SG Block Index

Block 185 Boon Lay Ave

640185 · Boon Lay Place · Jurong West · Built 1975 · ~48 yrs lease left · 436 units · 22 floors

71Overall / 100
Summary

Block 185 Boon Lay Ave in Jurong West scores 71.2/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 15.9 minutes’ walk from Boon Lay Mrt Station MRT, 5.1 minutes from Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village), and 465 m straight-line from Boon Lay Garden Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
59
Food
80
Schools
100
Healthcare
81
Daily needs
100
Green space
43
Connectivity
54
Value (lease)
16
Leisure
93

Who it suits

Overall
71
Young Families
75
Seniors
72
Renters
68
Investors
49

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
45.8min
174EWLS$2.33 · 1 transfer
one-north
37.5min
174EWLCCLS$2.02 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
22.2min
174EWLS$1.68 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
80.7min
174EWLEWLS$2.55 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

46 min door to door · S$2.33 · 1 transfer · 5 min (349 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 37 min riding

2m1743mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (144 m) to Blk 185
  2. Bus 174 · SBS Transit
    Blk 185Boon Lay Int · 3 stops · 5 min
  3. Walk 3 min (177 m) to Boon Lay
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Boon LayRaffles Place · 13 stops · 32 min
  5. Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door
Walk-time rings · schematic5 min10 min15 minHawkerMarketClinicBlk 185

Distance from centre is real walk time (rings at 5 / 10 / 15 min); the angle only spreads categories apart — it is not compass bearing.

MRT stations

transit
PlannedJurong West MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 418 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village)5.1 min
  • Jurong West Street 52 Blk 50516.4 min
  • Jurong West Hawker Centre22.6 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd4 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd13.8 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd15 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Boon Lay Central Clinic4 min
  • Boon Lay Clinic & Surgery4 min
  • Bless Medical Centre Pte Ltd4 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lakeside Grove Fitness Corner18.3 min
  • Jurong Central Park20.3 min
  • Westwood Park Playground20.8 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • THK SAC @ Boon Lay4.3 min
  • Adventist Home for the Elders13.1 min
  • NTUC Health Cluster Support @ Taman Jurong27 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Boon Lay CC5.7 min
  • The Frontier CC12.8 min
  • Jurong Spring CC15.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Jurong West Public Library12.1 min

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).

Resale context — Boon Lay Place

Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$691▲ 9.2%
3 ROOMS$479▼ 3.3%
4 ROOMS$641▲ 8.1%
5 ROOMS$673▲ 21.0%
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