SG Block Index

Block 223A Mount Vernon RD

361223 · Bidadari · Toa Payoh · Built 2025 · ~98 yrs lease left · 85 units · 15 floors

65Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 223A Mount Vernon RD in Toa Payoh scores 64.8/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 4.7 minutes’ walk from Bartley Mrt Station MRT, 11.8 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 136 m straight-line from Maris Stella High School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 223A Mount Vernon RD in Singapore

Block 223A Mount Vernon RD, Singapore 361223

Pillar scores

Transport
74
Food
76
Schools
95
Healthcare
46
Daily needs
34
Green space
70
Connectivity
68
Value (lease)
100
Leisure
36
EV charging
5
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
65
Young Families
69
Seniors
59
Renters
62
Investors
68
EV Owners
49

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
30.4min
CCLEWLS$1.86 · 1 transfer
one-north
33.4min
CCLS$2.07 · direct
Jurong East
47.5min
CCLEWLS$2.30 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
39.6min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.11 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

30 min door to door · S$1.86 · 1 transfer · 10 min (645 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 17 min riding

8mCCL2mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 8 min (504 m) to Bartley
  2. Circle Line · SMRT Corporation
    BartleyPaya Lebar · 3 stops · 6 min
  3. Walk 2 min (112 m) to Paya Lebar
  4. East-West Line · SMRT Corporation
    Paya LebarRaffles Place · 6 stops · 12 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 223A

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
PlannedDefu MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 3316 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre11.8 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)29.9 min
  • Circuit Road Blk 80 (80 Circuit Road Market and Food Centre)30.6 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Sivamani Minimart Pte Ltd12.7 min
  • Sarathi Stores Pte Ltd14.9 min
  • Prime Supermarket Limited?15.9 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Kong Kian Clinic10.6 min
  • Our Woodleigh Family Clinic13.2 min
  • Healthlink Medical Clinic & Surgery17 min

Parks & green

green
  • Bidadari Park Memorial Garden7.9 min
  • Bidadari Pk8.1 min
  • Upper Paya Lebar Interim Park8.7 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • St John's Home for the Aged20.9 min
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang24.3 min
  • CARElderly Senior Activity Centre (Merpati)29.5 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)14.1 min
  • Potong Pasir CC24.1 min
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)26.2 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library25.8 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 8 Joo Seng Road Joo Seng Green14.1 min
  • Kensington Square15.5 min
  • Blk 10/11/19 To 21 Joo Seng Road17.7 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 223A Mount Vernon RD
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 MRT, 5 parks.

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 620615.2 min walk · 364 m
  • Stop 620715.4 min walk · 259 m

Board here and check the LTA bus app for the services and live arrival times.

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Toa Payoh planning area
Age profile
In Toa Payoh, 12.1% of residents are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older.
45–497.8%
60–647.6%
55–597.5%
50–547.2%
Household income
33.5% of Toa Payoh households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person21.4%
$20,000+12.9%
$1,000–1,9996.4%
$3,000–3,9995.6%
Dwelling mix
83.7% of Toa Payoh households live in HDB flats; 15.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 3 room flats34.2%
HDB 4 room flats24.2%
HDB 5 room and executive flats15.1%
Condominiums and other apartments11.6%
Household size
49.3% of Toa Payoh households are one or two people; 1-person households are the most common.
1-person24.9%
2-person24.4%
3-person19%
4-person15.9%
In education
Of Toa Payoh residents currently in education, 23.9% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary33.3%
Secondary25.2%
University14%
Polytechnic9.9%
Commute to work
63.1% of working Toa Payoh residents commute by public transport; 24.2% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus26.8%
MRT LRT only19.3%
Car17.9%
Bus15.2%

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

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 223A offers a solid liveability score (64.8/100). On price, the lease is near-fresh (~98 years left).

What you get64.8/100overall liveability
Where price is headingno recent resale data
How long it holds98 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 Bidadari. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

No resale transactions recorded for Blk 223A Mount Vernon RD or Bidadari in recent years.

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