SG Block Index

Block 47 Lengkok Bahru

151047 · Alexandra Hill · Bukit Merah · Built 1983 · Lease from 1984 · ~57 yrs lease left · 88 units · 12 floors

Near an LTA Silver Zone
79Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 47 Lengkok Bahru in Bukit Merah scores 78.7/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 9.2 minutes’ walk from Redhill Mrt Station MRT, 7.6 minutes from Jalan Bukit Merah Blk 6 (ABC Brickworks Market/Food Centre), and 448 m straight-line from Gan Eng Seng Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 47 Lengkok Bahru in Singapore

Block 47 Lengkok Bahru, Singapore 151047

Pillar scores

Transport
72
Food
96
Schools
100
Healthcare
68
Daily needs
100
Green space
45
Connectivity
78
Value (lease)
34
Leisure
71
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
79
Young Families
80
Seniors
78
Renters
79
Investors
56
EV Owners
80

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
19.7min
EWLS$1.49 · direct
one-north
24.8min
EWLCCLS$1.49 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
29.5min
EWLS$1.90 · direct
Changi Airport
54.7min
EWLEWLS$2.38 · 1 transfer

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

20 min door to door · S$1.49 · no transfers · 12 min (761 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 8 min riding

11mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 11 min (733 m) to Redhill
  2. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    RedhillRaffles Place · 4 stops · 8 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 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicBlk 47

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
PlannedKeppel MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2717 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Jalan Bukit Merah Blk 6 (ABC Brickworks Market/Food Centre)7.6 min
  • Redhill Lane Blk 85 (Redhill Food Centre)9.5 min
  • Redhill Lane Blk 79 (Redhill Market)11 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd4.1 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.5 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd12.7 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • L & H Polyclinic And Surgery5.9 min
  • Meden Clinic & Surgery5.9 min
  • Mount Alvernia Outreach Medical Clinic6.3 min

Parks & green

green
  • Tiong Bahru Pk18.8 min
  • Telok Blangah Hill Park22 min
  • Rail Corridor25 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Silver Ace@Lengkok Bahru4.3 min
  • Thong Kheng Senior Activity Centre (Queenstown)8.2 min
  • Silver Ace@Redhill9.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Leng Kee CC8.5 min
  • Bukit Merah CC12.9 min
  • Henderson CC21.1 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Queenstown Public Library25.3 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 44/47 Lengkok Bahru1.1 min
  • Blk 28 Hoy Fatt Road Brickworks Estate3.4 min
  • Blk 56/57 Lengkok Bahru4.2 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 47 Lengkok Bahru
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 MRT, 2 hawker centres, 2 supermarkets, 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 104411.3 min walk · 66 m
  • Stop 104491.7 min walk · 63 m

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Who lives here

Census 2020 · Bukit Merah planning area
Age profile
In Bukit Merah, 12.6% of residents are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older.
40–447.8%
45–497.8%
60–647.3%
55–597.1%
Household income
35% of Bukit Merah households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person20.8%
$20,000+13%
$1,000–1,9997.7%
$2,000–2,9995.8%
Dwelling mix
90.2% of Bukit Merah households live in HDB flats; 9.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats29.1%
HDB 3 room flats26.3%
HDB 1 and 2 room flats18.4%
HDB 5 room and executive flats16.4%
Household size
52.5% of Bukit Merah households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person28.8%
1-person23.7%
3-person18.5%
4-person15.9%
In education
Of Bukit Merah residents currently in education, 20.9% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary38.4%
Secondary22.5%
University12.4%
Polytechnic8.5%
Commute to work
62.6% of working Bukit Merah residents commute by public transport; 24.1% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus24.3%
Bus23.7%
Car17.1%
MRT LRT only12.6%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$712k · 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 47 Lengkok Bahru is more liveable than 86% of them but pricier than 84% — around S$735/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-07).

Liveability86th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 16%

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 2026-07

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 47 offers a strong liveability score (78.7/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~57 years left).

What you get78.7/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+0.8%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds57 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 Alexandra Hill. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 47 Lengkok Bahru

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

Subzone median PSF (smoothed)2-room3-room4-room5-room a sale at this block
474648822Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Alexandra Hill (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 47 Lengkok Bahru

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jan '254-room04 TO 06106S$680kS$596
Dec '244-room10 TO 12103S$700kS$631

Subzone medians — Alexandra Hill

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$514▼ 16.1%
3 ROOMS$531▲ 2.9%
4 ROOMS$735▲ 0.8%
5 ROOMS$788▼ 8.9%
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