Living in Clementi
Clementi scores 74/100 median overall across 206 HDB blocks and about 91,874 residents. It is strongest on schools and daily needs, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 31 minutes.
How Clementi scores
- Transport
- 66
- Food
- 75
- Schools
- 98
- Healthcare
- 63
- Daily needs
- 84
- Green space
- 76
- Connectivity
- 72
- Value (lease)
- 47
- Leisure
- 79
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 31min
- one-north
- 21min
- Jurong East
- 18min
- Changi Airport
- 66min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Clementi is like to live in
Clementi is a mid-sized HDB town of 206 scored blocks housing roughly 91,874 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and daily needs, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 79/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Clementi reaches Raffles Place in about 31 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 Clementi
Clementi spans 5 subzones — Clementi Central, Clementi North, Clementi West, Clementi Woods, Sunset Way. 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 Clementi
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Clementi planning area- Age profile
- In Clementi, 13.9% of residents are under 15 and 20.3% are 65 or older.
- 45–498.1%40–447.9%35–397.4%50–547.1%
- Household income
- 41.3% of Clementi households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+17.9%No working person17.8%$15,000–17,4995.2%$1,000–1,9994.9%
- Dwelling mix
- 76.8% of Clementi households live in HDB flats; 22.6% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats34.1%HDB 4 room flats27.7%Condominiums and other apartments17.8%HDB 5 room and executive flats11.7%
- Household size
- 43.6% of Clementi households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person23.8%3-person20%1-person19.8%4-person18.7%
- In education
- Of Clementi residents currently in education, 21.9% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary36.9%Secondary23.1%University14.3%Post secondary8.6%
- Commute to work
- 58% of working Clementi residents commute by public transport; 30.5% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus25.8%Car24.2%Bus18.4%MRT LRT only11.2%
Resident data for the Clementi planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).