SG Block Index

The Light @ Cairnhill

229768 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Cairnhill · Newton

Private condominiumFreehold
69Overall / 100Top 66% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

The Light @ Cairnhill in Newton scores 68.8/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 9.5 minutes’ walk from Somerset Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$2406 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of The Light @ Cairnhill in Singapore

The Light @ Cairnhill, Newton, Singapore 229768

Pillar scores

Transport
48
Food
81
Schools
94
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
63
Green space
66
Connectivity
64
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
72
EV charging
77
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
69
Young Families
74
Seniors
64
Renters
62
Investors
76
EV Owners
73

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
20.5min
NSLS$1.28 · direct
one-north
34.3min
DTLCCLS$1.68 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
50min
NSLEWLS$2.07 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
55.1min
7EWLEWLS$2.27 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

21 min door to door · S$1.28 · no transfers · 16 min (1020 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 5 min riding

15mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 15 min (992 m) to Somerset
  2. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    SomersetRaffles Place · 3 stops · 5 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$2406
12-month change▲ 18.8%
Price momentum74th pctvs other condos

Based on 19 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

101–150 m²
5
>150 m²
14

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 2486 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Newton Food Centre10.8 min
  • Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)23.2 min
  • Zion Riverside Food Centre24.8 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd7.3 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd9.6 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.5 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Minmed Health Screeners4.6 min
  • Lifescan Medical Centre4.6 min
  • CHESTMED pte ltd5.2 min

Parks & green

green
  • Orchard Fountain Corner8 min
  • Penang Rd Os12.8 min
  • Hooper Rd Pg15.2 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre26.2 min
  • Abdullah Shooker Jewish Welfare Home28.5 min
  • St Vincent Home28.7 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Cairnhill CC8.6 min
  • Pek Kio CC25.3 min
  • Kim Seng CC33.5 min

Libraries

leisure
  • library@orchard11.5 min
  • Central Public Library31.6 min
  • National Library Building31.9 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around The Light @ Cairnhill
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 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 090377.4 min walk · 483 m
  • Stop 090388.5 min walk · 550 m
Buses that serve this block
  • OPP SOMERSET STN11 min walk
    7

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
pays a premium

Among CCR condos islandwide (668 compared), The Light @ Cairnhill is more liveable than 38% of them but pricier than 69% — around S$2,406/psf (as of 2026-05).

Liveability38th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 31%

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 2026-05

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 →

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