Living in Queenstown
Queenstown scores 75/100 median overall across 188 HDB blocks and about 98,502 residents. It is strongest on schools and daily needs, and weakest on value (lease). Median commute to the city centre is about 23 minutes.
How Queenstown scores
- Transport
- 71
- Food
- 83
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 66
- Daily needs
- 86
- Green space
- 70
- Connectivity
- 78
- Value (lease)
- 37
- Leisure
- 61
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 23min
- one-north
- 21min
- Jurong East
- 24min
- Changi Airport
- 58min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Queenstown is like to live in
Queenstown is a mid-sized HDB town of 188 scored blocks housing roughly 98,502 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 79/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Queenstown reaches Raffles Place in about 23 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 Queenstown
Queenstown spans 8 subzones — Commonwealth, Dover, Ghim Moh, Holland Drive, Margaret Drive, Mei Chin, Pasir Panjang 2, Tanglin Halt. 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 Queenstown
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Queenstown planning area- Age profile
- In Queenstown, 13% of residents are under 15 and 21.1% are 65 or older.
- 45–497.7%40–447.6%35–397.5%50–547.1%
- Household income
- 37.9% of Queenstown households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person21%$20,000+14.7%$1,000–1,9996.5%$15,000–17,4995.6%
- Dwelling mix
- 84.4% of Queenstown households live in HDB flats; 15.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 3 room flats36.9%HDB 4 room flats25.4%Condominiums and other apartments12.6%HDB 5 room and executive flats11.8%
- Household size
- 49.9% of Queenstown households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person27.6%1-person22.3%3-person19.4%4-person16.1%
- In education
- Of Queenstown residents currently in education, 21.6% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary37.4%Secondary24.2%University14.1%Pre primary7.9%
- Commute to work
- 61.6% of working Queenstown residents commute by public transport; 25.6% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus23.1%Car19.4%Bus18.6%MRT LRT only17.9%
Resident data for the Queenstown planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).