Living in Outram
Outram scores 84/100 median overall across 19 HDB blocks and about 19,859 residents. It is strongest on food and daily needs, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 18 minutes.
How Outram scores
- Transport
- 88
- Food
- 98
- Schools
- 95
- Healthcare
- 70
- Daily needs
- 97
- Green space
- 81
- Connectivity
- 75
- Value (lease)
- 36
- Leisure
- 90
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 18min
- one-north
- 29min
- Jurong East
- 35min
- Changi Airport
- 48min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Outram is like to live in
Outram is a compact HDB town of 19 scored blocks housing roughly 19,859 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are food and daily needs, while value (lease) is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for renters, scoring 86/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Outram reaches Raffles Place in about 18 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 Outram
Outram spans 3 subzones — China Square, Chinatown, Pearl'S Hill. 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 Outram
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Outram planning area- Age profile
- In Outram, 12% of residents are under 15 and 25.5% are 65 or older.
- 40–448.2%60–648%45–497.8%55–597.6%
- Household income
- 28.1% of Outram households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person27.2%$20,000+10.8%$1,000–1,99910.1%$2,000–2,9996.3%
- Dwelling mix
- 94.5% of Outram households live in HDB flats; 5.2% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 1 and 2 room flats35.9%HDB 3 room flats29.3%HDB 4 room flats21.5%HDB 5 room and executive flats7.8%
- Household size
- 62.5% of Outram households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
- 1-person35.2%2-person27.3%3-person16.1%4-person11%
- In education
- Of Outram residents currently in education, 17.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary41.3%Secondary21.6%University12.5%Pre primary9.6%
- Commute to work
- 57.4% of working Outram residents commute by public transport; 15.3% drive or ride.
- No transport required25.3%MRT LRT only20.4%MRT LRT and bus18.7%Bus16.6%
Resident data for the Outram planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).