SG Block Index

Penrose

387400 · Rest of Central Region (RCR) · Aljunied · Geylang

Private condominium99-year leasehold (commenced 2019, ~92 years remaining)
86Overall / 100Top 10% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

Penrose in Geylang scores 86.1/100 overall. It is a 99-year leasehold (commenced 2019, ~92 years remaining) development, 7.3 minutes’ walk from Aljunied Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$2296 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Penrose in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
79
Food
100
Schools
100
Healthcare
94
Daily needs
81
Green space
67
Connectivity
70
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
74
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
86
Young Families
87
Seniors
87
Renters
80
Investors
82
EV Owners
89

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
20min
EWLS$1.59 · direct
one-north
42.5min
134CCLS$2.11 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
46.8min
EWLS$2.24 · direct
Changi Airport
35.8min
134EWLEWLS$2.02 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

20 min door to door · S$1.59 · no transfers · 10 min (695 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 10 min riding

10mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 10 min (668 m) to Aljunied
  2. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    AljuniedRaffles Place · 5 stops · 10 min
  3. 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$2296
12-month change▲ 12.6%
Price momentum60th pctvs other condos

Based on 179 transactions. Tenure: 99-year leasehold (commenced 2019, ~92 years remaining).

Transacted unit sizes

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

≤50 m²
23
51–70 m²
75
71–100 m²
97
101–150 m²
123

What’s nearby

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

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
PlannedFounders' Memorial MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 3329 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Sims Place Blk 49 (Sims Vista Market and Food Centre)3.4 min
  • Aljunied Ave 2 Blk 117 (Blk 117 Aljunied Market and Food Centre)12.8 min
  • Circuit Road Blk 8915 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Yeo Hock Heng9.1 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd10 min
  • B & S Mini Mart Pte. Ltd.10.3 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthmark Family Clinic (Sims)2.8 min
  • Sims Drive Medical Clinic2.8 min
  • Loh Clinic5 min

Parks & green

green
  • Geylang East Pk16.1 min
  • Aljunied Pk18.3 min
  • Lorong 40 Geylang Pg20.4 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Harmony Activity Centre11.5 min
  • Geylang East Home For The Aged13.4 min
  • THK SAC @ MacPherson15.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • MacPherson CC13 min
  • Geylang West CC13.8 min
  • Kolam Ayer CC23.4 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Geylang East Public Library10.6 min

What’s within a walk

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

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 MRT, 1 hawker centres, 2 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 802311.3 min walk · 66 m
  • Stop 802391.9 min walk · 98 m
Buses that serve this block
  • OPP BLK 532 min walk
    134

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
slight premium

Among RCR condos islandwide (828 compared), Penrose is more liveable than 76% of them but pricier than 91% — around S$2,296/psf (as of 2026-06).

Liveability76th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 9%

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 2026-06

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Geylang planning area
Age profile
In Geylang, 11.9% of residents are under 15 and 19.2% are 65 or older.
60–648%
55–597.8%
30–347.5%
45–497.4%
Household income
33.1% of Geylang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person16.6%
$20,000+11.7%
$2,000–2,9996.8%
$1,000–1,9996.7%
Dwelling mix
73.6% of Geylang households live in HDB flats; 25.5% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 3 room flats27.8%
HDB 4 room flats24.8%
Condominiums and other apartments21.1%
HDB 5 room and executive flats11.1%
Household size
49.5% of Geylang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person25%
1-person24.5%
3-person19.2%
4-person14.9%
In education
Of Geylang residents currently in education, 24.6% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary32.7%
Secondary25%
University14.6%
Polytechnic10%
Commute to work
61.3% of working Geylang residents commute by public transport; 23.8% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus24.1%
MRT LRT only19%
Car17.1%
Bus16.4%

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

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