Living in Tanglin
Tanglin scores 69/100 median overall across 2 HDB blocks and about 17,293 residents. It is strongest on schools and transport, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 28 minutes.
How Tanglin scores
- Transport
- 84
- Food
- 83
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 51
- Daily needs
- 59
- Green space
- 67
- Connectivity
- 79
- Value (lease)
- 13
- Leisure
- 21
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 28min
- one-north
- 8min
- Jurong East
- 22min
- Changi Airport
- 56min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Tanglin is like to live in
Tanglin is a compact HDB town of 2 scored blocks housing roughly 17,293 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and transport, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 75/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Tanglin reaches Raffles Place in about 28 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 Tanglin
Tanglin spans 1 subzone — Tyersall. 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 Tanglin
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Tanglin planning area- Age profile
- In Tanglin, 18.5% of residents are under 15 and 14.7% are 65 or older.
- 45–4910.1%40–449.2%50–548.1%35–397.5%
- Household income
- 68.5% of Tanglin households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+50.1%No working person15.2%$17,500–19,9995%$15,000–17,4994.5%
- Dwelling mix
- 2.4% of Tanglin households live in HDB flats; 97.3% in condominiums or landed homes.
- Condominiums and other apartments81.8%Landed properties15.5%HDB 5 room and executive flats1.1%HDB 4 room flats1%
- Household size
- 35.9% of Tanglin households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person20.3%4-person17.8%3-person16.3%1-person15.6%
- In education
- Of Tanglin residents currently in education, 17.1% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary41.1%Secondary24.9%University15%Pre primary8.5%
- Commute to work
- 28.9% of working Tanglin residents commute by public transport; 60.6% drive or ride.
- Car50.3%MRT LRT and bus10.7%Taxi pvt hire car only9.8%Bus9.2%
Resident data for the Tanglin planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).