SG Block Index

Ava Towers

329949 · Rest of Central Region (RCR) · Balestier · Novena

Private condominiumFreehold
83Overall / 100Top 18% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

Ava Towers in Novena scores 82.8/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 14 minutes’ walk from Farrer Park Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1551 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Ava Towers in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
56
Food
100
Schools
100
Healthcare
89
Daily needs
100
Green space
70
Connectivity
64
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
60
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
83
Young Families
86
Seniors
84
Renters
72
Investors
88
EV Owners
90

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
26.6min
130EWLS$1.59 · 1 transfer
one-north
35.5min
186CCLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
49.5min
186CCLEWLS$2.07 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
47.9min
145EWLEWLS$2.24 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

27 min door to door · S$1.59 · 1 transfer · 5 min (303 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 18 min riding

3m1302mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 3 min (176 m) to Opp Balestier PT
  2. Bus 130 · SBS Transit
    Opp Balestier PTBugis · 11 stops · 15 min
  3. Walk 2 min (100 m) to Bugis
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    BugisRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 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$1551
12-month change▲ 37.0%
Price momentum90th pctvs other condos

Based on 20 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

101–150 m²
20

What’s nearby

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

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 1985 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Whampoa Drive Blk 91/92 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Market)3.8 min
  • Whampoa Drive Blk 90 (Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Food Centre)5 min
  • Cambridge Road Blk 41A (Pek Kio Market and Food Centre)12.5 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Semper Fidelis Fine Foods Private Limited2.1 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd5.5 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6.9 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Heal Medical Centre2.1 min
  • Healthify Medical Family Clinic2.1 min
  • N B Tham Clinic Pte Ltd2.1 min

Parks & green

green
  • Pek Kio Park13.4 min
  • Cambridge Park18.8 min
  • Novena Rise Pk19.5 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre15.8 min
  • Silver Ace@Whampoa15.9 min
  • Adventist Home For The Elders20.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Whampoa CC8.6 min
  • Pek Kio CC15.4 min
  • Kallang CC17.4 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Toa Payoh Public Library24.9 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Ava Towers
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 hawker centres, 4 supermarkets, 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 502112 min walk · 129 m
  • Stop 502292.5 min walk · 179 m
Buses that serve this block
  • OPP BALESTIER PT3 min walk
    130145
  • AFT PEGU RD5 min walk
    186

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
good value

Among RCR condos islandwide (828 compared), Ava Towers is more liveable than 63% of them and cheaper than 59% — around S$1,551/psf (as of 2025-12).

Liveability63th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 59%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (RCR condos islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2025-12

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Novena planning area
Age profile
In Novena, 15.6% of residents are under 15 and 17.6% are 65 or older.
45–498.8%
40–448.5%
35–397.4%
50–547.3%
Household income
47.7% of Novena households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+27.4%
No working person15.6%
$2,000–2,9994.7%
$15,000–17,4994.6%
Dwelling mix
45.8% of Novena households live in HDB flats; 53.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
Condominiums and other apartments41.8%
HDB 3 room flats18.3%
HDB 4 room flats15.4%
Landed properties12%
Household size
43.4% of Novena households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person23.5%
1-person19.9%
3-person18.4%
4-person17.6%
In education
Of Novena residents currently in education, 19.3% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary40.7%
Secondary23.3%
University13%
Pre primary8.3%
Commute to work
47.8% of working Novena residents commute by public transport; 39.3% drive or ride.
Car31%
MRT LRT and bus21.4%
Bus17.1%
No transport required10.8%

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

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