Living in Woodlands
Woodlands scores 61/100 median overall across 723 HDB blocks and about 245,109 residents. It is strongest on schools and healthcare, and weakest on connectivity. Median commute to the city centre is about 55 minutes.
How Woodlands scores
- Transport
- 65
- Food
- 48
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 69
- Daily needs
- 53
- Green space
- 61
- Connectivity
- 35
- Value (lease)
- 60
- Leisure
- 54
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 55min
- one-north
- 56min
- Jurong East
- 37min
- Changi Airport
- 91min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Woodlands is like to live in
Woodlands is a large, established HDB town of 723 scored blocks housing roughly 245,109 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and healthcare, while connectivity 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 Woodlands reaches Raffles Place in about 55 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 Woodlands
Woodlands spans 6 subzones — Midview, North Coast, Woodgrove, Woodlands East, Woodlands South, Woodlands 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 Woodlands
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Woodlands planning area- Age profile
- In Woodlands, 15.1% of residents are under 15 and 9.9% are 65 or older.
- 50–548.5%20–248.4%25–298.1%45–498%
- Household income
- 33.9% of Woodlands households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person9%$5,000–5,9997.1%$6,000–6,9996.7%$3,000–3,9996.5%
- Dwelling mix
- 92.5% of Woodlands households live in HDB flats; 7.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats40.6%HDB 5 room and executive flats35.9%HDB 3 room flats9.3%Condominiums and other apartments7.1%
- Household size
- 31.9% of Woodlands households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
- 4-person21.5%3-person21.1%2-person19.7%5-person13.9%
- In education
- Of Woodlands residents currently in education, 26.7% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary30.8%Secondary25.3%Polytechnic13.9%University12.8%
- Commute to work
- 59.7% of working Woodlands residents commute by public transport; 24.9% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus32.1%Car15%MRT LRT only13.3%Bus11.2%
Resident data for the Woodlands planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).