[1] Teban Gardens was originally a patch of mangrove swamp bordering on the Sungei Pandan area but was subsequently reclaimed to make way for housing development projects by the JTC Corporation in 1970 Flanked on the south side by the Pandan Reservoir, the east side by the bank of Sungei Pandan and situated at the fringe of Jurong Industrial Estate, Teban Gardens sits on the crossroad from Singapore's city center and other parts of the island towards the various industrial estates located within Jurong, Tuas as well as the nearby Jurong Island.

Notably, a number of companies such as Alfa Romeo, Carrier air-conditioners, Leica Camera, Konica Minolta, GE Industrial, Singapore Mint, Eltek Energy, Sin Tien Seng and Nordic Corp has set up their showroom, office or factory on a strip of land next to a road aptly named as Teban Gardens Crescent, which is sandwiched between the Ayer Rajah Expressway and the disused railway line of KTM (Jurong Line) that runs through the back of the town.

There is only one feeder bus service, 143M, which connects the precinct to Jurong East MRT station.

Industrial developments are located at the northern part of the precinct, along the Ayer Rajah Expressway.

As of March 2016[update], Teban Gardens is a part of Ayer Rajah ward within the West Coast GRC.

[8] Together with Pandan Gardens, parts of Jurong East New Town and Clementi West New Town, the four estates formed the Single Member Constituency (SMC)[9] of Ayer Rajah SMC prior to being absorbed into the West Coast GRC during the 2006's election in Singapore.

Dr Tan Cheng Bock was the incumbent member of Parliament, since the formation of the ward in 1980, he subsequently retired in 2006 after making way for his successor – Mr S Iswaran.