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Bukit Merah · HDB · S161078

Blk 78 Indus Rd

Completed 1972 · 20 storeys · 144 flats · 55 years 06 months remaining · 23 resale transactions on record · median household income in Bukit Merah: $8,500/mo (lowest quartile island-wide)

3 room
$485,000
6 sold · $465,000$570,000
$675 psf
Vs Bukit Merah
-14.7%
block PSF vs town median · last sale Apr 2026
#143 of 163 Bukit Merah blocks by 3-yr gain (+7%)
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Indus Rd, Bukit Merah · 1 km P1 ring · mrt · school · food · park · mall · health · zones: parks, commercial, reserve — hover
Flat mix · 144 homes
3-room
144 · 100%

20 storeys · completed 1972 · shops below

What the record shows

The last seller’s gain

A 3-room here sold for $480,000 in Apr 2026. The same flat type in this block averaged $474,333 in 2020 a gain of $5,667 — about $3 a day while the owner slept.

The lease cliff

This block crossed 60 years remaining in 2021 — the line where CPF usage rules tighten for buyers. In Bukit Merah over the last two years, flats below that line sold at a median 38% below their younger neighbours' PSF (895 sales).

Rent check

What flats in this block actually rented for in the last 12 months — official approvals, not listings. If you’re quoted much more, you have a number to negotiate with.

TypeBlock medianRangeBukit Merah medianGross yieldRented
3-ROOM$3,200/mo$2,000$3,400$3,000/mo6

Price trend

median PSF by year · ━ this block · ╌ Bukit Merah · gaps = years with no sales here

$491$663$834201720182020202220242026

The height gradient

every sale in 5 years, plotted by starting floor · 12 sales — do higher floors really fetch more here?

$555$642$7285101520storey →

Every recent sale HDB official record, latest 23

MonthTypeStoreyArea (sqm)PricePSFLease left
Apr 20263 ROOM10 to 1265$480,000$68655y 06m
Mar 20263 ROOM16 to 1865$490,000$70055y 07m
Nov 20253 ROOM04 to 0676$473,000$57855y 11m
Aug 20253 ROOM07 to 0965$465,000$66556y 01m
May 20253 ROOM10 to 1276$510,000$62356y 05m
Jan 20253 ROOM19 to 2176$570,000$69756y 10m
Sept 20233 ROOM10 to 1276$535,000$65458y 01m
Dec 20223 ROOM13 to 1565$455,000$65058y 10m
Sept 20223 ROOM10 to 1265$427,888$61259y 01m
Apr 20223 ROOM16 to 1876$518,000$63359y 05m
Mar 20223 ROOM19 to 2176$496,000$60659y 06m
Feb 20223 ROOM07 to 0965$445,000$63659y 07m
Mar 20213 ROOM13 to 1576$480,000$58760y 07m
Nov 20203 ROOM16 to 1865$389,000$55660y 11m
Nov 20203 ROOM13 to 1576$518,000$63360y 11m
Feb 20203 ROOM07 to 0965$375,000$53661y 07m
Nov 20193 ROOM07 to 0965$330,000$47261y 10m
Oct 20193 ROOM10 to 1265$378,000$54061y 11m
Aug 20183 ROOM13 to 1565$370,000$52963y 01m
Aug 20183 ROOM10 to 1265$375,000$53663y 01m
Oct 20173 ROOM13 to 1576$450,000$55064y
Jul 20173 ROOM13 to 1576$448,000$54864y 02m
Jan 20173 ROOM04 to 0665$378,000$54064y 08m

Who lives in Bukit Merah

Census of Population 2020 · planning-area aggregates · SingStat via data.gov.sg

Residents
151,250
Median age
46 yrs
41% under 40 · getting older
Children 0–9
12,440
▼ 15% since 2015 · future P1 demand
Household size
2.7 avg
Homes
89% HDB
9% condo · 0% landed
Degree holders
32%
residents 15+
Commute
63% transit
17% drive
45 min+ to work
16%

The neighbourhood

What sits around this address — distances computed from official OneMap and LTA records.

MRT
Tiong Bahru EW17 · 580m — weekday mornings, riders head to Raffles Place, City Hall, Clementi (LTA)
P1 ring
Alexandra Primary School 336m · Phase 2C 1.1× balloted · Zhangde Primary School 802m · Phase 2C 0.9× — inside the 1km priority ring; Phase 2C demand is last year’s applicants ÷ vacancies (MOE)
Secondary
Outram Secondary School · 1.2km
Food
Beo Crescent Market · 274m5 hawker centres within 1km
Green
Ganges Ave Os · 494m4 parks within 1km
Mall
Valley Point Shopping Centre · 198m
Health
Singhealth Polyclinics (Bukit Merah Polyclinic) (polyclinic) · 1.4km

The neighbourhood, photographed

freely-licensed photographs taken within ~450 m · Wikimedia Commons

Biycyle indus garden sgTriNitrobrick · CC BY-SA 4.0
Outram Park Station East West Line platform 07 08 2025(1)LN9267 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Zion Riverside Food Centre, interior (76588)Kbseah · CC BY-SA 4.0
Havelock Road Cooked Food CentreKbseah · CC BY-SA 4.0

Condos nearby

The private premium, measured: the nearest condo trades at 3.0×this block’s PSF.

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Data: HDB resale transactions via data.gov.sg (updated weekly), OneMap. Prices are the official resale record — not estimates, not listings.
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