Living in Kallang
Kallang scores 81/100 median overall across 204 HDB blocks and about 8,669 residents. It is strongest on schools and daily needs, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 21 minutes.
How Kallang scores
- Transport
- 80
- Food
- 86
- Schools
- 98
- Healthcare
- 88
- Daily needs
- 89
- Green space
- 88
- Connectivity
- 69
- Value (lease)
- 36
- Leisure
- 64
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 21min
- one-north
- 37min
- Jurong East
- 47min
- Changi Airport
- 42min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Kallang is like to live in
Kallang is a mid-sized HDB town of 204 scored blocks housing roughly 8,669 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 seniors, scoring 84/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Kallang reaches Raffles Place in about 21 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 Kallang
Kallang spans 7 subzones — Bendemeer, Boon Keng, Crawford, Geylang Bahru, Kampong Java, Lavender, Tanjong Rhu. 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 Kallang
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Kallang planning area- Age profile
- In Kallang, 12% of residents are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older.
- 45–498%40–447.7%60–647.7%55–597.4%
- Household income
- 34.6% of Kallang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person20.7%$20,000+13.3%$1,000–1,9997.7%$2,000–2,9995.8%
- Dwelling mix
- 79% of Kallang households live in HDB flats; 20.1% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats26.8%HDB 4 room flats23.7%Condominiums and other apartments18.9%HDB 1 and 2 room flats16.9%
- Household size
- 54% of Kallang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person27.5%1-person26.5%3-person16.9%4-person14.5%
- In education
- Of Kallang residents currently in education, 23.5% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary33.1%Secondary26.8%University14%Polytechnic9.5%
- Commute to work
- 60.3% of working Kallang residents commute by public transport; 24.6% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus22.7%MRT LRT only20.2%Car17.5%Bus15.5%
Resident data for the Kallang planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).