SG Block Index

Block 4 Lor Lew Lian

531004 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1977 · Lease from 1978 · ~51 yrs lease left · 129 units · 14 floors

70Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 4 Lor Lew Lian in Serangoon scores 69.8/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 4.6 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 22.4 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 903 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 4 Lor Lew Lian in Singapore

Block 4 Lor Lew Lian, Singapore 531004

Pillar scores

Transport
81
Food
59
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
57
Green space
82
Connectivity
67
Value (lease)
22
Leisure
81
EV charging
99
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
70
Young Families
74
Seniors
65
Renters
69
Investors
52
EV Owners
74

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
29.8min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
33min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
47min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
43.5min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

30 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 12 min (734 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 14 min riding

8mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 8 min (501 m) to Serangoon
  2. North East Line · SBS Transit
    SerangoonDhoby Ghaut · 6 stops · 11 min
  3. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby GhautRaffles 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 minMRTMarketClinicParkBlk 4

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
PlannedSerangoon North MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 2274 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre22.4 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)22.4 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)24.3 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd8.8 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd10.1 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd11.1 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic1.6 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery1.7 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre8.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Upper Serangoon Park4.3 min
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park7.4 min
  • Boundary Road Park8.8 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang25 min
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)32.4 min
  • St John's Home for the Aged33.3 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)11.4 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)20.8 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)25.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library11.2 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 415-420 Lorong Lew Lian3.2 min
  • Blk 409/414 Serangoon Central/Avenue 16.1 min
  • Blk 421/427 Serangoon Central/Avenue 18 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 4 Lor Lew Lian
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 1 supermarkets, 3 parks, 3 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 621493.7 min walk · 171 m
  • Stop 621414.4 min walk · 200 m

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Who lives here

Census 2020 · Serangoon planning area
Age profile
In Serangoon, 11.1% of residents are under 15 and 19.3% are 65 or older.
60–648.6%
25–298%
55–598%
50–547.2%
Household income
47.7% of Serangoon households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+22.6%
No working person14%
$15,000–17,4995.4%
$17,500–19,9994.7%
Dwelling mix
57.9% of Serangoon households live in HDB flats; 41.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats27.6%
Landed properties25.6%
HDB 5 room and executive flats17.1%
Condominiums and other apartments16.2%
Household size
35.1% of Serangoon households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
2-person21%
3-person20.5%
4-person20.2%
1-person14.1%
In education
Of Serangoon residents currently in education, 31.3% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary29%
Secondary24.5%
University21.6%
Polytechnic9.7%
Commute to work
53.8% of working Serangoon residents commute by public transport; 35.2% drive or ride.
Car29.6%
MRT LRT and bus25.1%
MRT LRT only14.5%
Bus12.3%

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

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$438k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
priced about right

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 4 Lor Lew Lian is more liveable than 38% of them and cheaper than 55% — around S$626/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability38th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 55%

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 4 offers a strong liveability score (69.8/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~51 years left).

What you get69.8/100overall liveability
Where price is heading-1.8%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds51 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 Upper Paya Lebar. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 4 Lor Lew Lian

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

3-room3 sales · 12 mo
S$420k – S$460k
median S$460k · S$585668 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room a sale at this block
575627678Oct '24Aug '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Upper Paya Lebar (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 4 Lor Lew Lian

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '263-room10 TO 1264S$420kS$610
Jan '263-room01 TO 0373S$460kS$585
Dec '253-room13 TO 1564S$460kS$668
Jun '253-room07 TO 0973S$480kS$611

Subzone medians — Upper Paya Lebar

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$612
3 ROOMS$626▼ 1.8%
4 ROOMS$802▲ 13.2%
5 ROOMS$681▲ 5.5%
EXECUTIVES$662▼ 3.5%
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