Taiping and North Perak: Condos, Apartments and Area Guide

Taiping grew on the tin found by Long Jaafar in the 19th century. Fights between Chinese mining groups led the British to step in during the early 1870s, and Taiping was the state capital from 1876 until Ipoh took over in 1937. It is known as the wettest town in Peninsular Malaysia.

Kuala Kangsar is the royal town. It hosted the first Durbar of the Federated Malay States in 1897, and the first rubber tree in Malaysia was planted there.

This zone uses four whole DOSM districts. In 2024 the median household income was RM 4,843 in Larut Dan Matang (Taiping), RM 4,554 in Kerian, RM 3,977 in Kuala Kangsar and RM 3,701 in Hulu Perak.

Only Larut Dan Matang is above the Perak median of RM 4,687; the other three are below it. Larut Dan Matang is also the largest, with about 278,300 people.

Across all NAPIC sales in Larut Matang, Kerian, Kuala Kangsar and Hulu Perak, a 1-storey terrace had a 2024 median of RM 265,000 (RM 290 psf, 864 sales), and a 2-storey terrace RM 400,000.

Condo sales are rare: 21 in 2024, at a median of RM 222 psf. 11 of the 21 sales were at Crystal Creek Resort, so read it as that project more than the whole area. In Larut Matang alone, 1-storey terraces sold for a median of RM 260,000, and in Kerian RM 329,000.

We list a few developments here and no separate town pages yet.

• Taiping town: Swettenham Suites and Centre Point Suite on Jalan Istana Larut, Cornerstone on Jalan Muzium and Pearl.
• Near the hills: Crystal Creek Resort in Taman Lembah Tupai and Sunset Villa in Taman Lake View.
• Kamunting: Fairway Heights and Jana View Condotel on Jalan Bukit Jana.
• Semanggol (Kerian): Bukit Merah Laketown, Suria and Tropicana Apartment.
• Sungai Siput (Kuala Kangsar): Pangsapuri Lintang Perdana (Tiara).

• King Edward VII School and SMK (P) Treacher Methodist in Taiping.
• Malay College Kuala Kangsar and Clifford Secondary School in Kuala Kangsar.
• Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah, a university owned by the Perak state government, in Kuala Kangsar.

• Hospital Taiping, a public hospital in Taiping.
• Public hospitals in Kuala Kangsar, Sungai Siput, Parit Buntar, Selama and Grik.

• Taiping Lake Gardens, laid out on old mining land in 1880, the first public garden in Malaya.
• Zoo Taiping, opened in 1961, with a night safari since 2003, and the Perak Museum, founded in 1883.
• Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), a hill resort from 1884, and the Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala Kangsar.

• Taiping railway station: KTM ETS to Kuala Lumpur in about three hours, and Komuter to Butterworth and Ipoh.
• Kuala Kangsar railway station with ETS and Komuter Northern Sector trains.

Yes, from 1876 to 1937, when Ipoh replaced it.

Across NAPIC sales in the four districts, a 1-storey terrace had a 2024 median of RM 265,000. In Larut Matang alone it was RM 260,000.

Yes. Taiping railway station has KTM ETS trains to Kuala Lumpur and Komuter trains in the north.