min
  • Jurong West Street 52 Blk 50516.4 min
  • Jurong West Hawker Centre22.6 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd4 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd13.8 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd15 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Boon Lay Central Clinic4 min
  • Boon Lay Clinic & Surgery4 min
  • Bless Medical Centre Pte Ltd4 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lakeside Grove Fitness Corner18.3 min
  • Jurong Central Park20.3 min
  • Westwood Park Playground20.8 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • THK SAC @ Boon Lay4.3 min
  • Adventist Home for the Elders13.1 min
  • NTUC Health Cluster Support @ Taman Jurong27 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Boon Lay CC5.7 min
  • The Frontier CC12.8 min
  • Jurong Spring CC15.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Jurong West Public Library12.1 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 185/187 Boon Lay Avenue Boon Lay Vista1.8 min
  • Blk 174/179 Boon Lay Drive Boon Lay Green3.5 min
  • Blk 221 Boon Lay Place 221 Boon Lay Place6.8 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 185 Boon Lay Ave
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 hawker centres, 1 supermarkets, 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 214211.3 min walk · 106 m
  • Stop 214291.3 min walk · 114 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 1852 min walk
    174

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 · Jurong West planning area
Age profile
In Jurong West, 14.6% of residents are under 15 and 12.8% are 65 or older.
45–498.1%
40–447.9%
50–547.7%
35–397.6%
Household income
37.3% of Jurong West households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person9.6%
$20,000+8.2%
$6,000–6,9996.4%
$4,000–4,9996.3%
Dwelling mix
92% of Jurong West households live in HDB flats; 7.9% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats37.4%
HDB 5 room and executive flats34.9%
HDB 3 room flats15.3%
Condominiums and other apartments6.7%
Household size
33.4% of Jurong West households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
4-person22.1%
3-person21%
2-person20.3%
1-person13.1%
In education
Of Jurong West residents currently in education, 22.8% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary34.7%
Secondary25.5%
Polytechnic11.5%
University11.3%
Commute to work
57.3% of working Jurong West residents commute by public transport; 26.8% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus28.4%
Car17.5%
Bus15.1%
MRT LRT only10.4%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$621k · 4 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
good value

Among 4-room HDB flats islandwide (3,466 compared), Blk 185 Boon Lay Ave is more liveable than 73% of them but pricier than 60% — around S$641/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability73th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 40%

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 185 offers a strong liveability score (74.1/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is ageing (~48 years left).

What you get74.1/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+8.1%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds48 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 Boon Lay Place. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 185 Boon Lay Ave

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

3-room13 sales · 12 mo
S$302k – S$360k
median S$323k · S$441567 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room a sale at this block
426504582Jul '24Jul '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Boon Lay Place (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 185 Boon Lay Ave

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '263-room07 TO 0959S$335kS$528
Apr '263-room19 TO 2159S$314kS$494
Mar '263-room01 TO 0368S$323kS$441
Mar '263-room19 TO 2159S$350kS$551
Mar '263-room07 TO 0959S$302kS$476
Feb '263-room01 TO 0359S$310kS$488
Jan '263-room13 TO 1559S$360kS$567
Dec '253-room13 TO 1568S$343kS$468
Aug '253-room01 TO 0359S$320kS$504
Aug '253-room13 TO 1559S$312kS$491
Jul '253-room01 TO 0359S$310kS$488
Jul '253-room10 TO 1259S$330kS$520

Showing 12 of 23 sales in the last 2 years.

Subzone medians — Boon Lay Place

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$691▲ 9.2%
3 ROOMS$479▼ 3.3%
4 ROOMS$641▲ 8.1%
5 ROOMS$673▲ 21.0%
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