Living in Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio scores 74/100 median overall across 392 HDB blocks and about 179,297 residents. It is strongest on schools and food, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 35 minutes.
How Ang Mo Kio scores
- Transport
- 70
- Food
- 89
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 67
- Daily needs
- 84
- Green space
- 85
- Connectivity
- 47
- Value (lease)
- 32
- Leisure
- 75
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 35min
- one-north
- 39min
- Jurong East
- 53min
- Changi Airport
- 70min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Ang Mo Kio is like to live in
Ang Mo Kio is a mid-sized HDB town of 392 scored blocks housing roughly 179,297 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and food, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 78/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Ang Mo Kio reaches Raffles Place in about 35 minutes by public transport on a weekday morning, and the town’s best-connected blocks are faster still. Commute varies block to block, so screen against the job hub that matters to you — the CBD, one-north, Jurong East or Changi — rather than the town average alone.
Where to look within Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio spans 7 subzones — Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Cheng San, Chong Boon, Kebun Bahru, Shangri-La, Townsville, Yio Chu Kang West. The highest-scoring blocks below are a good starting shortlist; open any block for its full scores, nearest amenities with walk times, and exact commute itinerary.
Highest-scoring blocks in Ang Mo Kio
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Ang Mo Kio planning area- Age profile
- In Ang Mo Kio, 11.4% of residents are under 15 and 21.8% are 65 or older.
- 55–597.9%60–647.8%45–497.6%65–697.4%
- Household income
- 31% of Ang Mo Kio households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person19%$20,000+10.7%$1,000–1,9997%$3,000–3,9996.7%
- Dwelling mix
- 84.1% of Ang Mo Kio households live in HDB flats; 15.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats40%HDB 4 room flats24.7%HDB 5 room and executive flats11.1%HDB 1 and 2 room flats8.3%
- Household size
- 46.7% of Ang Mo Kio households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person25.8%1-person20.9%3-person20.2%4-person17.3%
- In education
- Of Ang Mo Kio residents currently in education, 26.4% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary32.6%Secondary22.8%University14.9%Polytechnic11.5%
- Commute to work
- 60.9% of working Ang Mo Kio residents commute by public transport; 25.9% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus29%Car19.1%Bus17.5%MRT LRT only12.5%
Resident data for the Ang Mo Kio planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).