SG Block Index

The Beacon

089775 · Rest of Central Region (RCR) · Everton Park · Bukit Merah

Private condominium99-year leasehold (commenced 2004, ~77 years remaining)
87Overall / 100Top 8% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

The Beacon in Bukit Merah scores 86.9/100 overall. It is a 99-year leasehold (commenced 2004, ~77 years remaining) development, 4.8 minutes’ walk from Outram Park Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1776 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of The Beacon in Singapore

The Beacon, Bukit Merah, Singapore 089775

Pillar scores

Transport
96
Food
100
Schools
95
Healthcare
70
Daily needs
100
Green space
70
Connectivity
78
Value (lease)
74
Leisure
91
EV charging
69
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
87
Young Families
87
Seniors
87
Renters
89
Investors
76
EV Owners
80

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
15min
EWLS$1.28 · direct
one-north
28.4min
NELCCLS$1.75 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
31.3min
121EWLS$2.02 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
48.9min
EWLEWLS$2.33 · 1 transfer

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

15 min door to door · S$1.28 · no transfers · 12 min (740 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 3 min riding

11mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 11 min (712 m) to Outram Park
  2. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Outram ParkRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  3. Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

Price & tenure

Transacted prices from URA caveats (private residential), last 5 years · tenure from URA

Latest median PSFS$1776
12-month change▲ 18.6%
Price momentum54th pctvs other condos

Based on 16 transactions. Tenure: 99-year leasehold (commenced 2004, ~77 years remaining).

Transacted unit sizes

Strata area of units transacted (URA caveats), not a full unit inventory

71–100 m²
8
101–150 m²
7
>150 m²
1

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door
Walk-time rings · schematic5 min10 min15 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkHere

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
PlannedCantonment MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 518 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Tanjong Pagar Plaza Blk 6 (Blk 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre)5 min
  • Maxwell Food Centre (Kim Hua Market)12.3 min
  • Amoy Street Food Centre (Telok Ayer Food Centre)12.7 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd5.1 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6.2 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd7.3 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • The Pinnacle Medical Centre @ Maritime1.2 min
  • Shenton Family Medical Clinic2.4 min
  • Chang Clinic & Surgery7.1 min

Parks & green

green
  • Duxton Plain Pk4.2 min
  • Tras Link Pk6.9 min
  • Tanjong Pagar Pk8.9 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care
  • SBWS Happy Villa (Females)5.7 min
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Banda)10 min
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Jalan Kukoh)18.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Tanjong Pagar CC3.7 min
  • Kreta Ayer CC9.7 min
  • Tiong Bahru CC19.6 min

Libraries

leisure
  • library@chinatown15.8 min
  • library@esplanade33 min
  • Harbour Front Public Library37.1 min

Buses near here

LTA stops · OneMap routing
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 055211.4 min walk · 102 m
  • Stop 055191.7 min walk · 75 m
Buses that serve this block
  • MARITIME HSE2 min walk
    121

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.

Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
good value

Among RCR condos islandwide (828 compared), The Beacon is more liveable than 79% of them but pricier than 65% — around S$1,776/psf (as of 2026-05).

Liveability79th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 35%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (RCR condos islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-05

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Bukit Merah planning area
Age profile
In Bukit Merah, 12.6% of residents are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older.
40–447.8%
45–497.8%
60–647.3%
55–597.1%
Household income
35% of Bukit Merah households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person20.8%
$20,000+13%
$1,000–1,9997.7%
$2,000–2,9995.8%
Dwelling mix
90.2% of Bukit Merah households live in HDB flats; 9.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats29.1%
HDB 3 room flats26.3%
HDB 1 and 2 room flats18.4%
HDB 5 room and executive flats16.4%
Household size
52.5% of Bukit Merah households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person28.8%
1-person23.7%
3-person18.5%
4-person15.9%
In education
Of Bukit Merah residents currently in education, 20.9% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary38.4%
Secondary22.5%
University12.4%
Polytechnic8.5%
Commute to work
62.6% of working Bukit Merah residents commute by public transport; 24.1% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus24.3%
Bus23.7%
Car17.1%
MRT LRT only12.6%

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

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