Bukit Batok

Bukit Batok
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
 • MalayBukit Batok (Rumi)
بوکيت باتوق‎ (Jawi)
 • Chinese武吉巴督
Wǔjí Bādū (Pinyin)
Bú-kit Pa-tok (Hokkien POJ)
 • Tamilபுக்கிட் பாத்தோக்
Pukkiṭ Pāttōk (Transliteration)
From top left to right: aerial view of Bukit Batok West, aerial view of Bukit Gombak, Bukit Batok Town Park at night, Old Ford Motor Factory, Millennia Institute
Location of Bukit Batok in Singapore
Location of Bukit Batok in Singapore
Bukit Batok is located in Singapore
Bukit Batok
Bukit Batok
Location of Bukit Batok within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°21′32.51″N 103°45′49.25″E / 1.3590306°N 103.7636806°E / 1.3590306; 103.7636806
Country Singapore
RegionWest Region
CDC
Town councils
  • Chua Chu Kang Town Council
  • Jurong-Clementi Town Council
Constituencies
Town announced
  • 21 November 1975[1]
DGP exhibited
PA incorporated
  • 22 January 1999[2]
Government
 • MayorSouth West CDC
 • Members of ParliamentBukit Batok SMC

Chua Chu Kang GRC

  • Low Yen Ling

Hong Kah North SMC

Jurong GRC

Area
[3][4]
 • Total11.13 km2 (4.30 sq mi)
 • Rank25th
 • Residential2.91 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (170 ft)
Population
 (2019)[3][4][5]
 • Total158,030
 • Rank13th
 • Density14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi)
  • Rank11th
Ethnic groups
[5]
 • Chinese113,460
 • Malays25,240
 • Indians14,950
 • Others4,380
Postal districts
21, 23
Dwelling units32,275
Projected ultimate53,000

Bukit Batok /ˌbʊkɪt bɑːˈtoʊk/, 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 12th most populous and the 11th most densely populated planning area in Singapore.[3][5] It is bordered by six other planning areas - Choa Chu Kang to the north, northeast and northwest, Cashew to the northeast and east, Clementi to the south, Bukit Timah to the southeast, Jurong East to the southwest and Tengah to the west.[6][7]

Bukit Batok largely sits on Gombak norite, a geological formation that is found in high concentrations within the planning area itself, as well as in the western parts of neighbouring Cashew.[8][9][10] It was this presence of the igneous rock that made Bukit Batok a pivotal location for the quarrying industry in Singapore around the turn of the mid-20th century.[11]

  1. ^ "BUKIT BATOK WILL HOUSE 10,000". The Straits Times. 22 November 1975. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Singapore Infopedia - Development guide plan". National Library Board. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "City Population - statistics, maps and charts | Bukit Batok". Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b HDB Key Statistics FY2014/2015 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c "Statistics Singapore - Geographic Distribution - 2018 Latest Data". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ "URA 2014 Master Plan". Urban Redevelopment Authority. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  7. ^ Planning Areas/Subzones in Singapore (Year 2015), Singapore Department of Statistics Archived 8 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "GC41060 Gombak Norite Formation (Earthcache) in Singapore". geocaching.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Rocks around the island". The Straits Times. 11 November 1985. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  10. ^ James Tann (8 March 2014). "Trekking Bukit Gombak in search of WW2 relics". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Singapore Infopedia - Bukit Batok". National Library Board. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2016.