Living in Geylang
Geylang scores 79/100 median overall across 293 HDB blocks and about 120,690 residents. It is strongest on schools and daily needs, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 24 minutes.
How Geylang scores
- Transport
- 76
- Food
- 83
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 85
- Daily needs
- 88
- Green space
- 83
- Connectivity
- 68
- Value (lease)
- 47
- Leisure
- 62
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 24min
- one-north
- 42min
- Jurong East
- 51min
- Changi Airport
- 35min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Geylang is like to live in
Geylang is a mid-sized HDB town of 293 scored blocks housing roughly 120,690 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and daily needs, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 82/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Geylang reaches Raffles Place in about 24 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 Geylang
Geylang spans 4 subzones — Aljunied, Geylang East, Kampong Ubi, Macpherson. 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 Geylang
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Geylang planning area- Age profile
- In Geylang, 11.9% of residents are under 15 and 19.2% are 65 or older.
- 60–648%55–597.8%30–347.5%45–497.4%
- Household income
- 33.1% of Geylang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person16.6%$20,000+11.7%$2,000–2,9996.8%$1,000–1,9996.7%
- Dwelling mix
- 73.6% of Geylang households live in HDB flats; 25.5% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats27.8%HDB 4 room flats24.8%Condominiums and other apartments21.1%HDB 5 room and executive flats11.1%
- Household size
- 49.5% of Geylang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person25%1-person24.5%3-person19.2%4-person14.9%
- In education
- Of Geylang residents currently in education, 24.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary32.7%Secondary25%University14.6%Polytechnic10%
- Commute to work
- 61.3% of working Geylang residents commute by public transport; 23.8% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus24.1%MRT LRT only19%Car17.1%Bus16.4%
Resident data for the Geylang planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).