Living in Punggol
Punggol scores 62/100 median overall across 560 HDB blocks and about 59,386 residents. It is strongest on schools and value (lease), and weakest on leisure. Median commute to the city centre is about 47 minutes.
How Punggol scores
- Transport
- 80
- Food
- 31
- Schools
- 98
- Healthcare
- 73
- Daily needs
- 55
- Green space
- 63
- Connectivity
- 34
- Value (lease)
- 89
- Leisure
- 27
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 47min
- one-north
- 54min
- Jurong East
- 74min
- Changi Airport
- 51min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Punggol is like to live in
Punggol is a large, established HDB town of 560 scored blocks housing roughly 59,386 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and value (lease), while leisure is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 71/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Punggol reaches Raffles Place in about 47 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 Punggol
Punggol spans 5 subzones — Matilda, Northshore, Punggol Field, Punggol Town Centre, Waterway East. 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 Punggol
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Punggol planning area- Age profile
- In Punggol, 24.6% of residents are under 15 and 7.7% are 65 or older.
- 35–3912.7%40–4410%30–349.9%0–49.3%
- Household income
- 44.7% of Punggol households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+10.8%$15,000–17,4997.3%No working person6.3%$8,000–8,9995.9%
- Dwelling mix
- 87.4% of Punggol households live in HDB flats; 12.7% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats39.7%HDB 5 room and executive flats30.3%Condominiums and other apartments12.6%HDB 3 room flats9.6%
- Household size
- 32.8% of Punggol households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person23.2%4-person22.8%3-person22.2%5-person14%
- In education
- Of Punggol residents currently in education, 13.5% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary43.8%Secondary23.4%Pre primary13.2%Polytechnic7.3%
- Commute to work
- 57.6% of working Punggol residents commute by public transport; 30.8% drive or ride.
- Car23.2%MRT LRT and bus20.6%MRT LRT only14.3%Other combi MRT LRT or bus13.2%
Resident data for the Punggol planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).