Best places to live in Greater Singapore
113 places with 5,874,985 residents within about 20 km of Singapore, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional overview: population, geography and modelled indicators for costs, schools and safety.
A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Singapore, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.
Rank Greater Singapore for your household
Open the mapFor young families
- 1Sembawang Estate
North West, 110,090 residents83 - 2Bukit Merah Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 151,250 residents82 - 3Woodlands
North West, 254,440 residents82 - 4Boon Lay
South West Community Development Council, 29,510 residents80 - 5Woodlands North Coast
North West, 11,430 residents80 - 6Telok Blangah
South West Community Development Council, 19,320 residents80 - 7Jurong West
South West Community Development Council, 253,840 residents79 - 8Henderson Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 13,320 residents78 - 9Brickworks Estate
South West Community Development Council, 19,820 residents78 - 10Admiralty
North West, 13,920 residents77
For retired couples
- 1Boon Lay
South West Community Development Council, 29,510 residents78 - 2Sembawang Estate
North West, 110,090 residents75 - 3Telok Blangah
South West Community Development Council, 19,320 residents75 - 4Bukit Merah Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 151,250 residents75 - 5Woodlands
North West, 254,440 residents74 - 6Brickworks Estate
South West Community Development Council, 19,820 residents74 - 7Sungai Simpang
North West, 20,000 residents74 - 8Yishun New Town
North West, 228,730 residents73 - 9Woodlands North Coast
North West, 11,430 residents73 - 10Margaret Drive
South West Community Development Council, 24,160 residents73
For remote workers
- 1Sembawang Estate
North West, 110,090 residents87 - 2Bukit Merah Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 151,250 residents86 - 3Woodlands
North West, 254,440 residents86 - 4Boon Lay
South West Community Development Council, 29,510 residents86 - 5Jurong West
South West Community Development Council, 253,840 residents85 - 6Yishun New Town
North West, 228,730 residents85 - 7Jurong Town
South West Community Development Council, 262,730 residents85 - 8Telok Blangah
South West Community Development Council, 19,320 residents85 - 9Queenstown Estate
South West Community Development Council, 101,480 residents84 - 10Brickworks Estate
South West Community Development Council, 19,820 residents84
For commuters
- 1Woodlands
North West, 254,440 residents94 - 2Bukit Merah Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 151,250 residents94 - 3Sembawang Estate
North West, 110,090 residents94 - 4Jurong West
South West Community Development Council, 253,840 residents93 - 5Jurong Town
South West Community Development Council, 262,730 residents93 - 6Yishun New Town
North West, 228,730 residents93 - 7Choa Chu Kang New Town
North West, 187,550 residents92 - 8Queenstown Estate
South West Community Development Council, 101,480 residents91 - 9Tampines New Town
South East Community Development Council, 259,900 residents90 - 10Tampines Estate
North East Community Development Council, 265,340 residents90
For single professionals
- 1Woodlands
North West, 254,440 residents90 - 2Jurong West
South West Community Development Council, 253,840 residents89 - 3Jurong Town
South West Community Development Council, 262,730 residents89 - 4Yishun New Town
North West, 228,730 residents88 - 5Bukit Merah Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 151,250 residents88 - 6Choa Chu Kang New Town
North West, 187,550 residents87 - 7Tampines New Town
South East Community Development Council, 259,900 residents87 - 8Tampines Estate
North East Community Development Council, 265,340 residents87 - 9Ulu Bedok
South East Community Development Council, 276,990 residents87 - 10Sembawang Estate
North West, 110,090 residents87
For movers on a budget
- 1Boon Lay
South West Community Development Council, 29,510 residents92 - 2Sembawang Estate
North West, 110,090 residents90 - 3Bukit Merah Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 151,250 residents89 - 4Woodlands
North West, 254,440 residents88 - 5Telok Blangah
South West Community Development Council, 19,320 residents87 - 6Woodlands North Coast
North West, 11,430 residents87 - 7Jurong West
South West Community Development Council, 253,840 residents86 - 8Brickworks Estate
South West Community Development Council, 19,820 residents85 - 9Jurong Town
South West Community Development Council, 262,730 residents85 - 10Henderson Estate
Central Singapore Community Development Council, 13,320 residents85
Towns in Greater Singapore
- Ulu Bedok 276,990
- Sengkang New Town 267,600
- Tampines Estate 265,340
- Jurong Town 262,730
- Tampines New Town 259,900
- Woodlands 254,440
- Jurong West 253,840
- Yishun New Town 228,730
- Hougang New Town 227,560
- Punggol 204,150
- Choa Chu Kang New Town 187,550
- Ang Mo Kio New Town 159,340
- Bukit Batok New Town 158,030
- Bukit Merah Estate 151,250
- Kampong Pasir Ris 144,260
- Bukit Panjang New Town 138,050
- Kembangan 130,252
- Toa Payoh New Town 120,650
- Serangoon 116,900
- Geylang 110,201
- Sembawang Estate 110,090
- Queenstown Estate 101,480
- Kallang 101,290
- Clementi Housing Estate 92,420
- Bishan New Town 87,320
- Bukit Timah 85,900
- Jurong East 72,960
- Pasir Ris New Town 54,420
- Novena 53,160
- Matilda Estate 52,200
- Marine Parade 47,180
- Simei New Town 39,450
- Yew Tee 39,100
- Kaki Bukit Estate 37,150
- Serangoon Garden 36,080
- Peng Siang 33,860
- Eunos 32,820
- Kangkar 32,290