Alba
229743 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Cairnhill · Newton
Alba in Newton scores 60.3/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 11.3 minutes’ walk from Somerset Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$3989 psf.
Where it is
OneMap · SLAAlba, Newton, Singapore 229743
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 30
- Food
- 77
- Schools
- 89
- Healthcare
- 50
- Daily needs
- 47
- Green space
- 59
- Connectivity
- 60
- Value (lease)
- 100
- Leisure
- 66
- EV charging
- 62
Who it suits
- Overall
- 60
- Young Families
- 66
- Seniors
- 55
- Renters
- 52
- Investors
- 71
- EV Owners
- 63
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 24.6min
- one-north
- 35.9min
- Jurong East
- 49.9min
- Changi Airport
- 58.3min
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap25 min door to door · S$1.49 · no transfers · 16 min (1078 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 9 min riding
- Walk 16 min (1050 m) to Newton
- North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
Newton → Raffles Place · 5 stops · 9 min - Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
Price & tenure
Transacted prices from URA caveats (private residential), last 5 years · tenure from URA
Based on 4 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.
Transacted unit sizes
Strata area of units transacted (URA caveats), not a full unit inventory
What’s nearby
walk times, door to doorDistance 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- Somerset Mrt Station11.3 min
- Somerset Mrt Station12 min
- Newton Mrt Station12.5 min
Hawker centres
food- Newton Food Centre12.5 min
- Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)24.9 min
- Zion Riverside Food Centre27.5 min
Supermarkets
daily- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd10 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd12.2 min
- Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd13.2 min
CHAS clinics
health- Minmed Health Screeners7.3 min
- Lifescan Medical Centre7.3 min
- CHESTMED pte ltd7.9 min
Parks & green
green- Orchard Fountain Corner10.5 min
- Penang Rd Os14.5 min
- Hooper Rd Pg16.9 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre27.9 min
- Abdullah Shooker Jewish Welfare Home30.2 min
- St Vincent Home30.4 min
Community clubs
leisure- Cairnhill CC10.1 min
- Pek Kio CC27 min
- Kim Seng CC36.1 min
Libraries
leisure- library@orchard13.2 min
- Central Public Library33.4 min
- National Library Building33.6 min
What’s within a walk
OSRM foot · OneMapWithin ~10 minutes on foot: 1 supermarkets, 4 clinics.
Shaded areas are real pedestrian reach (OSRM foot routing), sampled on a grid — an approximate schematic, not a legal boundary.Value for money
liveability vs price · like-for-likeAmong CCR condos islandwide (668 compared), Alba is more liveable than 18% of them but pricier than 98% — around S$3,989/psf (as of 2023-04).
Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (CCR condos islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2023-04
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Newton planning area- Age profile
- In Newton, 18% of residents are under 15 and 14.5% are 65 or older.
- 45–4910.3%40–449.3%50–548.4%35–397.5%
Resident data for the Newton planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).
See what’s for sale
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