SG Block Index

Block 9 Selegie RD

180009 · Bencoolen · Rochor · Built 1963 · Lease from 1974 · ~47 yrs lease left · 299 units · 20 floors

82Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 9 Selegie RD in Rochor scores 82.1/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 5.8 minutes’ walk from Little India Mrt Station MRT, 7 minutes from Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market), and 531 m straight-line from St. Margaret'S School (Primary).

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 9 Selegie RD in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
84
Food
97
Schools
98
Healthcare
80
Daily needs
97
Green space
84
Connectivity
71
Value (lease)
14
Leisure
64
EV charging
88
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
82
Young Families
83
Seniors
85
Renters
83
Investors
62
EV Owners
78

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
20.7min
EWLS$1.28 · direct
one-north
30.5min
DTLCCLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
47.6min
EWLS$2.11 · direct
Changi Airport
45min
S43EWLEWL2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

21 min door to door · S$1.28 · no transfers · 18 min (1142 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 3 min riding

17mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 17 min (1115 m) to Bugis
  2. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    BugisRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 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 9

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
PlannedFounders' Memorial MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2455 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)7 min
  • Queen Street Blk 270 (Albert Centre)10.6 min
  • Berseh Food Centre14.9 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd5.6 min
  • Jewish Welfare Board, Singapore10 min
  • Pardeshi Pte. Ltd.12.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Parklane Medical Centre4.7 min
  • Care Family Clinic4.8 min
  • Ong'S Clinic7.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Mount Emily Pk8.8 min
  • Handy Rd Os9.3 min
  • Dhoby Ghaut Green11.2 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Abdullah Shooker Jewish Welfare Home7.4 min
  • St Vincent Home9.9 min
  • Wesley Senior Activity Centre16.5 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Pek Kio CC18 min
  • Jalan Besar CC23.7 min
  • Kampong Glam CC25 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Central Public Library12.7 min
  • National Library Building13 min
  • library@orchard20.6 min

EV charging

ev
  • Sunshine Plaza5.1 min
  • Tekka Place5.6 min
  • Mackenzie Road B Off Street The Mkz7.4 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 9 Selegie RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 1 hawker centres, 2 supermarkets, 2 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 070211.9 min walk · 87 m
  • Stop 070315.3 min walk · 264 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BEF ROCHOR STN EXIT B8 min walk
    S43

Services seen boarding near this block on real OneMap public-transport routes — not a full timetable. Check the LTA / bus operator app for live arrivals.

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Rochor planning area
Age profile
In Rochor, 10.1% of residents are under 15 and 22.6% are 65 or older.
45–498.5%
40–448.2%
60–647.8%
35–397.4%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$370k · 2 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
good value

Among 2-room HDB flats islandwide (1,129 compared), Blk 9 Selegie RD is more liveable than 91% of them but pricier than 80% — around S$764/psf for 2 room (as of 2025-08).

Liveability91th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 20%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (2-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2025-08

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 9 offers an outstanding liveability score (82.1/100). On price, resale prices here have moved roughly in step with the wider market and the lease is ageing (~47 years left).

What you get82.1/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+12.8%2 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 Bencoolen. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 9 Selegie RD

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

3-room4 sales · 12 mo
S$410k – S$436k
median S$415k · S$673698 psf
2-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$370k
median S$370k · S$764764 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room2-room a sale at this block
619708797Jan '23Sep '24May '26
Monthly resale volume — Bencoolen (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 9 Selegie RD

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
May '263-room04 TO 0656S$411kS$682
Sep '253-room10 TO 1258S$436kS$698
Sep '253-room01 TO 0356S$410kS$680
Aug '252-room04 TO 0645S$370kS$764
Aug '253-room10 TO 1258S$420kS$673
Jun '253-room16 TO 1856S$450kS$747
May '252-room07 TO 0945S$370kS$764
Apr '253-room16 TO 1858S$435kS$697
Feb '253-room16 TO 1856S$470kS$780
Jan '253-room04 TO 0658S$400kS$641
Dec '243-room10 TO 1256S$430kS$713
Oct '243-room13 TO 1556S$400kS$664

Showing 12 of 19 sales in the last 2 years.

Subzone medians — Bencoolen

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$764▲ 12.8%
3 ROOMS$682▲ 8.1%
4 ROOMS$630▼ 3.6%
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