Living in Bukit Panjang
Bukit Panjang scores 67/100 median overall across 346 HDB blocks and about 34,963 residents. It is strongest on schools and transport, and weakest on connectivity. Median commute to the city centre is about 49 minutes.
How Bukit Panjang scores
- Transport
- 79
- Food
- 59
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 50
- Daily needs
- 63
- Green space
- 70
- Connectivity
- 46
- Value (lease)
- 61
- Leisure
- 71
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 49min
- one-north
- 45min
- Jurong East
- 29min
- Changi Airport
- 85min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Bukit Panjang is like to live in
Bukit Panjang is a mid-sized HDB town of 346 scored blocks housing roughly 34,963 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and transport, while connectivity is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 73/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Bukit Panjang reaches Raffles Place in about 49 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 Bukit Panjang
Bukit Panjang spans 5 subzones — Bangkit, Fajar, Jelebu, Saujana, Senja. 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 Bukit Panjang
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Bukit Panjang planning area- Age profile
- In Bukit Panjang, 14.9% of residents are under 15 and 12.7% are 65 or older.
- 55–598.1%25–297.6%30–347.6%45–497.6%
- Household income
- 39.3% of Bukit Panjang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+12.3%No working person10.1%$5,000–5,9996%$15,000–17,4995.9%
- Dwelling mix
- 82.8% of Bukit Panjang households live in HDB flats; 17.1% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats39.3%HDB 5 room and executive flats32.4%Condominiums and other apartments15.2%HDB 3 room flats8.3%
- Household size
- 31.9% of Bukit Panjang households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
- 4-person23.3%3-person21.6%2-person20.5%5-person13.9%
- In education
- Of Bukit Panjang residents currently in education, 26.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary31.9%Secondary24%University15%Polytechnic11.6%
- Commute to work
- 56.6% of working Bukit Panjang residents commute by public transport; 30.7% drive or ride.
- Car22.7%MRT LRT and bus20.5%Bus17%Other combi MRT LRT or bus10.5%
Resident data for the Bukit Panjang planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).