Living in Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah scores 72/100 median overall across 26 HDB blocks and about 70,314 residents. It is strongest on schools and food, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 37 minutes.
How Bukit Timah scores
- Transport
- 74
- Food
- 83
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 63
- Daily needs
- 78
- Green space
- 75
- Connectivity
- 64
- Value (lease)
- 34
- Leisure
- 37
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 37min
- one-north
- 32min
- Jurong East
- 30min
- Changi Airport
- 66min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Bukit Timah is like to live in
Bukit Timah is a compact HDB town of 26 scored blocks housing roughly 70,314 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 77/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Bukit Timah reaches Raffles Place in about 37 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 Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah spans 4 subzones — Anak Bukit, Coronation Road, Farrer Court, Ulu Pandan. 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 Bukit Timah
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Bukit Timah planning area- Age profile
- In Bukit Timah, 16.7% of residents are under 15 and 16.8% are 65 or older.
- 45–498.6%50–547.8%40–447.4%55–596.8%
- Household income
- 65.4% of Bukit Timah households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+45.4%No working person15.6%$15,000–17,4995.1%$17,500–19,9994.5%
- Dwelling mix
- 10.2% of Bukit Timah households live in HDB flats; 89.3% in condominiums or landed homes.
- Condominiums and other apartments52.1%Landed properties37.2%HDB 5 room and executive flats4.2%HDB 4 room flats3.5%
- Household size
- 25.8% of Bukit Timah households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
- 4-person20.8%5-person18.3%3-person17.9%2-person15.8%
- In education
- Of Bukit Timah residents currently in education, 23.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary34.8%Secondary24.2%University20%Post secondary9.3%
- Commute to work
- 36.1% of working Bukit Timah residents commute by public transport; 54.1% drive or ride.
- Car49.2%MRT LRT only13.8%MRT LRT and bus13.5%No transport required8.5%
Resident data for the Bukit Timah planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).