Living in Bedok
Bedok scores 67/100 median overall across 492 HDB blocks and about 294,519 residents. It is strongest on schools and green space, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 34 minutes.
How Bedok scores
- Transport
- 59
- Food
- 71
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 64
- Daily needs
- 69
- Green space
- 75
- Connectivity
- 56
- Value (lease)
- 37
- Leisure
- 66
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 34min
- one-north
- 54min
- Jurong East
- 60min
- Changi Airport
- 28min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Bedok is like to live in
Bedok is a large, established HDB town of 492 scored blocks housing roughly 294,519 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and green space, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 73/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Bedok reaches Raffles Place in about 34 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 Bedok
Bedok spans 6 subzones — Bedok North, Bedok Reservoir, Bedok South, Frankel, Kaki Bukit, Kembangan. 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 Bedok
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Bedok planning area- Age profile
- In Bedok, 12.2% of residents are under 15 and 19.3% are 65 or older.
- 55–597.9%60–647.9%45–497.6%50–547.2%
- Household income
- 38.6% of Bedok households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+17.6%No working person17.2%$3,000–3,9995.7%$1,000–1,9995.4%
- Dwelling mix
- 66.2% of Bedok households live in HDB flats; 33.2% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats23.5%HDB 4 room flats22.6%Condominiums and other apartments21.4%HDB 5 room and executive flats14.6%
- Household size
- 42.1% of Bedok households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person24.1%3-person19.6%4-person18.1%1-person18%
- In education
- Of Bedok residents currently in education, 26.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary33.1%Secondary23.9%University17.7%Polytechnic8.9%
- Commute to work
- 54.5% of working Bedok residents commute by public transport; 31.6% drive or ride.
- Car24.3%MRT LRT and bus22.9%Bus17.8%MRT LRT only11.5%
Resident data for the Bedok planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).