SG Block Index

Orchid Apartments

289546 · Core Central Region (CCR) · Hillcrest · Bukit Timah

Private condominiumFreehold
62Overall / 100Top 81% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

Orchid Apartments in Bukit Timah scores 62/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 5.9 minutes’ walk from Sixth Avenue Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1806 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Orchid Apartments in Singapore

Orchid Apartments, Bukit Timah, Singapore 289546

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Pillar scores

Transport
71
Food
52
Schools
100
Healthcare
44
Daily needs
47
Green space
74
Connectivity
65
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
15
EV charging
0
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
62
Young Families
70
Seniors
53
Renters
55
Investors
72
EV Owners
50

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
31.9min
DTLNSLS$1.86 · 1 transfer
one-north
25.5min
DTLCCLS$1.68 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
39.6min
DTLCCLEWLS$1.98 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
59.4min
DTLEWLEWLS$2.40 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

32 min door to door · S$1.86 · 1 transfer · 11 min (747 m) walking · 4 min waiting · 17 min riding

9m›DTL›2m›NSL›0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 9 min (575 m) to Sixth Avenue
  2. Downtown Line · SBS Transit
    Sixth Avenue → Newton · 4 stops · 8 min
  3. Walk 2 min (144 m) to Newton
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Newton → Raffles 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$1806
12-month change▲ 18.7%
Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 9 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

101–150 m²
9

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

Hawker centres

food
  • Adam Road Food Centre31.1 min
  • Empress Road Blk 7 (Empress Road Market and Food Centre)37 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd9.9 min
  • Roswell Enterprise Pte Ltd16 min
  • Swiss Butchery (2013) Private Limited16.5 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • RafflesMedical9.8 min
  • Advantage Medical Clinic9.9 min
  • Swiss Clinic9.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Orchid Village Pg9.6 min
  • Maple Lane Park15.8 min
  • Greenwood Crescent Pg16.7 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Buses near here

LTA stops · OneMap routing
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 420196.3 min walk · 370 m
  • Stop 410816.4 min walk · 419 m

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
priced about right

Among CCR condos islandwide (668 compared), Orchid Apartments is more liveable than 21% of them and cheaper than 79% — around S$1,806/psf (as of 2026-05).

Liveability21th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 79%

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 · 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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