SG Block Index

Block 56 Cassia Cres

370056 · Macpherson · Geylang · Built 1996 · Lease from 1998 · ~71 yrs lease left · 168 units · 19 floors

87Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 56 Cassia Cres in Geylang scores 87/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 3.9 minutes’ walk from Macpherson Mrt Station MRT, 4.9 minutes from Circuit Road Blk 89, and 752 m straight-line from Canossa Catholic Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 56 Cassia Cres in Singapore

Block 56 Cassia Cres, Singapore 370056

Pillar scores

Transport
85
Food
100
Schools
100
Healthcare
92
Daily needs
86
Green space
88
Connectivity
69
Value (lease)
62
Leisure
79
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
87
Young Families
88
Seniors
89
Renters
84
Investors
71
EV Owners
86

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
24min
CCLEWLS$1.75 · 1 transfer
one-north
36.4min
CCLS$2.11 · direct
Jurong East
50.9min
CCLEWLS$2.33 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
36.3min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.02 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

24 min door to door · S$1.75 · 1 transfer · 9 min (620 m) walking · 2 min waiting · 13 min riding

7mCCL2mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 7 min (480 m) to Macpherson
  2. Circle Line · SMRT Corporation
    MacphersonPaya Lebar · 1 stop · 1 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 56

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 4289 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Circuit Road Blk 894.9 min
  • Circuit Road Blk 80 (80 Circuit Road Market and Food Centre)8.3 min
  • Circuit Road Blk 79/79A9.5 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd8 min
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd10.6 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd11.9 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Lee & Tan Family Clinic And Surgery0.8 min
  • Teh'S Clinic & Surgery9.6 min
  • C3 Family Clinic @Aljunied Crescent13.3 min

Parks & green

green
  • Geylang East Pk9.5 min
  • Paya Lebar Road Park16.1 min
  • Aljunied Pk19.1 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • THK Cluster Support @ Pipit3 min
  • THK Senior Group Home @ Pipit Road3.5 min
  • THK SAC @ MacPherson5.1 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • MacPherson CC8.5 min
  • Geylang Serai CC25.5 min
  • Kampong Ubi CC28.2 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Geylang East Public Library14.8 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 53 To 56/68/70/71/72 Pipit Rd/Circuit Road0.9 min
  • Blk 85 To 94/92A Pipit Road5.2 min
  • Blk 63 To 64 Circuit Road7.4 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 56 Cassia Cres
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 3 hawker centres, 1 supermarkets, 1 parks, 2 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 702113.1 min walk · 190 m
  • Stop 702014.5 min walk · 78 m

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Who lives here

Census 2020 · Geylang planning area
Age profile
In Geylang, 11.9% of residents are under 15 and 19.2% are 65 or older.
60–648%
55–597.8%
30–347.5%
45–497.4%
Household income
33.1% of Geylang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person16.6%
$20,000+11.7%
$2,000–2,9996.8%
$1,000–1,9996.7%
Dwelling mix
73.6% of Geylang households live in HDB flats; 25.5% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 3 room flats27.8%
HDB 4 room flats24.8%
Condominiums and other apartments21.1%
HDB 5 room and executive flats11.1%
Household size
49.5% of Geylang households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person25%
1-person24.5%
3-person19.2%
4-person14.9%
In education
Of Geylang residents currently in education, 24.6% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary32.7%
Secondary25%
University14.6%
Polytechnic10%
Commute to work
61.3% of working Geylang residents commute by public transport; 23.8% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus24.1%
MRT LRT only19%
Car17.1%
Bus16.4%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$1.01M · 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 56 Cassia Cres is more liveable than 98% of them but pricier than 94% — around S$1,046/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability98th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 6%

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 56 offers an outstanding liveability score (87/100). On price, resale prices here have moved roughly in step with the wider market and there is plenty of lease runway (~71 years left).

What you get87/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+10.9%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds71 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 Macpherson. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 56 Cassia Cres

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

4-room4 sales · 12 mo
S$850k – S$950k
median S$918k · S$774857 psf
5-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$1.32m
median S$1.32m · S$10221022 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room5-room a sale at this block
5418071073Jul '24Jul '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Macpherson (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 56 Cassia Cres

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '264-room04 TO 06102S$850kS$774
Apr '264-room10 TO 12102S$918kS$836
Mar '264-room16 TO 18103S$950kS$857
Jan '264-room10 TO 12102S$918kS$836
Dec '255-room10 TO 12120S$1.32mS$1022
May '254-room04 TO 06101S$818kS$752
Nov '244-room16 TO 18102S$925kS$843
Oct '244-room01 TO 03101S$842kS$774
Sep '244-room13 TO 15102S$940kS$856
Aug '244-room04 TO 06102S$830kS$756
Jul '244-room01 TO 03101S$810kS$745

Subzone medians — Macpherson

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$621▲ 8.9%
3 ROOMS$762▲ 40.6%
4 ROOMS$1046▲ 10.9%
5 ROOMS$599▲ 13.6%
EXECUTIVES$699▲ 9.8%
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