SG Block Index

Block 427 Serangoon Ctrl

550427 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1988 · ~61 yrs lease left · 96 units · 13 floors

67Overall / 100
Summary

Block 427 Serangoon Ctrl in Serangoon scores 66.8/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 3.8 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 17.4 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 760 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
90
Food
27
Schools
100
Healthcare
51
Daily needs
58
Green space
71
Connectivity
70
Value (lease)
42
Leisure
82

Who it suits

Overall
67
Young Families
72
Seniors
60
Renters
67
Investors
54

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
28.2min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
31.3min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
45.4min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
41.9min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

28 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 10 min (647 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 14 min riding

7mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 7 min (414 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 427

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 2535 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre17.4 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)25.8 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)27 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.6 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd10.1 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd13.6 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic6.8 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery7 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre7.4 min

Parks & green

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

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang26.3 min
  • St John's Home for the Aged28.4 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home33.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)10.2 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)20.3 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)24.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library9.9 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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