The Light @ Cairnhill
229768 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Cairnhill · Newton
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 · SLAThe 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
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
- one-north
- 34.3min
- Jurong East
- 50min
- Changi Airport
- 55.1min
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap21 min door to door · S$1.28 · no transfers · 16 min (1020 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 5 min riding
- Walk 15 min (992 m) to Somerset
- North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
Somerset → Raffles Place · 3 stops · 5 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 19 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 Station9.5 min
- Somerset Mrt Station10.3 min
- Orchard Mrt Station10.7 min
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
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare 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 · OneMapWithin ~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- Stop 090377.4 min walk · 483 m
- Stop 090388.5 min walk · 550 m
- OPP SOMERSET STN11 min walk7
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-likeAmong 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).
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).
See what’s for sale
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