Living in Jurong East
Jurong East scores 66/100 median overall across 236 HDB blocks and about 88,118 residents. It is strongest on schools and daily needs, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 41 minutes.
How Jurong East scores
- Transport
- 58
- Food
- 63
- Schools
- 97
- Healthcare
- 64
- Daily needs
- 78
- Green space
- 59
- Connectivity
- 60
- Value (lease)
- 45
- Leisure
- 55
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 41min
- one-north
- 33min
- Jurong East
- 17min
- Changi Airport
- 76min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Jurong East is like to live in
Jurong East is a mid-sized HDB town of 236 scored blocks housing roughly 88,118 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 70/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Jurong East reaches Raffles Place in about 41 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 Jurong East
Jurong East spans 4 subzones — Teban Gardens, Toh Guan, Yuhua East, Yuhua West. 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 Jurong East
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Jurong East planning area- Age profile
- In Jurong East, 11.4% of residents are under 15 and 19.1% are 65 or older.
- 60–648.5%55–597.9%65–697.6%45–497.5%
- Household income
- 33.2% of Jurong East households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person15.6%$20,000+9.6%$3,000–3,9996.5%$5,000–5,9996.3%
- Dwelling mix
- 90.6% of Jurong East households live in HDB flats; 9.1% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats31.1%HDB 5 room and executive flats29.2%HDB 3 room flats26.3%Condominiums and other apartments9.1%
- Household size
- 40.9% of Jurong East households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person24.4%3-person22%4-person19.3%1-person16.5%
- In education
- Of Jurong East residents currently in education, 28% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary29.5%Secondary25.3%University16.2%Polytechnic11.8%
- Commute to work
- 59.8% of working Jurong East residents commute by public transport; 24.4% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus27.7%Bus20.5%Car15.7%No transport required9.7%
Resident data for the Jurong East planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).