Jurong East is a

planning area Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. Some researchers regard the evolution of forethought - the capaci ...

and residential town situated in the West Region of

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. It borders

Jurong West Jurong West is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Jurong West shares Wiktionary:boundary, boundaries with Tengah, Singapore, ...

and

Boon Lay Boon Lay (, ) is a neighbourhood located in the town of Jurong West in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Its borders very roughly correspond to the URA subzone of Boon Lay Place, situated within the Jurong West Planning Area. ...

to the west,

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to the east,

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and

Bukit Batok Bukit Batok ( ), often abbreviated as Bt Batok, is a planning area and matured residential town located along the eastern boundary of the West Region of Singapore. Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest, the 10th most populo ...

to the north and Selat Jurong to the south. First developed in the 1970s, it is located approximately west of the

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district. Jurong East is the 7th most populated planning area in the West Region. Jurong East, along with the entire

Jurong Jurong () is a major Region, geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the Planning Areas of Singapore, ...

area in general, is envisioned to be the country's second

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

(CBD) as part of the

Jurong Lake District Jurong Lake District (JLD) is a district in Singapore, planned as part of Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)’s decentralisation efforts to bring more quality jobs, amenities, and recreational options closer to homes. The plans for the dis ...

project.

History

The development of Jurong started in the 1970s when estates such as

Taman Jurong Taman Jurong is a residential precinct in Jurong West, Singapore. It is one of the oldest residential precincts in Singapore and a division of Jurong GRC, with the area's HDB flats under the management of Jurong-Clementi Town Council and Shawn H ...

Bukit Gombak Bukit Gombak is a subzone of Bukit Batok, Singapore. It is a hilly neighbourhood in the west-central area of the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore. In the Malay language, ''bukit'' means hill and ''gombak'' a bunch or collection of somethi ...

Hong Kah Hong Kah is a residential precinct in Jurong West, Singapore. It is bounded by the PIE, Corporation Road, Jurong Canal Drive, Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong Town Hall Road. It is named after the former 'Hong Kah Village'. The precinct's HDB fla ...

Teban Gardens Teban Gardens is a residential precinct located in Jurong East, Singapore. Immediately north of Pandan Reservoir, it comprises exclusively public housing built by the JTC Corporation and Housing and Development Board. Geography The Teban Garde ...

and Yuhua were built, mostly due to the resettlement of Hong Kah (present-day

) and surrounding villages. Yuhua,

and

formed Jurong East.

Subzones

There are 10 subzones in Jurong East. *

Jurong Port Jurong Port Pte Ltd is a port operator headquartered in Singapore. Jurong Port, which operates the only multi-purpose port in Singapore, handles bulk, break-bulk and containerised cargo. It handled over 40,000 vessel-calls annually in 2019. ...

* Penjuru Crescent * Jurong River *

* Lakeside * Jurong Gateway * International Business Park * Toh Guan * Yuhua East * Yuhua West

Politics

The northern section is under

Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and ...

while the southern section belongs to

West Coast–Jurong West GRC West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...

. After the electoral boundaries were redrawn for the

2011 Singaporean general election General elections were held in Singapore on 7 May 2011. President S. R. Nathan dissolved parliament on 19 April 2011 on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Voting is mandatory in Singapore and is based on the first-past-the-post sys ...

, a portion of the then-existing

Jurong GRC The Jurong Group Representation Constituency was a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consisted of a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and areas near Upper Buk ...

was carved out to form Yuhua SMC. In 2025, the majority of Yuhua SMC was given to the new Jurong East–Bukit Batok GRC while the remainder was given to the new

Jurong Central SMC The Jurong Central Single Member Constituency is a Single Member Constituency (SMC) for the Parliament of Singapore. Located in the West Region, it was created from Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and some of Yuhua SMC and was f ...

Education

There are three primary schools and three secondary schools in Jurong East. * Fuhua Primary School (which Pandan Primary School merged into) * Jurong Primary School * Yuhua Primary School *

Commonwealth Secondary School Commonwealth Secondary School (abbreviation: CWSS) is a government, autonomous and coeducational secondary school in Jurong East, Singapore. Founded in 1964, Commonwealth Secondary School offers secondary school education which leads to the Singa ...

* Crest Secondary School * Jurongville Secondary School Jurong East is also home to the Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability, an Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) established by the

National Trades Union Congress The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), also known as the Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC) internationally, is the sole national trade union centre in Singapore. NTUC leads the labour movement of Singapore, comprising 59 affilia ...

(NTUC). It was opened in 2014 and provides workforce training programs to workers and employers.

Recreation

Sports

* Jurong East Sports and Recreation Centre

Leisure

* Jurong Lake Park * Pandan Gardens Park Connector * Jurong Park Connector * Toh Guan Neighbourhood Park * Pandan Gardens Leisure Park * Pandan Reservoir Fitness Corner * Hong Kah East Neighbourhood Park * Yuhua Village Neighbourhood Park *Genting Hotel Jurong

Tourist attractions

There are 4 tourist attractions in Jurong East – *

Science Centre A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in mu ...

Snow City Snow City is Singapore's first indoor snow center located within the Science Centre Singapore area, beside the Omni-Theatre in Jurong East. Background The 3,000 square-meter center Snow City was built at the cost of S$6 million and was offici ...

Chinese Garden The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Emperor of China, Chinese emperors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and t ...

Japanese Garden are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden desig ...

Transport

Roads

Jurong East is connected to the rest of Singapore with the

Pan Island Expressway The Pan Island Expressway (Abbreviated as: PIE) is the oldest and longest expressway in Singapore. It is also Singapore's longest road. The expressway runs from the East Coast Parkway near Changi Airport in the east to Tuas in the west and ...

(PIE) and the

Ayer Rajah Expressway The Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) extends from the western end of the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) in the south of Singapore to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. Together with the MCE and the East Coast Parkway (ECP) ...

(AYE). * Jurong Town Hall Road interconnects the two expressways with

, Yuhua, Jurong Regional Centre, International Business Park,

Jurong Lake Jurong Lake (; ; ) is a 70ha freshwater lake and reservoir located in the western region of Singapore formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further downstream. The lake serves as a reservoir contributing to the water supply of the country. I ...

and

. * Toh Guan is connected to the

PIE A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit (as in an apple pie), nuts ( pecan pie), fruit preserves ( jam tart ...

via Toh Guan Road, while Jurong Canal Road provides an alternative at Boon Lay for traffic to (

Tuas Tuas ( ) is a planning area located within the West Region of Singapore. It is bounded by the Western Water Catchment to its north, Pioneer to its east and the Straits of Johor to its west. Tuas also shares a maritime boundary with the Weste ...

) and from (

Changi Changi ( ) is a planning area located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah in the East Region of Singapore. Sharing borders with Pasir Ris and Tampines to the west, Changi Bay to the southeast, the South China Sea to the east and the ...

) the

. * From the

AYE Aye or AYE may refer to: * Aye (yes), an English affirmative Businesses and organisations * Africa's Young Entrepreneurs, a non-profit organisation in Johannesburg, South Africa * Allegheny Energy (NYSE symbol), an electric utility in Greensburg ...

, arterial roads Jurong Pier Road, Jurong Port Road and Penjuru Road (along with Minor Arterial road Teban Gardens Crescent) carry the traffic to Jurong River, Penjuru Crescent and

. * Boon Lay Way and Jalan Buroh are the two other arterial roads in Jurong East, which provides inter-connectivity across the various subzones in the area.

Public transport

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

Jurong East is currently served by two MRT stations across two lines, the East West Line and the North South Line, namely: *

Jurong East Jurong East is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town situated in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. It borders Jurong West and Boon Lay to the west, Clementi, Singapore, Cl ...

Extensive rail expansion is ongoing in Jurong East with five new MRT stations undergoing construction as part of the

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and

Cross Island MRT line The Cross Island Line (CRL) is a high capacity Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line under development in Singapore. It will run in an east–west direction from Changi to Jurong Industrial Estate via Loyang, Pasir Ris, ...

, scheduled to be completed in 2028 and 2032 respectively.

Jurong East MRT station Jurong East MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North–South MRT line, North–South (NSL) and East–West MRT line, East–West (EWL) lines in Jurong East, Singapor ...

will also contain an additional interchange station for the Jurong Region Line. The future stations in Jurong East are: * Toh Guan *

* Jurong Town Hall *

Pandan Reservoir Pandan Reservoir (Simplified Chinese: 班丹蓄水池; Malay language, Malay: ''Empangan Pandan'') is a Water reservoir, reservoir located in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Formed by damming the mouth of List of rivers of ...

Bus

Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange is a bus station, bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore. An open-air single-level bus terminal, it is connected to the adjacent Jurong East MRT station via a link bridge. History The original facility ...

started operations in 1985. It later moved to its first temporary site on 17 December 2011. All the bus services, except 51, 52, 105, 160, 197 & 506 were handed over to Tower Transit Singapore on 12 June 2016. On 6 December 2020, the former temporary bus interchange was relocated to facilitate the construction of the Jurong Region Line and the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub. The new relocated interchange was located opposite the current interchange, along Jurong Gateway Road between the junctions of Jurong Gateway Road/Jurong East Street 12 and Jurong Gateway Road/Jurong East Central 1. All bus services with the exception of service 78, 79, CW3 and CW4 were relocated there. On 3 November 2023, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced more inclusive public transport facilities with the opening of the new

Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore. Operated by Tower Transit, the bus interchange is located along Venture Drive, adjacent to Vision Exchange, The JTC Summit, Jurong Town Hall, and within w ...

(JTHBI) on Sunday, 26 November 2023. Located along Venture Drive, JTHBI complements Jurong East MRT station and Jurong East Bus Interchange, and will provide added bus capacity to cater to future developments in the area.

Demographics

Population history

Age profile

The data below is from the population report published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in June 2024. The population distribution of Jurong East in 2024 demonstrates an ageing population structure. There is a higher population concentration among middle-aged and older groups, with males and females both peaking at the 65-69 age range at 3.97% and 4.27% respectively. Notably, the elderly population (aged above 65) constitutes 23.72% of all residents. This is more than double the children population (10.09% aged between 0 and 14), indicating a declining younger demographic and a super-aged population.

Household

As of 2024, there were 67,400 people living in HDB flats, representing 90.4% of the population. This is significantly higher than the national proportion of HDB dwellers (76.3%), reflecting a greater prevalence of public housing in the area. Among the population, 24,800 residents, or 33.3% of the population, live in 5-Room and Executive Flats, making it the most common type of dwelling. 6,380 residents (8.56%) live in condominiums and other apartments. No residents reside in landed properties. The average household size in Jurong East is 3.09. Among the 27,213 households in Jurong East, the most common household size is two persons, representing 24.4% of total households. Jurong East has a

home ownership Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live. The home can be a house, such as a single-family house, an apartment, c ...

rate of 90.1% as of 2020. This is higher than the national home ownership rate of 87.9%, reflecting a greater prevalence of homeowners in Jurong East.

Ethnicity

Consistent with the rest of Singapore, Jurong East has an ethnically diverse population, with a majority Chinese population, constituting 70.53% of the population as of 2020. This is lower than the national proportion of 74.35%.

Religion

Consistent with the rest of Singapore, the largest religion in Jurong East is

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

, with 21,756 practising residents (31.5% of the population). The second most common group consists of residents with no religion (12,575 residents, 18.2%).

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

is also prominent in Jurong East, with 12,743 Muslims (18.47%).

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

is practised by 9,431 residents (13.67%), with 2,879 Catholics (4.17%). Other religious affiliations include

Taoism Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...

and other Chinese religions (7,343 residents, 10.6%),

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

(4,832 residents, 7.0%), and

Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...

(183 residents, 0.27%). Compared to the national average of 18.92%, there is a substantially lower proportion of practising Christians in Jurong East.

Education

As of 2020, 96.6% of the population aged above 15 is literate, ranking the 8th lowest among all planning areas in Singapore. 62.7% of residents are literate in two languages, with the most common language pair being English and Chinese (40.5%). 6.5% of Jurong East residents are literate in three or more languages. 16,602 residents (26.5% of the population) in Jurong East have attained a university qualification. This ranks the fourth lowest of all planning areas in Singapore. In contrast, 8,293 residents, or 13.2% of the population, have no educational qualifications, ranking the 6th highest in Singapore.

Language

In Jurong East, the proportion of residents using

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

as the most frequently spoken language (37.9%) is lower than the national average of 48.3%, ranking the third lowest among all subzones in Singapore. Additionally, there are 2,961

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

speakers, representing 84.5% of the 3,485 Indian language speakers in Jurong East.

Employment and income

According to the 2020 Census of Population, 41,926 of residents aged 15 years and over in Jurong East are employed, out of the 44,698 in the

labour force In macroeconomics, the workforce or labour force is the sum of people either working (i.e., the employed) or looking for work (i.e., the unemployed): \text = \text + \text Those neither working in the marketplace nor looking for work are out ...

. This equates to an employment rate of 93.8%, slightly lower than the national employment rate of 94.2%. The remaining 24,310 residents aged above 15 in Jurong East are outside the labour force. Among the employed residents in Jurong East aged 15 years and over, most earn a gross monthly income of between S$1,000 and S$1,999, with 15.3% being in that category. 6.7% earn less than S$1,000 per month, while 4.8% earn above S$15,000 per month. According to the 2020 Census of Population, most resident households in Jurong East have no employed person, constituting 15.6% of all households. The second highest category for monthly household income is S$20,000 and over, encompassing 9.6% of all households.

Economy

, Jurong River, Penjuru Crescent, and parts of Toh Guan and

, there is land allocated for business activities.

Jurong Lake District

The 'Jurong Lake District Project' was unveiled in 2008 and set to be completed in 2040 as part of the plan by

Urban Redevelopment Authority The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government, statutory board under the Ministry of National Development (Singapore), Ministry of National De ...

to provide more job and recreational options in the heartlands. There will be about 200,000 jobs created and 20,000 homes built in the 360-hectare Jurong Lake District. Consisting of

, Jurong Gateway, International Business Park and the southern section of Toh Guan, the

will be a prime regional centre serving as an commercial hub for business developments remote from the Central Area, to meet the various demands of businesses and provide employment opportunities closer to people staying in the West Region of Singapore.

International Business Park

The International Business Park (IBP) is also located in Jurong East. Major companies and corporations present in the business park include

Creative Technology Creative Technology Ltd., or Creative Labs Pte Ltd., is a Singaporean multinational electronics company mainly dealing with Audio equipment, audio technologies and products such as speakers, headphones, sound cards and other digital media. Foun ...

Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...

, TYLin, Acer, Merck,

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technologies corporation headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Its common stock is a c ...

and

JTC Corporation JTC Corporation (JTC), formerly the Jurong Town Corporation, is a statutory board under Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry that champions sustainable industrial development. It master-plans clean, green and smart estates to create attr ...

Commercial

* Perennial Business City

Shopping malls

Within the boundaries of Jurong Gateway and Toh Guan, there are 3 shopping malls: * IMM * Jem * Westgate

Town centre

The Town Centre of Jurong East is located at Jurong Regional Centre, presently known as Jurong Gateway subzone. *Jurong East Town Centre *Jurong Regional Library

Healthcare

Polyclinic

Jurong East houses one polyclinic, Jurong Polyclinic, located in the Yuhua precinct. Built in 1988, it was upgraded in 2007. By 2025, the polyclinic will be relocated to a new site 150 metres from its current premises, with a 2.5 times larger capacity and include elderly-friendly features. A 700-bed nursing home will also be built on the new site to cater to the Jurong East's rapidly ageing population.

Hospitals

There are two hospitals in Jurong East, namely

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) is a 700-bed hospital located in Jurong East, Singapore. Named after Singaporean late entrepreneur, Ng Teng Fong, the hospital is part of an integrated development together with the adjoining Jurong Communit ...

(a 700-bed hospital) and Jurong Community Hospital (a 400-bed hospital), located within a single integrated healthcare development. Plans for a new hospital in Jurong East were announced in the Singapore Master Plan 2003. Named Jurong General Hospital, the proposed hospital was to be located within walking distance from the

, and built by 2006 to replace the existing

Alexandra Hospital Alexandra Hospital (AH) is a district general hospital located in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore that provides Acute care, acute and community care under the National University Health System#Alexandra Hospital, National University ...

. It was to have 650 beds for inpatients and 90 specialist clinics for outpatients. However, in 2004, these plans were scrapped in favour of a new 500-bed hospital in Yishun to be called

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (Abbreviation: KTPH) is a 795-bed general and acute care hospital located at Yishun in Singapore. Named after Singaporean hotelier, Khoo Teck Puat, the hospital is part of an integrated development together with the adj ...

, planned for completion by 28 March 2009. Under the Singapore Master Plan 2008, the plan for Jurong General Hospital was revived. The hospital was renamed to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital and construction was completed in 2015.

References

External links

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