SG Block Index

Block 472 Sembawang DR

750472 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1998 · ~71 yrs lease left · 84 units · 15 floors

68Overall / 100
Summary

Block 472 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 68.2/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 7.8 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 12.9 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 62 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
77
Food
52
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
70
Green space
97
Connectivity
35
Value (lease)
62
Leisure
74

Who it suits

Overall
68
Young Families
78
Seniors
62
Renters
63
Investors
66

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
49min
NSLS$2.36 · direct
one-north
56.2min
NSLCCLS$2.38 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
42.9min
NSLS$2.27 · direct
Changi Airport
83.8min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

49 min door to door · S$2.36 · no transfers · 11 min (744 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 37 min riding

11mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 11 min (716 m) to Sembawang
  2. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    SembawangRaffles Place · 15 stops · 37 min
  3. 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 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkBlk 472

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
PlannedDe2 MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 8603 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre12.9 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre33.1 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd4.4 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6.2 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical2.5 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre2.5 min
  • RafflesMedical6.2 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley6.6 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)14.5 min
  • Bukit Canberra16.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC12.3 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)22.2 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC32.1 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library7.8 min

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Sembawang planning area
Age profile
In Sembawang, 18% of residents are under 15 and 9% are 65 or older.
30–348.9%
45–498.7%
40–448.4%
35–398.3%
Household income
39.3% of Sembawang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+8.6%
No working person8.2%
$3,000–3,9996.3%
$5,000–5,9996.3%
Dwelling mix
86.5% of Sembawang households live in HDB flats; 13.5% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats36%
HDB 5 room and executive flats35.3%
Condominiums and other apartments10.6%
HDB 1 and 2 room flats10.6%
Household size
34.7% of Sembawang households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
4-person22.6%
2-person21.7%
3-person20.4%
1-person13%
In education
Of Sembawang residents currently in education, 21.3% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary36.7%
Secondary25.9%
Polytechnic11.3%
University10%
Commute to work
62.9% of working Sembawang residents commute by public transport; 24.2% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus28.6%
MRT LRT only22.2%
Car17%
Bus9.6%

Resident data for the Sembawang planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).

Resale context — Sembawang North

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$731▲ 8.1%
3 ROOMS$659▲ 1.1%
4 ROOMS$552▲ 0.9%
5 ROOMS$477▲ 1.8%
EXECUTIVES$487▼ 2.6%
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