SG Block Index

1953

217701 · Rest of Central Region (RCR) · Lavender · Kallang

Private condominiumFreehold
86Overall / 100Top 11% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

1953 in Kallang scores 85.6/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 6.5 minutes’ walk from Boon Keng Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1687 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of 1953 in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
80
Food
87
Schools
100
Healthcare
94
Daily needs
91
Green space
80
Connectivity
65
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
64
EV charging
91
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
86
Young Families
87
Seniors
88
Renters
79
Investors
89
EV Owners
86

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
23.2min
141133EWLS$1.38 · 2 transfers
one-north
38.4min
NELCCLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
50.1min
141133EWLS$2.20 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
44.9min
141EWLEWLS$2.20 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

23 min door to door · S$1.38 · 2 transfers · 7 min (408 m) walking · 8 min waiting · 9 min riding

4m1411332mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 4 min (267 m) to Aft Kempas RD
  2. Bus 141 · SBS Transit
    Aft Kempas RDOpp Arc 380 · 1 stop · 1 min
  3. Bus 133 · SBS Transit
    Opp Arc 380Lavender /ica · 3 stops · 3 min
  4. Walk 2 min (113 m) to Lavender
  5. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    LavenderRaffles Place · 3 stops · 5 min
  6. 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$1687
12-month change▼ 12.9%
Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 21 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

51–70 m²
8
71–100 m²
2
101–150 m²
11

What’s nearby

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

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
PlannedMount Pleasant MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2856 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Cambridge Road Blk 41A (Pek Kio Market and Food Centre)12.4 min
  • Bendemeer Road Blk 29 (Bendemeer Market and Food Centre)13.4 min
  • Whampoa Drive Blk 90 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Food Centre)14.2 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Amista International Pte. Ltd.5.2 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd9.5 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.5 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical5.9 min
  • M Medical Clinic5.9 min
  • TrueCare Clinic7.4 min

Parks & green

green
  • City Green8.7 min
  • Somme Rd Pg9.9 min
  • Pek Kio Park14 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care
  • Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre12.7 min
  • Lions Befrienders (Bendemeer) Senior Activity Centre15.3 min
  • King George’s Ave Senior Activity Centre15.7 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Kallang CC9.3 min
  • Pek Kio CC11.3 min
  • Whampoa CC16.4 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Central Public Library33.1 min
  • National Library Building33.3 min
  • Toa Payoh Public Library36.2 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around 1953
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 2 supermarkets, 2 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 502492.3 min walk · 154 m
  • Stop 072413.1 min walk · 164 m
Buses that serve this block
  • OPP ARC 3804 min walk
    133
  • AFT KEMPAS RD4 min walk
    141

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), 1953 is more liveable than 73% of them but pricier than 56% — around S$1,687/psf (as of 2025-12).

Liveability73th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 44%

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 2025-12

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Kallang planning area
Age profile
In Kallang, 12% of residents are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older.
45–498%
40–447.7%
60–647.7%
55–597.4%
Household income
34.6% of Kallang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person20.7%
$20,000+13.3%
$1,000–1,9997.7%
$2,000–2,9995.8%
Dwelling mix
79% of Kallang households live in HDB flats; 20.1% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 3 room flats26.8%
HDB 4 room flats23.7%
Condominiums and other apartments18.9%
HDB 1 and 2 room flats16.9%
Household size
54% of Kallang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person27.5%
1-person26.5%
3-person16.9%
4-person14.5%
In education
Of Kallang residents currently in education, 23.5% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary33.1%
Secondary26.8%
University14%
Polytechnic9.5%
Commute to work
60.3% of working Kallang residents commute by public transport; 24.6% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus22.7%
MRT LRT only20.2%
Car17.5%
Bus15.5%

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

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