SG Block Index

Block 261 Boon Lay DR

640261 · Boon Lay Place · Jurong West · Built 1994 · Lease from 1995 · ~68 yrs lease left · 70 units · 15 floors

66Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 261 Boon Lay DR in Jurong West scores 66/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 17.4 minutes’ walk from Boon Lay Mrt Station MRT, 10.6 minutes from Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village), and 631 m straight-line from Boon Lay Garden Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 261 Boon Lay DR in Singapore

Block 261 Boon Lay DR, Singapore 640261

Pillar scores

Transport
39
Food
80
Schools
100
Healthcare
67
Daily needs
74
Green space
42
Connectivity
55
Value (lease)
56
Leisure
83
EV charging
86
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
66
Young Families
71
Seniors
63
Renters
58
Investors
54
EV Owners
69

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
45.1min
174EWLS$2.30 · 1 transfer
one-north
36.9min
174EWLCCLS$1.98 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
21.5min
174EWLS$1.59 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
80min
174EWLEWLS$2.55 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

45 min door to door · S$2.30 · 1 transfer · 6 min (378 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 36 min riding

3m1743mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 3 min (174 m) to River Valley High Sch
  2. Bus 174 · SBS Transit
    River Valley High SchBoon Lay Int · 2 stops · 3 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 261

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 412 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)10.6 min
  • Jurong West Hawker Centre20.9 min
  • Jurong West Street 52 Blk 50521.9 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd9.5 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd16.3 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd16.6 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Boon Lay Central Clinic9.5 min
  • Boon Lay Clinic & Surgery9.5 min
  • Frontier Medical Associates11.7 min

Parks & green

green
  • Westwood Park Playground17.4 min
  • Bulim Park (Phase 1) 19.9 min
  • Jurong Central Park21.8 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • THK SAC @ Boon Lay9.8 min
  • Adventist Home for the Elders18.6 min
  • NTUC Health Cluster Support @ Taman Jurong30.7 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Boon Lay CC11.2 min
  • The Frontier CC14.3 min
  • Gek Poh Ville CC (Pending U/C)18 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Jurong West Public Library13.6 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 174/179 Boon Lay Drive Boon Lay Green3.7 min
  • Blk 185/187 Boon Lay Avenue Boon Lay Vista7 min
  • Blk 188/191 Boon Lay Drive Boon Lay Vista10.4 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 261 Boon Lay DR
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 supermarkets, 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 213915.5 min walk · 107 m
  • Stop 213996 min walk · 83 m
Buses that serve this block
  • RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCH3 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
pays a premium

Among 4-room HDB flats islandwide (3,466 compared), Blk 261 Boon Lay DR is more liveable than 34% of them but pricier than 60% — around S$641/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability34th 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 261 offers a strong liveability score (66/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~68 years left).

What you get66/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+8.1%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds68 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 261 Boon Lay DR

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

5-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$645k – S$681k
median S$663k · S$465502 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)5-room a sale at this block
441524607Aug '24Jul '25May '26
Monthly resale volume — Boon Lay Place (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 261 Boon Lay DR

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Apr '265-room13 TO 15129S$645kS$465
Nov '255-room13 TO 15126S$681kS$502
Sep '245-room04 TO 06123S$605kS$457

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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