SG Block Index

Duchess Crest

269204 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Coronation Road · Bukit Timah

Private condominium99-year leasehold (commenced 1995, ~68 years remaining)
46Overall / 100Top 97% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

Duchess Crest in Bukit Timah scores 45.7/100 overall. It is a 99-year leasehold (commenced 1995, ~68 years remaining) development, 10.8 minutes’ walk from Tan Kah Kee Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1797 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Duchess Crest in Singapore

Duchess Crest, Bukit Timah, Singapore 269204

Pillar scores

Transport
32
Food
16
Schools
92
Healthcare
44
Daily needs
52
Green space
67
Connectivity
57
Value (lease)
56
Leisure
6
EV charging
0
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
46
Young Families
55
Seniors
40
Renters
37
Investors
49
EV Owners
36

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
35.5min
DTLNSLS$1.75 · 1 transfer
one-north
30.2min
961MCCL1 transfer
Jurong East
44.3min
961MCCLEWL2 transfers
Changi Airport
64.1min
DTLEWLEWLS$2.38 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

36 min door to door · S$1.75 · 1 transfer · 16 min (1061 m) walking · 5 min waiting · 15 min riding

13mDTL2mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 13 min (889 m) to Tan Kah Kee
  2. Downtown Line · SBS Transit
    Tan Kah KeeNewton · 3 stops · 6 min
  3. Walk 2 min (144 m) to Newton
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    NewtonRaffles Place · 5 stops · 9 min
  5. 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$1797
12-month change▲ 7.7%
Price momentum49th pctvs other condos

Based on 38 transactions. Tenure: 99-year leasehold (commenced 1995, ~68 years remaining).

Transacted unit sizes

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

71–100 m²
9
101–150 m²
29
>150 m²
29

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door
Walk-time rings · schematic5 min10 min15 minMRTMarketClinicParkHere

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
PlannedTurf City MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2044 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Adam Road Food Centre18.5 min
  • Empress Road Blk 7 (Empress Road Market and Food Centre)20.9 min
  • Holland Village Market and Food Centre35.1 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Meat The Butcher Pte. Ltd.10.4 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd11.9 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd20.7 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Bukit Timah Clinic9.9 min
  • The Coronation Clinic11.9 min
  • Dr.W Family Clinic20.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Duchess Pk3.8 min
  • Bougainvillea Pk12.2 min
  • Victoria Park Playground12.7 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue SAC (Commonwealth Branch)37.2 min
  • Fei Yue Senior Activity Centre (Holland Close)37.6 min
  • Lions Befrienders (Ghim Moh) Senior Activity Centre40.6 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Ulu Pandan CC (U/C)39 min
  • Buona Vista CC40.5 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Duchess Crest
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 parks, 1 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
slight premium

Among CCR condos islandwide (668 compared), Duchess Crest is more liveable than 3% of them and cheaper than 81% — around S$1,797/psf (as of 2026-06).

Liveability3th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 81%

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 2026-06

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Bukit Timah planning area
Age profile
In Bukit Timah, 16.7% of residents are under 15 and 16.8% are 65 or older.
45–498.6%
50–547.8%
40–447.4%
55–596.8%
Household income
65.4% of Bukit Timah households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+45.4%
No working person15.6%
$15,000–17,4995.1%
$17,500–19,9994.5%
Dwelling mix
10.2% of Bukit Timah households live in HDB flats; 89.3% in condominiums or landed homes.
Condominiums and other apartments52.1%
Landed properties37.2%
HDB 5 room and executive flats4.2%
HDB 4 room flats3.5%
Household size
25.8% of Bukit Timah households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
4-person20.8%
5-person18.3%
3-person17.9%
2-person15.8%
In education
Of Bukit Timah residents currently in education, 23.6% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary34.8%
Secondary24.2%
University20%
Post secondary9.3%
Commute to work
36.1% of working Bukit Timah residents commute by public transport; 54.1% drive or ride.
Car49.2%
MRT LRT only13.8%
MRT LRT and bus13.5%
No transport required8.5%

Resident data for the Bukit Timah planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).

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