Kovan Apartments
548102 · Outside Central Region (OCR) · Kovan · Hougang
Kovan Apartments in Hougang scores 71.9/100 overall. It is a freehold development, 8.6 minutes’ walk from Kovan Mrt Station MRT, with recent resale around S$1010 psf.
Where it is
OneMap · SLAKovan Apartments, Hougang, Singapore 548102
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 61
- Food
- 77
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 58
- Daily needs
- 79
- Green space
- 86
- Connectivity
- 48
- Value (lease)
- 100
- Leisure
- 74
- EV charging
- 42
Who it suits
- Overall
- 72
- Young Families
- 77
- Seniors
- 69
- Renters
- 65
- Investors
- 79
- EV Owners
- 65
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 37.8min
- one-north
- 43min
- Jurong East
- 57.1min
- Changi Airport
- 57.5min
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap38 min door to door · S$1.94 · 2 transfers · 13 min (805 m) walking · 5 min waiting · 20 min riding
- Walk 7 min (481 m) to Opp Upp S'goon Shop Ctr
- Bus 82 · Go-Ahead Singapore
Opp Upp S'goon Shop Ctr → Kovan · 2 stops · 3 min - Walk 1 min (91 m) to Kovan
- North East Line · SBS Transit
Kovan → Dhoby Ghaut · 7 stops · 14 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 3 transactions. 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- Kovan Mrt Station8.6 min
- Kovan Mrt Station9.4 min
- Kovan Mrt Station11.2 min
Hawker centres
food- Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)13.1 min
- Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)22.4 min
- Serangoon Garden Market25.2 min
Supermarkets
daily- Thong Chew Food Industries Pte Ltd7.6 min
- Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd8.8 min
- Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd10 min
CHAS clinics
health- Mission Medical Clinic4.9 min
- Gsh Clinic & Surgery Pte. Ltd.6.2 min
- Goh Clinic & Surgery10.2 min
Parks & green
green- Richards Ave Pk7.7 min
- Jln Geneng Interim Pk8.3 min
- Surin Ave Neighbourhood Pk10.9 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)21.5 min
- Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre23.2 min
- Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang25 min
Community clubs
leisure- Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)13.3 min
- Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)19.6 min
- Aljunied CC21.5 min
Libraries
leisure- Serangoon Public Library19.6 min
- Cheng San Public Library34.2 min
What’s within a walk
OSRM foot · OneMapWithin ~10 minutes on foot: 2 MRT, 3 supermarkets, 2 parks, 2 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 630215 min walk · 221 m
- Stop 631595.4 min walk · 374 m
- OPP UPP S'GOON SHOP CTR7 min walk82
- AFT UPP S'GOON SHOP CTR9 min walk153
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), Kovan Apartments is more liveable than 64% of them and cheaper than 95% — around S$1,010/psf (as of 2023-08).
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 2023-08
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
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