Living in Sengkang
Sengkang scores 68/100 median overall across 672 HDB blocks and about 167,054 residents. It is strongest on schools and transport, and weakest on connectivity. Median commute to the city centre is about 42 minutes.
How Sengkang scores
- Transport
- 79
- Food
- 45
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 66
- Daily needs
- 68
- Green space
- 79
- Connectivity
- 39
- Value (lease)
- 79
- Leisure
- 61
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 42min
- one-north
- 49min
- Jurong East
- 68min
- Changi Airport
- 53min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Sengkang is like to live in
Sengkang is a large, established HDB town of 672 scored blocks housing roughly 167,054 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 77/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Sengkang reaches Raffles Place in about 42 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 Sengkang
Sengkang spans 5 subzones — Anchorvale, Compassvale, Fernvale, Rivervale, Sengkang Town Centre. 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 Sengkang
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Sengkang planning area- Age profile
- In Sengkang, 20.1% of residents are under 15 and 9.7% are 65 or older.
- 35–3910.1%40–449.1%30–348.6%45–498.2%
- Household income
- 44.5% of Sengkang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+11%$15,000–17,4997.6%No working person7.1%$6,000–6,9995.9%
- Dwelling mix
- 85.9% of Sengkang households live in HDB flats; 14.1% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats39.7%HDB 5 room and executive flats36.1%Condominiums and other apartments13.6%HDB 3 room flats5.1%
- Household size
- 31% of Sengkang households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
- 4-person23.9%3-person21.6%2-person20.2%5-person14.1%
- In education
- Of Sengkang residents currently in education, 19% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary40.7%Secondary24.2%University9.7%Polytechnic9.3%
- Commute to work
- 59.6% of working Sengkang residents commute by public transport; 27.6% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus21.2%Car20.3%MRT LRT only13.7%Bus13.1%
Resident data for the Sengkang planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).