Living in Hougang
Hougang scores 62/100 median overall across 598 HDB blocks and about 216,697 residents. It is strongest on schools and green space, and weakest on connectivity. Median commute to the city centre is about 40 minutes.
How Hougang scores
- Transport
- 52
- Food
- 47
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 60
- Daily needs
- 65
- Green space
- 81
- Connectivity
- 43
- Value (lease)
- 53
- Leisure
- 61
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 40min
- one-north
- 46min
- Jurong East
- 62min
- Changi Airport
- 58min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Hougang is like to live in
Hougang is a large, established HDB town of 598 scored blocks housing roughly 216,697 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and green space, while connectivity is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 69/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Hougang reaches Raffles Place in about 40 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 Hougang
Hougang spans 8 subzones — Hougang Central, Hougang East, Hougang West, Kangkar, Kovan, Lorong Ah Soo, Tai Seng, Trafalgar. 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 Hougang
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Hougang planning area- Age profile
- In Hougang, 12.7% of residents are under 15 and 16.3% are 65 or older.
- 55–598.4%60–648.2%25–297.7%30–347.6%
- Household income
- 38.8% of Hougang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+12.7%No working person11.3%$2,000–2,9996%$3,000–3,9995.7%
- Dwelling mix
- 77.2% of Hougang households live in HDB flats; 22.6% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats37.2%HDB 5 room and executive flats21.2%HDB 3 room flats14.6%Condominiums and other apartments14.5%
- Household size
- 37.5% of Hougang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person22.8%4-person21.4%3-person19.9%1-person14.7%
- In education
- Of Hougang residents currently in education, 27.8% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary31.1%Secondary24%University16.4%Polytechnic11.4%
- Commute to work
- 58.7% of working Hougang residents commute by public transport; 28.4% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus28.2%Car21.4%Bus18.1%MRT LRT only10.3%
Resident data for the Hougang planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).