SG Block Index

Block 238 Serangoon Ave 2

550238 · Serangoon Central · Serangoon · Built 1984 · ~57 yrs lease left · 100 units · 11 floors

67Overall / 100
Summary

Block 238 Serangoon Ave 2 in Serangoon scores 67.1/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 6.8 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 17.4 minutes from Serangoon Garden Market, and 512 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
79
Food
27
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
82
Green space
70
Connectivity
63
Value (lease)
34
Leisure
90

Who it suits

Overall
67
Young Families
73
Seniors
63
Renters
66
Investors
52

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
35.8min
CCLEWLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
33.5min
CCLS$1.98 · direct
Jurong East
47.6min
CCLEWLS$2.24 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
45min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

36 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 13 min (866 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 19 min riding

11mCCL2mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 11 min (726 m) to Serangoon
  2. Circle Line · SMRT Corporation
    SerangoonPaya Lebar · 4 stops · 8 min
  3. Walk 2 min (112 m) to Paya Lebar
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Paya LebarRaffles Place · 6 stops · 12 min
  5. Walk 0 min (28 m) to Destination
Fastest itinerary · fares & times from OneMap, Singapore Land Authority

What’s nearby

walk times, door to door
Walk-time rings · schematic5 min10 min15 minMRTMarketClinicParkBlk 238

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
PlannedTavistock MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 1948 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Serangoon Garden Market17.4 min
  • Chomp Chomp Food Centre18.4 min
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre25.3 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Teo Bobby5.3 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd6.2 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.2 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Garden Clinic2.8 min
  • Koh'S T & T Clinic And Surgery Pte. Ltd.5.3 min
  • Affinity Medical Clinic5.3 min

Parks & green

green
  • Chuan Walk Pg7.6 min
  • Colchester Grove Os8.4 min
  • Colchester Grove Interim Os10 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • AMKFSC Cluster Support28.9 min
  • Teck Ghee Senior Activity Centre Branch @ Blk 46928.9 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home32.3 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)5 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)28.1 min
  • The Serangoon CC29.9 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library9.1 min
  • Bishan Public Library44.2 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 — Serangoon Central

Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$719▲ 1.1%
4 ROOMS$715▲ 4.6%
5 ROOMS$709▲ 2.1%
EXECUTIVES$843▲ 15.2%
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