SG Block Index

Block 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1

640689 · Jurong West Central · Jurong West · Built 1997 · Lease from 1998 · ~71 yrs lease left · 123 units · 13 floors

84Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1 in Jurong West scores 83.8/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 5.2 minutes’ walk from Boon Lay Mrt Station MRT, 14.5 minutes from Jurong West Hawker Centre, and 773 m straight-line from Boon Lay Garden Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1 in Singapore

Block 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1, Singapore 640689

Pillar scores

Transport
94
Food
74
Schools
100
Healthcare
89
Daily needs
86
Green space
94
Connectivity
61
Value (lease)
62
Leisure
96
EV charging
72
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
84
Young Families
88
Seniors
83
Renters
81
Investors
64
EV Owners
77

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
39.8min
EWLS$2.27 · direct
one-north
31.6min
EWLCCLS$1.94 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
16.2min
EWLS$1.49 · direct
Changi Airport
74.8min
EWLEWLS$2.54 · 1 transfer

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

40 min door to door · S$2.27 · no transfers · 7 min (479 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 32 min riding

7mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 7 min (451 m) to Boon Lay
  2. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Boon LayRaffles Place · 13 stops · 32 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 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkPolyclinicBlk 689

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
PlannedBahar Junction MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 682 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Jurong West Hawker Centre14.5 min
  • Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village)15.9 min
  • Jurong West Street 52 Blk 50526.3 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd4.3 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd14.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical0.8 min
  • Acumed Medical Group4.3 min
  • Fullerton Healthcare @ Drs Trythall Hoy Davies4.3 min

Parks & green

green
  • Jurong Central Park9.7 min
  • Lakeside Grove Fitness Corner19.8 min
  • Westwood Park Playground21.7 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • THK SAC @ Boon Lay15.1 min
  • Adventist Home for the Elders24.8 min
  • NTUC Health Cluster Support @ Taman Jurong27.4 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • The Frontier CC3.6 min
  • Boon Lay CC17.3 min
  • Gek Poh Ville CC (Pending U/C)18 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Jurong West Public Library4.3 min

EV charging

ev
  • Jurong Point4.3 min
  • Blk 174/179 Boon Lay Drive Boon Lay Green12 min
  • Blk 188/191 Boon Lay Drive Boon Lay Vista12.6 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 2 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 220091.5 min walk · 135 m
  • Stop 224814 min walk · 187 m

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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$588k · 5 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
strong value

Among 5-room HDB flats islandwide (2,514 compared), Blk 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1 is more liveable than 99% of them and cheaper than 87% — around S$497/psf for 5 room (as of 2026-07).

Liveability99th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 87%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (5-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-07

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 689 offers an outstanding liveability score (83.8/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and there is plenty of lease runway (~71 years left).

What you get83.8/100overall liveability
Where price is heading-4.2%5 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds71 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 Jurong West Central. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1

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
469671873Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Jurong West Central (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 689 Jurong West Ctrl 1

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
May '255-room07 TO 09118S$700kS$551
Apr '254-room10 TO 1299S$710kS$666
Jan '254-room07 TO 0999S$660kS$619
Aug '245-room07 TO 09118S$690kS$543

Subzone medians — Jurong West Central

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$846▲ 19.6%
3 ROOMS$803▲ 10.7%
4 ROOMS$546▲ 6.8%
5 ROOMS$497▼ 4.2%
EXECUTIVES$555▲ 3.9%
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