Kallang: Singapore's Sports Belt Turns into a Major Residential Corridor
Updated 2026-08-30
Kallang sits at the junction of three MRT lines and some of the largest urban transformation projects in central Singapore. With 33 live listings averaging S$2,548 per square foot, the neighbourhood offers city-fringe pricing backed by billions in planned infrastructure.
Living in Kallang
Kallang occupies a broad swathe of the Central Region, spanning postal districts 12, 13 and 14. It stretches from the Kallang River waterfront in the south through the Singapore Sports Hub precinct and up to the Bendemeer and Kallang Bahru residential streets in the north. The area has long been associated with the National Stadium, but a decade of master-planning has steadily repositioned it as a live-work-play district with serious residential density on the way.
The housing stock today is overwhelmingly condominium. Of the 33 properties currently listed on Hombble, 32 are condos and one is landed. The average asking price is S$4,536,417 for an average size of 1,759 square feet, translating to roughly S$2,548 per square foot. That places Kallang firmly in the city-fringe bracket, sitting between the prime Core Central Region and the suburban Outside Central Region.
Transport and Connectivity
Few neighbourhoods outside the CBD can match Kallang for rail coverage. Five MRT stations serve the area across three lines: Kallang on the East-West Line, Stadium and Mountbatten on the Circle Line, and Bendemeer and Geylang Bahru on the Downtown Line. The Thomson-East Coast Line's Tanjong Rhu station, which opened in June 2024, adds a fourth line to the district's southern fringe.
Road access is equally strong. The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway has its southern terminus here, connecting to the East Coast Parkway and the Marina Coastal Expressway. The Central Expressway runs along the western edge. For buses, the Lorong 1 Geylang terminal next to Kallang MRT serves more than a dozen routes across the island. A proposed Seletar MRT Line could eventually add another station in the Kallang corridor, though that is not expected before the 2040s.
Amenities, Schools and Recreation
The Singapore Sports Hub, now rebranded as The Kallang, anchors the lifestyle offering. Its 888-metre sheltered promenade jogging track, hard courts and skate park are free to use. Kallang Wave Mall houses over 100 retail outlets, a FairPrice Xtra hypermart and Yunomori Onsen and Spa. Leisure Park Kallang adds a bowling alley, ice rink and cinema. Kallang Riverside Park, a seven-hectare green space along the river, provides jogging and cycling tracks, fitness stations and a community allotment garden.
Schools in the catchment include Bendemeer Primary School and Hong Wen School at the primary level, with Dunman High School, Chung Cheng High School (Main) and Maris Stella High School among the secondary options. Healthcare is served by the NHG Kallang Polyclinic, with Tan Tock Seng Hospital and KK Women's and Children's Hospital both a short drive or MRT ride away.
Development Pipeline
Kallang is the subject of several overlapping URA transformation plans. The Kallang Alive masterplan covers a 24-hectare precinct centred on The Kallang, with a new 18,000-seat indoor arena under construction and targeted for completion by 2028. A football hub, youth hub with velodrome and climbing walls, and a national tennis centre are all part of the longer-term vision.
To the east, the 17-hectare Kampong Bugis waterfront site is earmarked for roughly 4,000 homes, with the first land parcels expected after soil remediation of the former gasworks site. In August 2026, URA published a proposed Master Plan amendment to rezone the 13-hectare Kallang Distripark for private housing, potentially yielding 2,250 to 2,550 units. Tanjong Rhu has a further 2,000 private homes identified in the Draft Master Plan 2025. Together, these projects could add upwards of 8,000 new homes to the district over the next decade.
Pricing Context and Outlook
At S$2,548 per square foot on average, Kallang's resale condos sit below the new-launch Rest of Central Region average of roughly S$2,695 psf recorded in 2026. District 13, which covers the Macpherson and Potong Pasir pockets of Kallang, has been the strongest performer with a year-on-year median price increase of 5.4 per cent, while District 14 in the Geylang and Eunos corridor has seen softer pricing.
The sheer volume of planned housing supply and infrastructure investment makes Kallang one of the most closely watched transformation stories in Singapore. Buyers entering now are purchasing into a neighbourhood that will look materially different within five to ten years, with new waterfront precincts, upgraded sports and leisure facilities, and thousands of additional homes reshaping the district's character.