SG Block Index

Block 4 Sago Lane

050004 · Chinatown · Outram · Built 1973 · Lease from 1974 · ~47 yrs lease left · 250 units · 21 floors

84Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 4 Sago Lane in Outram scores 84.2/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 3.2 minutes’ walk from Maxwell Mrt Station MRT, 4.7 minutes from Smith Street Blk 335 (Chinatown Complex Market), and 776 m straight-line from Cantonment Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 4 Sago Lane in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
93
Food
100
Schools
95
Healthcare
67
Daily needs
100
Green space
72
Connectivity
79
Value (lease)
14
Leisure
100
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
84
Young Families
85
Seniors
86
Renters
89
Investors
66
EV Owners
80

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
17.8min
walkableS$0.00 · direct
one-north
27.2min
NELCCLS$1.75 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
31.7min
TELEWLS$2.02 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
48.4min
TELEWLEWLS$2.33 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

18 min door to door · S$0.00 · no transfers · 18 min (1485 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 0 min riding

18mthe city centre
  1. Walk 18 min (1485 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 4

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
PlannedPrince Edward Road MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 1055 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Smith Street Blk 335 (Chinatown Complex Market)4.7 min
  • Maxwell Food Centre (Kim Hua Market)6.2 min
  • Amoy Street Food Centre (Telok Ayer Food Centre)8.2 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Wan Siew Yoong0 min
  • Hong Heng Seng0.9 min
  • Lotte Mart Pte. Ltd.6.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Family Medicine Clinic Chinatown6.4 min
  • Ho Medical Clinic7 min
  • Hong'S Clinic People'S Park Centre7 min

Parks & green

green
  • Ann Siang Hill Pk7.2 min
  • Duxton Plain Pk7.3 min
  • Pearl'S Hill City Pk7.5 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Banda)1 min
  • SBWS Happy Villa (Females)10.2 min
  • Kreta Ayer Senior Activity Centre (Chin Swee)11.1 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Kreta Ayer CC1.2 min
  • Tanjong Pagar CC9.5 min
  • imPAct@Hong Lim Green10.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • library@chinatown7 min
  • library@esplanade26.9 min
  • library@orchard33.4 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 4 Sago Lane Car Park0.2 min
  • Blk 334 Kreta Ayer Basement Car Park1.1 min
  • Chinatown Point6.4 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 4 Sago Lane
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 5 hawker centres, 5 supermarkets, 5 parks, 4 clinics.

Shaded areas are real pedestrian reach (OSRM foot routing), sampled on a grid — an approximate schematic, not a legal boundary.

Buses near here

LTA stops · OneMap routing
Nearest bus stops
  • Stop 050392.3 min walk · 128 m
  • Stop 052412.5 min walk · 134 m

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Who lives here

Census 2020 · Outram planning area
Age profile
In Outram, 12% of residents are under 15 and 25.5% are 65 or older.
40–448.2%
60–648%
45–497.8%
55–597.6%
Household income
28.1% of Outram households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person27.2%
$20,000+10.8%
$1,000–1,99910.1%
$2,000–2,9996.3%
Dwelling mix
94.5% of Outram households live in HDB flats; 5.2% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 1 and 2 room flats35.9%
HDB 3 room flats29.3%
HDB 4 room flats21.5%
HDB 5 room and executive flats7.8%
Household size
62.5% of Outram households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
1-person35.2%
2-person27.3%
3-person16.1%
4-person11%
In education
Of Outram residents currently in education, 17.6% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary41.3%
Secondary21.6%
University12.5%
Pre primary9.6%
Commute to work
57.4% of working Outram residents commute by public transport; 15.3% drive or ride.
No transport required25.3%
MRT LRT only20.4%
MRT LRT and bus18.7%
Bus16.6%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$1.16M · 4 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
priced about right

Among 4-room HDB flats islandwide (3,466 compared), Blk 4 Sago Lane is more liveable than 96% of them but pricier than 100% — around S$1,199/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability96th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 0%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (4-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-06

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 4 offers an outstanding liveability score (84.2/100). On price, resale prices here have moved roughly in step with the wider market and the lease is ageing (~47 years left).

What you get84.2/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+19.3%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds47 yrslease remaining

A plain-language read, not financial advice. Liveability and lease come from the index; price signals from data.gov.sg resale transactions for Chinatown. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 4 Sago Lane

Actual registered resale prices · source data.gov.sg · we show real sale ranges, not an estimated valuation

3-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$441k – S$500k
median S$470k · S$693719 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room a sale at this block
613740867Jul '24Jun '25Apr '26
Monthly resale volume — Chinatown (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 4 Sago Lane

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Apr '263-room16 TO 1867S$500kS$693
Apr '263-room04 TO 0657S$441kS$719
Jan '253-room10 TO 1257S$480kS$782
Dec '243-room04 TO 0667S$460kS$638

Subzone medians — Chinatown

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$869▲ 8.5%
4 ROOMS$1199▲ 19.3%
5 ROOMS$1344▲ 5.2%
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