SG Block Index

The Tropica

529778 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Tampines West · Tampines

Private condominium99-year leasehold (commenced 1996, ~69 years remaining)
57Overall / 100Top 89% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

The Tropica in Tampines scores 57.1/100 overall. It is a 99-year leasehold (commenced 1996, ~69 years remaining) development, 16.5 minutes’ walk from Tampines West Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1433 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of The Tropica in Singapore

The Tropica, Tampines, Singapore 529778

Pillar scores

Transport
47
Food
57
Schools
99
Healthcare
64
Daily needs
33
Green space
50
Connectivity
51
Value (lease)
58
Leisure
31
EV charging
84
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
57
Young Families
63
Seniors
51
Renters
48
Investors
61
EV Owners
62

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
45.3min
860EWLS$2.07 · 2 transfers
one-north
48.9min
129CCLS$2.30 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
63min
129CCLEWLS$2.43 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
30.2min
118EWL1 transfer

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

45 min door to door · S$2.07 · 2 transfers · 4 min (300 m) walking · 6 min waiting · 35 min riding

2m8602mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (113 m) to Tropica Condo
  2. Bus 8 · SBS Transit
    Tropica CondoBlk 609 · 4 stops · 9 min
  3. Bus 60 · SBS Transit
    Blk 609Eunos Int · 8 stops · 13 min
  4. Walk 2 min (158 m) to Eunos
  5. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    EunosRaffles Place · 7 stops · 14 min
  6. 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$1433
12-month change▲ 24.9%
Price momentum72th pctvs other condos

Based on 33 transactions. Tenure: 99-year leasehold (commenced 1996, ~69 years remaining).

Transacted unit sizes

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

71–100 m²
8
101–150 m²
50
>150 m²
2

What’s nearby

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

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
PlannedTampines North MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2570 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub23.7 min
  • Tampines Street 11 Blk 137 (Tampines Round Market and Food Centre)30.9 min
  • Bedok North Street 3 Blk 511 (Kaki Bukit 511 Market and Food Centre)33.8 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd12.9 min
  • Prime Supermarket Limited?13.1 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd17.4 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • GreenForest Family Clinic6.7 min
  • Green Cross Medical Centre8.9 min
  • True Medical Clinic Tampines West8.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Bedok Reservoir Pk27.5 min
  • Sun Plaza Pk33.3 min
  • Tampines Boulevard Park34.1 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care
  • Evergreen Circle SAC9.9 min
  • Pacific Activity Centres Pte Ltd15.3 min
  • THK SAC @ Kaki Bukit33.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Tampines West CC13.7 min
  • PAssion WaVe @ Bedok Reservoir (Sea Sports Club) (U/C)21.4 min
  • Tampines Central CC22.7 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Tampines Regional Library33.4 min
  • Bedok Public Library41.3 min

What’s within a walk

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

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 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
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 752590.5 min walk · 85 m
  • Stop 752511.9 min walk · 111 m
Buses that serve this block
  • TROPICA CONDO2 min walk
    8129
  • BLK 6092 min walk
    60
  • OPP TEMASEK POLY WEST G6 min walk
    118

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
pays a premium

Among OCR condos islandwide (791 compared), The Tropica is more liveable than 15% of them and cheaper than 58% — around S$1,433/psf (as of 2026-03).

Liveability15th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 58%

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 2026-03

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Tampines planning area
Age profile
In Tampines, 13.5% of residents are under 15 and 14.8% are 65 or older.
25–298.4%
55–598.3%
60–648.2%
30–347.7%
Household income
40.9% of Tampines households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person11.5%
$20,000+11.5%
$15,000–17,4996.4%
$7,000–7,9995.6%
Dwelling mix
87% of Tampines households live in HDB flats; 12.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats37.3%
HDB 5 room and executive flats28.8%
HDB 3 room flats17.1%
Condominiums and other apartments11.4%
Household size
34.5% of Tampines households are one or two people; 3-person households are the most common.
3-person21.7%
2-person21.5%
4-person21%
1-person13%
In education
Of Tampines residents currently in education, 27.2% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary31.9%
Secondary23.5%
University16%
Polytechnic11.2%
Commute to work
58.9% of working Tampines residents commute by public transport; 27% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus24.3%
Car18.4%
Bus17.5%
MRT LRT only14.6%

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

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