Optima @ Tanah Merah
465538 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Bedok North · Bedok
Optima @ Tanah Merah in Bedok scores 76.3/100 overall. It is a 99-year leasehold (commenced 2008, ~81 years remaining) development, 2.8 minutes’ walk from Tanah Merah Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1707 psf.
Where it is
OneMap · SLAOptima @ Tanah Merah, Bedok, Singapore 465538
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 93
- Food
- 75
- Schools
- 97
- Healthcare
- 54
- Daily needs
- 63
- Green space
- 92
- Connectivity
- 67
- Value (lease)
- 82
- Leisure
- 64
- EV charging
- 56
Who it suits
- Overall
- 76
- Young Families
- 80
- Seniors
- 71
- Renters
- 74
- Investors
- 71
- EV Owners
- 71
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 26.9min
- one-north
- 52.1min
- Jurong East
- 53.8min
- Changi Airport
- 14.8min
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap27 min door to door · S$1.98 · no transfers · 5 min (364 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 22 min riding
- Walk 5 min (336 m) to Tanah Merah
- East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
Tanah Merah → Raffles Place · 10 stops · 22 min - Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
Price & tenure
Transacted prices from URA caveats (private residential), last 5 years · tenure from URA
Based on 35 transactions. Tenure: 99-year leasehold (commenced 2008, ~81 years remaining).
Transacted unit sizes
Strata area of units transacted (URA caveats), not a full unit inventory
What’s nearby
walk times, door to doorDistance 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- Tanah Merah Mrt Station2.8 min
- Tanah Merah Mrt Station3.1 min
- Bayshore Mrt Station26.1 min
Hawker centres
food- New Upper Changi Road Blk 5811.5 min
- Bedok Food Centre17.4 min
- Bedok North Street 4 Blk 85 (85 Fengshan Centre)17.5 min
Supermarkets
daily- Thng Chye Boon6.5 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd6.8 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd7.2 min
CHAS clinics
health- Paddington Medical Clinic7.6 min
- Nyam Family Clinic7.8 min
- Oasis Family Clinic9.8 min
Parks & green
green- Tanah Merah Pg1.9 min
- Jln Chempaka Kuning Pg5.9 min
- Jln Limau Kasturi Os8.2 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- THK Bedok Radiance Senior Activity Centre19.1 min
- THK Cluster Support @ Bedok21.8 min
- THK SAC @ Kaki Bukit32.1 min
Community clubs
leisure- Siglap CC11.3 min
- Fengshan CC15.4 min
- Fengshan CC (U/C)19.9 min
Libraries
leisure- Bedok Public Library24.6 min
What’s within a walk
OSRM foot · OneMapWithin ~10 minutes on foot: 2 MRT, 3 supermarkets, 5 parks, 3 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- Stop 850911.5 min walk · 70 m
- Stop 850994.2 min walk · 143 m
Board here and check the LTA bus app for the services and live arrival times.
Value for money
liveability vs price · like-for-likeAmong OCR condos islandwide (791 compared), Optima @ Tanah Merah is more liveable than 80% of them but pricier than 77% — around S$1,707/psf (as of 2026-05).
Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (OCR 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 · Bedok planning area- Age profile
- In Bedok, 12.2% of residents are under 15 and 19.3% are 65 or older.
- 55–597.9%60–647.9%45–497.6%50–547.2%
- Household income
- 38.6% of Bedok households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+17.6%No working person17.2%$3,000–3,9995.7%$1,000–1,9995.4%
- Dwelling mix
- 66.2% of Bedok households live in HDB flats; 33.2% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats23.5%HDB 4 room flats22.6%Condominiums and other apartments21.4%HDB 5 room and executive flats14.6%
- Household size
- 42.1% of Bedok households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person24.1%3-person19.6%4-person18.1%1-person18%
- In education
- Of Bedok residents currently in education, 26.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary33.1%Secondary23.9%University17.7%Polytechnic8.9%
- Commute to work
- 54.5% of working Bedok residents commute by public transport; 31.6% drive or ride.
- Car24.3%MRT LRT and bus22.9%Bus17.8%MRT LRT only11.5%
Resident data for the Bedok planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).
See what’s for sale
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