SG Block Index

Block 259 Boon Lay DR

640259 · Boon Lay Place · Jurong West · Built 1994 · ~67 yrs lease left · 56 units · 15 floors

64Overall / 100
Summary

Block 259 Boon Lay DR in Jurong West scores 64.1/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 16.9 minutes’ walk from Boon Lay Mrt Station MRT, 10.1 minutes from Boon Lay Place Blk 221A/B (Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village), and 558 m straight-line from Boon Lay Garden Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
43
Food
62
Schools
100
Healthcare
70
Daily needs
78
Green space
44
Connectivity
55
Value (lease)
54
Leisure
86

Who it suits

Overall
64
Young Families
70
Seniors
62
Renters
57
Investors
53

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
45.1min
174EWLS$2.30 · 1 transfer
one-north
36.9min
174EWLCCLS$1.98 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
21.6min
174EWLS$1.59 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
80.1min
174EWLEWLS$2.55 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

45 min door to door · S$2.30 · 1 transfer · 6 min (403 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 36 min riding

3m1743mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 3 min (199 m) to River Valley High Sch
  2. Bus 174 · SBS Transit
    River Valley High SchBoon Lay Int · 2 stops · 3 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 259

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 405 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)10.1 min
  • Jurong West Hawker Centre20.4 min
  • Jurong West Street 52 Blk 50521.3 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd8.9 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd15.7 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd16 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Boon Lay Central Clinic8.9 min
  • Boon Lay Clinic & Surgery8.9 min
  • Bless Medical Centre Pte Ltd8.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Westwood Park Playground16.9 min
  • Bulim Park (Phase 1) 19.3 min
  • Jurong Central Park21.3 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • THK SAC @ Boon Lay9.3 min
  • Adventist Home for the Elders18 min
  • NTUC Health Cluster Support @ Taman Jurong30.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Boon Lay CC10.6 min
  • The Frontier CC13.8 min
  • Jurong Spring CC20.2 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Jurong West Public Library13.1 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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