SG Block Index

Block 424 Serangoon Ctrl

550424 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1988 · ~61 yrs lease left · 60 units · 13 floors

66Overall / 100
Summary

Block 424 Serangoon Ctrl in Serangoon scores 66.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 3.9 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 17.7 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 788 m straight-line from Maris Stella High School.

Pillar scores

Transport
90
Food
26
Schools
100
Healthcare
50
Daily needs
57
Green space
71
Connectivity
69
Value (lease)
42
Leisure
82

Who it suits

Overall
66
Young Families
72
Seniors
59
Renters
66
Investors
54

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
28.6min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
31.7min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
45.8min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
42.2min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

29 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 11 min (660 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 14 min riding

7mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 7 min (427 m) to Serangoon
  2. North East Line · SBS Transit
    SerangoonDhoby Ghaut · 6 stops · 11 min
  3. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby GhautRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 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 424

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
PlannedSerangoon North MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2498 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre17.7 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)25.9 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)27 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.7 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd10.3 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd13.7 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic7 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery7.1 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre7.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park5.3 min
  • Upper Serangoon Park7.2 min
  • How Sun Linear Park7.6 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang26.3 min
  • St John's Home for the Aged29.2 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home34.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)10.4 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)20.6 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)24.4 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library10.1 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 change
2 ROOMS$612
3 ROOMS$626▼ 1.8%
4 ROOMS$802▲ 13.2%
5 ROOMS$681▲ 5.5%
EXECUTIVES$662▼ 3.5%
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