SG Block Index

Alba

229743 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Cairnhill · Newton

Private condominiumFreehold
60Overall / 100Top 83% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

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 · SLA
Map showing the location of Alba in Singapore

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
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

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
NSLS$1.49 · direct
one-north
35.9min
DTLCCLS$1.68 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
49.9min
DTLCCLEWLS$1.98 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
58.3min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.27 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

25 min door to door · S$1.49 · no transfers · 16 min (1078 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 9 min riding

16mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 16 min (1050 m) to Newton
  2. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    NewtonRaffles Place · 5 stops · 9 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$3989
12-month change▲ 72.7%
Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 4 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

>150 m²
4

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
PlannedMount Pleasant MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2407 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

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

Eldercare 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 · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Alba
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~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-like
pays a premium

Among 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).

Liveability18th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 2%

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).

Compare with nearby condos →Living in NewtonNewton estate data →Homes near Somerset Mrt StationHomes near Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)All condos, ranked →Top-scoring condos →

See what’s for sale

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