SG Block Index

Block 640 Rowell RD

200640 · Little India · Rochor · Built 1982 · Lease from 1984 · ~57 yrs lease left · 167 units · 10 floors

1 upcoming development site within 1 km
88Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 640 Rowell RD in Rochor scores 88.2/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 3.7 minutes’ walk from Jalan Besar Mrt Station MRT, 3.9 minutes from Berseh Food Centre, and 708 m straight-line from Farrer Park Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 640 Rowell RD in Singapore

Pillar scores

Transport
89
Food
98
Schools
99
Healthcare
91
Daily needs
100
Green space
97
Connectivity
70
Value (lease)
34
Leisure
82
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
88
Young Families
89
Seniors
92
Renters
88
Investors
73
EV Owners
86

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
17.7min
130EWLS$1.28 · 1 transfer
one-north
35.2min
DTLCCLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
44.5min
130EWLS$2.15 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
45.6min
130EWLEWLS$2.24 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

18 min door to door · S$1.28 · 1 transfer · 8 min (480 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 7 min riding

6m1302mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (353 m) to Opp Veerasamy RD
  2. Bus 130 · SBS Transit
    Opp Veerasamy RDBugis · 3 stops · 3 min
  3. Walk 2 min (100 m) to Bugis
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    BugisRaffles 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 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkBlk 640

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 2420 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Berseh Food Centre3.9 min
  • Buffalo Road Blk 665 (Tekka Centre/Zhu Jiao Market)6.8 min
  • Queen Street Blk 270 (Albert Centre)11.5 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Pardeshi Pte. Ltd.2.6 min
  • Mustafa Holdings Pte Ltd3.9 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd4.4 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Rochor Medical Centre1.3 min
  • Winstedt Clinic3.6 min
  • Rowell Clinic & Surgery3.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Rowell Rd Os1.8 min
  • Somme Rd Pg8.5 min
  • City Green9 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Wesley Senior Activity Centre5.9 min
  • King George’s Ave Senior Activity Centre12.3 min
  • Chong Hua Tong Senior Activity Centre14.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Pek Kio CC11.1 min
  • Jalan Besar CC13.7 min
  • Kampong Glam CC16.8 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Central Public Library17.6 min
  • National Library Building17.9 min
  • library@orchard28.6 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 632/633/635 Veerasamy Road2 min
  • Tekka Place5.7 min
  • City Square Mall8.6 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 640 Rowell RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 4 MRT, 2 hawker centres, 5 supermarkets, 3 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 074192.3 min walk · 186 m
  • Stop 071113.6 min walk · 227 m
Buses that serve this block
  • OPP VEERASAMY RD6 min walk
    130

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$498k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
strong value

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 640 Rowell RD is more liveable than 99% of them but pricier than 72% — around S$711/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability99th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 28%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (3-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 640 offers an outstanding liveability score (88.2/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~57 years left).

What you get88.2/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+6.2%3 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 Little India. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 640 Rowell RD

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

3-room5 sales · 12 mo
S$540k – S$590k
median S$565k · S$678741 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room a sale at this block
642697752Dec '23Mar '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Little India (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 640 Rowell RD

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '263-room04 TO 0674S$568kS$713
Jun '263-room07 TO 0974S$565kS$709
May '263-room07 TO 0974S$546kS$685
Nov '253-room07 TO 0974S$540kS$678
Oct '253-room10 TO 1274S$590kS$741
Jun '253-room04 TO 0674S$548kS$688
Mar '253-room04 TO 0674S$535kS$672
Sep '243-room10 TO 1274S$545kS$684
Aug '243-room07 TO 0974S$520kS$653

Subzone medians — Little India

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$711▲ 6.2%
4 ROOMS$665▲ 5.3%
5 ROOMS$662▲ 1.0%
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