Living in Jurong West
Jurong West scores 68/100 median overall across 745 HDB blocks and about 267,524 residents. It is strongest on schools and healthcare, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 45 minutes.
How Jurong West scores
- Transport
- 61
- Food
- 61
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 73
- Daily needs
- 70
- Green space
- 71
- Connectivity
- 55
- Value (lease)
- 53
- Leisure
- 70
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 45min
- one-north
- 37min
- Jurong East
- 21min
- Changi Airport
- 80min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Jurong West is like to live in
Jurong West is a large, established HDB town of 745 scored blocks housing roughly 267,524 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and healthcare, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 74/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Jurong West reaches Raffles Place in about 45 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 West
Jurong West spans 6 subzones — Boon Lay Place, Hong Kah, Jurong West Central, Taman Jurong, Wenya, Yunnan. 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 West
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Jurong West planning area- Age profile
- In Jurong West, 14.6% of residents are under 15 and 12.8% are 65 or older.
- 45–498.1%40–447.9%50–547.7%35–397.6%
- Household income
- 37.3% of Jurong West households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person9.6%$20,000+8.2%$6,000–6,9996.4%$4,000–4,9996.3%
- Dwelling mix
- 92% of Jurong West households live in HDB flats; 7.9% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats37.4%HDB 5 room and executive flats34.9%HDB 3 room flats15.3%Condominiums and other apartments6.7%
- Household size
- 33.4% of Jurong West households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
- 4-person22.1%3-person21%2-person20.3%1-person13.1%
- In education
- Of Jurong West residents currently in education, 22.8% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary34.7%Secondary25.5%Polytechnic11.5%University11.3%
- Commute to work
- 57.3% of working Jurong West residents commute by public transport; 26.8% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus28.4%Car17.5%Bus15.1%MRT LRT only10.4%
Resident data for the Jurong West planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).