SG Block Index

Highland Centre

545535 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Kovan · Hougang

Private condominiumFreehold
75Overall / 100Top 45% of 2,287 condosHow we score →
Summary

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 · SLA
Map showing the location of Highland Centre in Singapore

Highland 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
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor

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
81NELNSLS$1.86 · 2 transfers
one-north
36.7min
81CCLS$2.02 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
50.8min
81CCLEWLS$2.27 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
52.8min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

34 min door to door · S$1.86 · 2 transfers · 11 min (710 m) walking · 6 min waiting · 17 min riding

6m812mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (369 m) to Aft Upp S'goon Shop Ctr
  2. Bus 81 · SBS Transit
    Aft Upp S'goon Shop CtrS'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$956
12-month change
Price momentumToo few sales

Based on 1 transaction. Tenure: Freehold.

Transacted unit sizes

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

>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 1726 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

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

Eldercare 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 · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Highland Centre
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~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
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 631590.8 min walk · 39 m
  • Stop 631511.9 min walk · 136 m
Buses that serve this block
  • AFT UPP S'GOON SHOP CTR6 min walk
    81

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
strong value

Among 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).

Liveability77th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 97%

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).

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