Sixth Avenue MRT: Landed Enclaves, Top Schools and 336 Listings
Updated 2026-10-21
Sixth Avenue sits at the heart of Bukit Timah's private residential belt, where landed homes and low-rise condos share the streets with some of Singapore's most sought-after primary schools. With 336 live listings averaging S$8.8 million and the Turf City redevelopment taking shape nearby, the station serves a neighbourhood in quiet but significant transition.
What is the Sixth Avenue area like to live in?
Sixth Avenue is a quiet, leafy stretch of Bukit Timah where landed housing and low-rise condos dominate the streetscape. There are very few HDB blocks here. The area draws a mix of established local families, many with multi-generational roots, and expatriate households attracted by proximity to international schools and green space.
The neighbourhood runs along Bukit Timah Road between King Albert Park and the Botanic Gardens, placing residents within easy reach of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the Rail Corridor. Daily life centres on a handful of neighbourhood shops and eateries at Sixth Avenue Centre, a low-rise strip mall directly outside the MRT station, and along Lorong Kilat, where a cluster of cafes and small restaurants has grown over the past decade. For larger shopping needs, Cluny Court and Beauty World Centre are a short drive or one train stop away.
The pace is deliberately unhurried. There is no dominant shopping mall or commercial anchor. Peak road congestion arrives with school drop-off and pick-up times, roughly 7 to 8.30am and 2 to 4pm, which tells you as much about the neighbourhood's priorities as any brochure could.
Transport: how well connected is Sixth Avenue MRT?
Sixth Avenue station (DT7) sits on the Downtown Line, which opened here on 27 December 2015. It connects directly to Bugis, Chinatown, Bayfront and Expo without a transfer, putting the CBD roughly 20 minutes away by train. The adjacent stations are King Albert Park (DT6) and Tan Kah Kee (DT8), and the Botanic Gardens interchange (DT9/CC19) is one stop south, linking to the Circle Line.
The station has two exits. Exit A opens onto Bukit Timah Road beside Sixth Avenue Centre. Exit B crosses to the Dunearn Road side via an overhead bridge and serves the residential streets around Vanda Estate and Nanyang Girls' High School. Bus routes 67, 74, 151, 154, 170, 174 and others stop nearby, covering corridors to Orchard, Clementi and Woodlands.
The bigger transport story is the Cross Island Line. A new Turf City MRT station is expected to open in 2032 on the former Singapore Turf Club site, barely a kilometre from Sixth Avenue. Once operational, residents will have two MRT lines within walking distance.
Housing stock and prices near Sixth Avenue
Hombble currently lists 336 properties near Sixth Avenue station, split between 196 condominiums and 140 landed homes. The average asking price across all listings is S$8,814,935, with an average size of 3,397 sq ft and an average of S$2,633 per square foot.
That average blends two quite different markets. The condo segment in District 10 sits around S$2,500 to S$4,000 per square foot depending on tenure and age, with new freehold launches in 2026 pricing above S$4,000 psf for premium units. Landed property ranges far wider. Standard freehold detached homes in the district transact between roughly S$11 million and S$25 million, while Good Class Bungalow plots in the Bukit Timah hilltop gazetted areas command S$1,800 to S$3,000 per square foot of land.
The mix of 196 condos to 140 landed homes in the listings reflects the area's character. Bukit Timah has one of the highest concentrations of landed property in Singapore, and the Sixth Avenue streets between Fourth Avenue and Sixth Avenue are almost entirely low-rise private housing.
Which schools are within 1 km of Sixth Avenue?
School proximity is the single biggest demand driver in this neighbourhood. Two of Singapore's most competitive primary schools, Henry Park Primary and Nanyang Primary, fall within the 1 km distance band that determines priority in the P1 registration exercise.
Henry Park Primary, on Holland Grove Road, was oversubscribed in Phase 2C in 2025, with 93 applicants competing for 63 places. Balloting was required, and the school had no vacancies left for Phase 2C Supplementary. Nanyang Primary, on King's Road, was even tighter: Phase 2B in 2025 saw 50 applicants for 20 vacancies, and Phase 2C had 63 applicants for 42 places. Both schools were fully subscribed.
Beyond primary level, the area is well served by Nanyang Girls' High School, which sits directly at Exit B of the station, Hwa Chong Institution, Methodist Girls' School and National Junior College. The concentration of reputable schools across all levels is a key reason families pay the premium to live here, and it underpins resale demand in a way that pure amenity access does not.
Turf City redevelopment: what is changing nearby?
The most significant change coming to the Sixth Avenue corridor is the redevelopment of the former Singapore Turf Club site at Turf City. URA announced plans for 15,000 to 20,000 new homes on the site, including the first HDB flats to be built in Bukit Timah in nearly 40 years.
The development is organised into four sub-neighbourhoods: Racecourse Neighbourhood, Stables Commune, Saddle Club Knolls and Tinggi Hills. Twenty-two former Turf Club buildings will be conserved, including the grandstand. The plan follows a car-lite, 10-minute-neighbourhood concept with pedestrian streets and preserved green buffers around the Eng Neo Avenue Forest.
For existing Sixth Avenue residents and prospective buyers, the practical effect is twofold. First, the new Turf City MRT station on the Cross Island Line, expected in 2032, will improve connectivity. Second, the introduction of public housing into a historically private-residential area will change the demographic mix and could put some downward pressure on older condo prices, while the improved infrastructure and amenities may support landed values. The full build-out will take years, but the planning signals are already factored into current asking prices.
Outlook for buyers and sellers
Sixth Avenue is not a neighbourhood in flux so much as one adding a new layer. The landed enclaves between Fourth and Sixth Avenue will remain predominantly private and low-rise. The condo stock along Bukit Timah Road will face competition from new Turf City supply over the next decade, but the school proximity premium is structural and unlikely to erode.
For buyers, the question is whether to enter now at an average of S$2,633 psf or wait for Turf City supply to materialise. For sellers of landed property, the Turf City MRT station and improved amenities strengthen the long-term case for the area. In both cases, the 336 listings currently on Hombble offer a wide enough range, from compact condos to landed family homes, to suit most search criteria in this part of District 10.