How far is Balmoral 8 from the nearest MRT?

The nearest MRT is Stevens Mrt Station, about 15.3 minutes on foot.

How do I get from Balmoral 8 to the city centre by public transport?

Take Bus 190 to Dhoby Ghaut, then North-South Line to Raffles Place. About 25 minutes with 1 transfer, roughly S$1.49.

What is the resale price per square foot at Balmoral 8?

Recent URA caveats put the median at about S$1764 psf, from 6 transactions over the last five years.

What is the liveability score of Balmoral 8?

It scores 53.3/100 overall: transport 37.2, food 56.4, schools 100, healthcare 52.7, daily needs 24.7, green space 44.3, connectivity 65.

Balmoral 8

259792 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Goodwood Park · Newton

Private condominiumFreehold

53Overall / 100Top 92% of 2,287 condosHow we score →

Summary

Balmoral 8 in Newton scores 53.3/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 15.3 minutes’ walk from Stevens Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1764 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA

Map showing the location of Balmoral 8 in Singapore

Balmoral 8, Newton, Singapore 259792

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Pillar scores

Transport: 37
Food: 56
Schools: 100
Healthcare: 53
Daily needs: 25
Green space: 44
Connectivity: 65
Value (lease): 100
Leisure: 24
EV charging: 0

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

Who it suits

Overall: 53
Young Families: 61
Seniors: 45
Renters: 45
Investors: 66
EV Owners: 41

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00

Raffles Placecity centre: 25.3min
one-north: 32.9min
Jurong East: 42.8min
Changi Airport: 55.9min

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

25 min door to door · S$1.49 · 1 transfer · 10 min (660 m) walking · 4 min waiting · 12 min riding

7m›190›3m›NSL›0mthe city centre

Walk 7 min (472 m) to Aft Balmoral RD
Bus 190 · SMRT Corporation
Aft Balmoral RD → Dhoby Ghaut · 5 stops · 8 min
Walk 3 min (160 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
Dhoby Ghaut → Raffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
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$1764

12-month change▼ 2.6%

Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 6 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

>150 m²

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door

Walk-time rings · schematic

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 1594 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food

Newton Food Centre24.1 min
Cambridge Road Blk 41A (Pek Kio Market and Food Centre)33.6 min
Adam Road Food Centre34.7 min

Supermarkets

daily

Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd14.7 min
Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd16.2 min
Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd16.5 min

CHAS clinics

health

The Balmoral Clinic Family Medicine6 min
Healthwerkz medical centre @ orchard15.9 min
RafflesMedical15.9 min

Parks & green

green

Goldhill Ave Pg13.5 min
Gentle Dr Pg18 min
Malcolm Pk21.4 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)583 m
Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary School857 m
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)1189 m

Eldercare centres

care

Care Corner Senior Activity Centre (TP170)34.1 min
Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre36.7 min
Care Corner Senior Activity Centre (TP149)41.9 min

Community clubs

leisure

Cairnhill CC19.5 min
Tanglin CC21.7 min
Pek Kio CC37.3 min

Libraries

leisure

library@orchard29.6 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap

5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 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 401915.2 min walk · 290 m
Stop 401995.7 min walk · 215 m

Buses that serve this block

AFT BALMORAL RD7 min walk
132190
BALMORAL PLAZA10 min walk
48
CHANCERY CT10 min walk
960e

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

priced about right

Among CCR condos islandwide (668 compared), Balmoral 8 is more liveable than 8% of them and cheaper than 83% — around S$1,764/psf (as of 2025-04).

Liveability8th percentile

Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 83%

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 2025-04

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).

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See what’s for sale

Browse current for-sale listings near Balmoral 8 on Singapore’s property portals. These open on third-party sites — SG Block Index doesn’t list or sell property.

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