Living in Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh scores 72/100 median overall across 357 HDB blocks and about 124,653 residents. It is strongest on schools and food, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 26 minutes.
How Toa Payoh scores
- Transport
- 66
- Food
- 82
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 66
- Daily needs
- 72
- Green space
- 63
- Connectivity
- 64
- Value (lease)
- 47
- Leisure
- 74
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 26min
- one-north
- 33min
- Jurong East
- 48min
- Changi Airport
- 56min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Toa Payoh is like to live in
Toa Payoh is a mid-sized HDB town of 357 scored blocks housing roughly 124,653 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and food, 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 Toa Payoh reaches Raffles Place in about 26 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 Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh spans 11 subzones — Bidadari, Boon Teck, Braddell, Joo Seng, Kim Keat, Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Pei Chun, Potong Pasir and more. 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 Toa Payoh
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Toa Payoh planning area- Age profile
- In Toa Payoh, 12.1% of residents are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older.
- 45–497.8%60–647.6%55–597.5%50–547.2%
- Household income
- 33.5% of Toa Payoh households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person21.4%$20,000+12.9%$1,000–1,9996.4%$3,000–3,9995.6%
- Dwelling mix
- 83.7% of Toa Payoh households live in HDB flats; 15.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats34.2%HDB 4 room flats24.2%HDB 5 room and executive flats15.1%Condominiums and other apartments11.6%
- Household size
- 49.3% of Toa Payoh households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
- 1-person24.9%2-person24.4%3-person19%4-person15.9%
- In education
- Of Toa Payoh residents currently in education, 23.9% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary33.3%Secondary25.2%University14%Polytechnic9.9%
- Commute to work
- 63.1% of working Toa Payoh residents commute by public transport; 24.2% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus26.8%MRT LRT only19.3%Car17.9%Bus15.2%
Resident data for the Toa Payoh planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).