Highland Centre
545535 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Kovan · Hougang
Highland Centre in Hougang scores 75.4/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 10.2 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$956 psf.
Where it is
OneMap · SLAHighland Centre, Hougang, Singapore 545535
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 69
- Food
- 66
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 55
- Daily needs
- 84
- Green space
- 96
- Connectivity
- 57
- Value (lease)
- 100
- Leisure
- 73
- EV charging
- 74
Who it suits
- Overall
- 75
- Young Families
- 81
- Seniors
- 70
- Renters
- 69
- Investors
- 82
- EV Owners
- 76
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 33.7min
- one-north
- 36.7min
- Jurong East
- 50.8min
- Changi Airport
- 52.8min
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap34 min door to door · S$1.86 · 2 transfers · 11 min (710 m) walking · 6 min waiting · 17 min riding
- Walk 6 min (369 m) to Aft Upp S'goon Shop Ctr
- Bus 81 · SBS Transit
Aft Upp S'goon Shop Ctr → S'goon · 2 stops · 2 min - Walk 2 min (108 m) to Serangoon
- North East Line · SBS Transit
Serangoon → Dhoby Ghaut · 6 stops · 11 min - Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
- North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
Dhoby Ghaut → Raffles Place · 2 stops · 3 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 1 transaction. Tenure: Freehold.
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- Serangoon Mrt Station10.2 min
- Serangoon Mrt Station10.4 min
- Serangoon Mrt Station10.6 min
Hawker centres
food- Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)16.9 min
- Serangoon Garden Market21 min
- Chomp Chomp Food Centre21.8 min
Supermarkets
daily- Thong Chew Food Industries Pte Ltd2.7 min
- Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd8.6 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd11.6 min
CHAS clinics
health- Gsh Clinic & Surgery Pte. Ltd.2.4 min
- Mission Medical Clinic4.3 min
- Comfort Clinic & Surgery7.6 min
Parks & green
green- Boundary Road Park7.2 min
- Jln Geneng Interim Pk7.4 min
- Upper Serangoon Park7.5 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang25.3 min
- Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)26.7 min
- Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre28.3 min
Community clubs
leisure- Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)15.3 min
- Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)15.4 min
- Aljunied CC22 min
Libraries
leisure- Serangoon Public Library15.8 min
What’s within a walk
OSRM foot · OneMapWithin ~10 minutes on foot: 2 supermarkets, 3 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- Stop 631590.8 min walk · 39 m
- Stop 631511.9 min walk · 136 m
- AFT UPP S'GOON SHOP CTR6 min walk81
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-likeAmong OCR condos islandwide (791 compared), Highland Centre is more liveable than 77% of them and cheaper than 97% — around S$956/psf (as of 2022-01).
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 2022-01
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).
See what’s for sale
Browse current for-sale listings near Highland Centre on Singapore’s property portals. These open on third-party sites — SG Block Index doesn’t list or sell property.