High‐rise public housing apartments in Singapore are often subjected to different types of community noise sources in close proximity. Community noise in housing estates comprises noise sources such as food center noise, children playground noise, soccer court noise, basketball court noise, waste disposal truck noise, etc. It was found as one of the major noise source categories in residential environment. With the enhanced performance quality in many aspects of public housing in recent years, it is imperative that the acoustics performance of the apartments can be enhanced to match overall quality of public housing environment through appropriate characterization of these noise sources. A scientific and reliable approach for characterizing noise propagation from these sources is vital in the implementation of projects. Software modeling and simulation were carried out to study noise propagation characteristics of five types of community noise sources. Five 16‐storey residential buildings were investigate...