SG Block Index

Urban Residences

534051 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Tai Seng · Hougang

Private condominiumFreehold
76Overall / 100Top 43% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

Urban Residences in Hougang scores 76/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 9.8 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1538 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Urban Residences in Singapore

Urban Residences, Hougang, Singapore 534051

Pillar scores

Transport
67
Food
68
Schools
100
Healthcare
62
Daily needs
80
Green space
92
Connectivity
61
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
63
EV charging
88
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
76
Young Families
81
Seniors
71
Renters
69
Investors
82
EV Owners
80

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
32.7min
70NELNSLS$1.82 · 2 transfers
one-north
35.7min
70CCLS$2.02 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
49.8min
70CCLEWLS$2.27 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
48.8min
24EWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

33 min door to door · S$1.82 · 2 transfers · 10 min (649 m) walking · 6 min waiting · 16 min riding

5m702mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 5 min (308 m) to Aft Jln Chermat
  2. Bus 70 · SBS Transit
    Aft Jln ChermatS'goon · 2 stops · 2 min
  3. Walk 2 min (108 m) to Serangoon
  4. North East Line · SBS Transit
    SerangoonDhoby Ghaut · 6 stops · 11 min
  5. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  6. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby GhautRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  7. 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$1538
12-month change▲ 27.5%
Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 13 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

≤50 m²
7
71–100 m²
4
101–150 m²
1
>150 m²
1

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
PlannedSerangoon North MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2303 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)16.1 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)18.8 min
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre23.3 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd5.3 min
  • Thong Chew Food Industries Pte Ltd13 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd14 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Daily Medical Centre4.7 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery7.1 min
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic7.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park6.8 min
  • Paya Lebar Crescent Os6.9 min
  • Jln Geneng Interim Pk7.8 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang16.8 min
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)31.2 min
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre31.5 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Aljunied CC15.6 min
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)16.6 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)16.7 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library16.3 min

What’s within a walk

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

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 1 MRT, 1 supermarkets, 5 parks, 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 620592.6 min walk · 192 m
  • Stop 622293.2 min walk · 231 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 1614 min walk
    24
  • AFT JLN CHERMAT5 min walk
    70

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 OCR condos islandwide (791 compared), Urban Residences is more liveable than 79% of them but pricier than 57% — around S$1,538/psf (as of 2026-04).

Liveability79th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 43%

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 2026-04

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Hougang planning area
Age profile
In Hougang, 12.7% of residents are under 15 and 16.3% are 65 or older.
55–598.4%
60–648.2%
25–297.7%
30–347.6%
Household income
38.8% of Hougang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+12.7%
No working person11.3%
$2,000–2,9996%
$3,000–3,9995.7%
Dwelling mix
77.2% of Hougang households live in HDB flats; 22.6% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats37.2%
HDB 5 room and executive flats21.2%
HDB 3 room flats14.6%
Condominiums and other apartments14.5%
Household size
37.5% of Hougang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person22.8%
4-person21.4%
3-person19.9%
1-person14.7%
In education
Of Hougang residents currently in education, 27.8% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary31.1%
Secondary24%
University16.4%
Polytechnic11.4%
Commute to work
58.7% of working Hougang residents commute by public transport; 28.4% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus28.2%
Car21.4%
Bus18.1%
MRT LRT only10.3%

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

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