Living in Yishun
Yishun scores 61/100 median overall across 702 HDB blocks and about 185,214 residents. It is strongest on schools and green space, and weakest on connectivity. Median commute to the city centre is about 45 minutes.
How Yishun scores
- Transport
- 52
- Food
- 51
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 63
- Daily needs
- 64
- Green space
- 79
- Connectivity
- 35
- Value (lease)
- 58
- Leisure
- 57
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 45min
- one-north
- 52min
- Jurong East
- 50min
- Changi Airport
- 81min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Yishun is like to live in
Yishun is a large, established HDB town of 702 scored blocks housing roughly 185,214 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and green space, while connectivity is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 69/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Yishun reaches Raffles Place in about 45 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 Yishun
Yishun spans 7 subzones — Khatib, Lower Seletar, Northland, Yishun Central, Yishun East, Yishun South, Yishun 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 Yishun
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Yishun planning area- Age profile
- In Yishun, 15.4% of residents are under 15 and 13.1% are 65 or older.
- 30–348.5%35–398.1%55–598%25–297.5%
- Household income
- 32.6% of Yishun households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- No working person11.5%$20,000+7.2%$5,000–5,9996.7%$2,000–2,9996.5%
- Dwelling mix
- 88.5% of Yishun households live in HDB flats; 11.2% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats42.5%HDB 3 room flats21.9%HDB 5 room and executive flats18.6%Condominiums and other apartments9.2%
- Household size
- 37.9% of Yishun households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person22.3%3-person22.2%4-person20.6%1-person15.6%
- In education
- Of Yishun residents currently in education, 20.8% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary34.8%Secondary24.5%University11.1%Polytechnic9.7%
- Commute to work
- 60.4% of working Yishun residents commute by public transport; 23.9% drive or ride.
- MRT LRT and bus30%Car16.1%MRT LRT only14%Bus13.8%
Resident data for the Yishun planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).