Living in Downtown Core
Downtown Core scores 79/100 median overall across 4 HDB blocks and about 3,722 residents. It is strongest on schools and ev charging, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 17 minutes.
How Downtown Core scores
- Transport
- 90
- Food
- 89
- Schools
- 95
- Healthcare
- 70
- Daily needs
- 81
- Green space
- 81
- Connectivity
- 74
- Value (lease)
- 13
- Leisure
- 72
- EV charging
- 94
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 17min
- one-north
- 33min
- Jurong East
- 38min
- Changi Airport
- 41min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Downtown Core is like to live in
Downtown Core is a compact HDB town of 4 scored blocks housing roughly 3,722 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and ev charging, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 80/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Downtown Core reaches Raffles Place in about 17 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 Downtown Core
Downtown Core spans 1 subzone — Bugis. 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 Downtown Core
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Downtown Core planning area- Age profile
- In Downtown Core, 8.7% of residents are under 15 and 13.6% are 65 or older.
- 35–3912.9%40–4410.7%30–3410.3%45–4910.3%
- Household income
- 65.5% of Downtown Core households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+40.9%No working person11.3%$15,000–17,4996.6%$17,500–19,9994.5%
- Dwelling mix
- 14.8% of Downtown Core households live in HDB flats; 82.9% in condominiums or landed homes.
- Condominiums and other apartments82.9%HDB 4 room flats14.8%Others2.3%
- Household size
- 70.6% of Downtown Core households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
- 1-person44.1%2-person26.5%3-person11.2%4-person8.4%
- In education
- Of Downtown Core residents currently in education, 30.9% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary24.2%University23.8%Secondary23.4%Pre primary11.5%
- Commute to work
- 38.3% of working Downtown Core residents commute by public transport; 20.6% drive or ride.
- No transport required40.6%MRT LRT only16.9%Car13.3%Bus10.8%
Resident data for the Downtown Core planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).