Block 5 Lor Lew Lian
530005 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1977 · ~50 yrs lease left · 127 units · 14 floors
61Overall / 100
Summary
Block 5 Lor Lew Lian in Serangoon scores 60.5/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 5 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 22.4 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 906 m straight-line from Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary).
Pillar scores
- Transport
- 74
- Food
- 9
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 55
- Daily needs
- 54
- Green space
- 78
- Connectivity
- 67
- Value (lease)
- 20
- Leisure
- 80
Who it suits
- Overall
- 61
- Young Families
- 68
- Seniors
- 55
- Renters
- 59
- Investors
- 46
Commute by public transport
OneMap routing · weekday 08:00- Raffles Placecity centre
- 29.8min
- one-north
- 32.9min
- Jurong East
- 47min
- Changi Airport
- 43.5min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
CCLS$2.02 · direct
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers
Getting to the city centre
weekday 08:00 · OneMap30 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 12 min (756 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 14 min riding
8m›NEL›3m›NSL›0mthe city centre
- Walk 8 min (523 m) to Serangoon
- North East Line · SBS Transit
Serangoon → Dhoby Ghaut · 6 stops · 11 min - Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
- North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
Dhoby Ghaut → Raffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min - Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
What’s nearby
walk times, door to doorWalk-time rings · schematic
Distance from centre is real walk time (rings at 5 / 10 / 15 min); the angle only spreads categories apart — it is not compass bearing.
MRT stations
transit- Serangoon Mrt Station5 min
- Serangoon Mrt Station5.4 min
- Serangoon Mrt Station5.9 min
PlannedSerangoon North MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2304 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.
Hawker centres
food- Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre22.4 min
- Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)23.5 min
- Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)24.8 min
Supermarkets
daily- Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd9 min
- Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd11.2 min
- Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd11.4 min
CHAS clinics
health- Drs Lim & Chan Clinic2.7 min
- Sterling Clinic & Surgery2.8 min
- OneDoctors Medical Centre8.8 min
Parks & green
green- Upper Serangoon Park5.4 min
- Lorong Ong Lye Park7.1 min
- Boundary Road Park9.9 min
Primary schools
straight-lineEldercare centres
care- Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang25.4 min
- St John's Home for the Aged33.2 min
- Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)33.5 min
Community clubs
leisure- Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)11.6 min
- Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)21.9 min
- Bidadari CC (U/C)25.2 min
Libraries
leisure- Serangoon Public Library11.3 min
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Serangoon planning area- Age profile
- In Serangoon, 11.1% of residents are under 15 and 19.3% are 65 or older.
- 60–648.6%25–298%55–598%50–547.2%
- Household income
- 47.7% of Serangoon households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+22.6%No working person14%$15,000–17,4995.4%$17,500–19,9994.7%
- Dwelling mix
- 57.9% of Serangoon households live in HDB flats; 41.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats27.6%Landed properties25.6%HDB 5 room and executive flats17.1%Condominiums and other apartments16.2%
- Household size
- 35.1% of Serangoon households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person21%3-person20.5%4-person20.2%1-person14.1%
- In education
- Of Serangoon residents currently in education, 31.3% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary29%Secondary24.5%University21.6%Polytechnic9.7%
- Commute to work
- 53.8% of working Serangoon residents commute by public transport; 35.2% drive or ride.
- Car29.6%MRT LRT and bus25.1%MRT LRT only14.5%Bus12.3%
Resident data for the Serangoon planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).
Resale context — Upper Paya Lebar
Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg
Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo changeLatest txns
2 ROOMS$612—1
3 ROOMS$626▼ 1.8%4
4 ROOMS$802▲ 13.2%1
5 ROOMS$681▲ 5.5%2
EXECUTIVES$662▼ 3.5%1