SG Block Index

Kensington Square

537846 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Tai Seng · Hougang

Private condominiumFreehold
59Overall / 100Top 85% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

Kensington Square in Hougang scores 59.4/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 13 minutes’ walk from Bartley Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1707 psf.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Kensington Square in Singapore

Kensington Square, Hougang, Singapore 537846

Pillar scores

Transport
46
Food
58
Schools
100
Healthcare
51
Daily needs
27
Green space
70
Connectivity
57
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
26
EV charging
80
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

Who it suits

Overall
59
Young Families
65
Seniors
51
Renters
49
Investors
61
EV Owners
66

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
32min
43EWLS$1.86 · 1 transfer
one-north
43min
62CCLS$2.15 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
57.1min
62CCLEWLS$2.36 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
42min
70EWLEWLS$2.11 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

32 min door to door · S$1.86 · 1 transfer · 7 min (463 m) walking · 2 min waiting · 23 min riding

4m432mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 4 min (281 m) to Paya Lebar Gdns
  2. Bus 43 · Go-Ahead Singapore
    Paya Lebar GdnsPaya Lebar · 9 stops · 11 min
  3. Walk 2 min (153 m) to Paya Lebar
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Paya LebarRaffles Place · 6 stops · 12 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$1707
12-month change▲ 9.1%
Price momentum35th pctvs other condos

Based on 28 transactions. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

≤50 m²
9
51–70 m²
18
71–100 m²
16
101–150 m²
3

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
PlannedDefu MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2607 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)18.7 min
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre23.8 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)26.6 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd14.2 min
  • Sivamani Minimart Pte Ltd14.6 min
  • Sarathi Stores Pte Ltd16.7 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Lo & Lee Clinic & Surgery11.1 min
  • Kong Kian Clinic13.3 min
  • Daily Medical Centre13.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Tai Keng Gardens Pg3.6 min
  • Paya Lebar Crescent Os5.8 min
  • Thrift Dr Os6 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang13 min
  • CARElderly Senior Activity Centre32.2 min
  • St John's Home for the Aged34.6 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Aljunied CC18.3 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)24.5 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)26.7 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library25.9 min

What’s within a walk

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

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 parks.

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 620295.1 min walk · 161 m
  • Stop 620395.3 min walk · 232 m
Buses that serve this block
  • PAYA LEBAR GDNS4 min walk
    436270

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), Kensington Square is more liveable than 21% of them but pricier than 78% — around S$1,707/psf (as of 2026-01).

Liveability21th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 22%

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 2026-01

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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