Living in Tampines
Tampines scores 62/100 median overall across 880 HDB blocks and about 261,743 residents. It is strongest on schools and healthcare, and weakest on food. Median commute to the city centre is about 43 minutes.
How Tampines scores
- Transport
- 61
- Food
- 37
- Schools
- 98
- Healthcare
- 76
- Daily needs
- 56
- Green space
- 65
- Connectivity
- 45
- Value (lease)
- 59
- Leisure
- 58
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 43min
- one-north
- 61min
- Jurong East
- 69min
- Changi Airport
- 30min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Tampines is like to live in
Tampines is a large, established HDB town of 880 scored blocks housing roughly 261,743 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and healthcare, while food is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 68/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Tampines reaches Raffles Place in about 43 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 Tampines
Tampines spans 4 subzones — Simei, Tampines East, Tampines North, Tampines West. 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 Tampines
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Tampines planning area- Age profile
- In Tampines, 13.5% of residents are under 15 and 14.8% are 65 or older.
- 25–298.4%55–598.3%60–648.2%30–347.7%
- Household income
- 40.9% of Tampines households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person11.5%$20,000+11.5%$15,000–17,4996.4%$7,000–7,9995.6%
- Dwelling mix
- 87% of Tampines households live in HDB flats; 12.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats37.3%HDB 5 room and executive flats28.8%HDB 3 room flats17.1%Condominiums and other apartments11.4%
- Household size
- 34.5% of Tampines households are one or two people; 3-person households are the most common.
- 3-person21.7%2-person21.5%4-person21%1-person13%
- In education
- Of Tampines residents currently in education, 27.2% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary31.9%Secondary23.5%University16%Polytechnic11.2%
- Commute to work
- 58.9% of working Tampines residents commute by public transport; 27% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus24.3%Car18.4%Bus17.5%MRT LRT only14.6%
Resident data for the Tampines planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).