SG Block Index

Block 209 Serangoon Ctrl

550209 · Serangoon Central · Serangoon · Built 1985 · ~58 yrs lease left · 124 units · 11 floors

72Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 209 Serangoon Ctrl in Serangoon scores 71.7/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 6.9 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 21.5 minutes from Serangoon Garden Market, and 821 m straight-line from Zhonghua Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 209 Serangoon Ctrl in Singapore

Block 209 Serangoon Ctrl, Singapore 550209

Pillar scores

Transport
80
Food
60
Schools
97
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
72
Green space
78
Connectivity
64
Value (lease)
36
Leisure
86
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
72
Young Families
76
Seniors
68
Renters
70
Investors
55
EV Owners
77

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
33.7min
53MNELNSLS$1.86 · 2 transfers
one-north
33.8min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
47.9min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
44.4min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

34 min door to door · S$1.86 · 2 transfers · 9 min (558 m) walking · 8 min waiting · 17 min riding

2m53M3mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (137 m) to Blk 209
  2. Bus 53M · SBS Transit
    Blk 209S'goon /blk 201 · 2 stops · 2 min
  3. Walk 3 min (189 m) to Serangoon
  4. North East Line · SBS Transit
    SerangoonDhoby Ghaut · 6 stops · 11 min
  5. Walk 3 min (205 m) to Dhoby Ghaut
  6. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Dhoby GhautRaffles Place · 2 stops · 3 min
  7. 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 209

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 1790 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Serangoon Garden Market21.5 min
  • Chomp Chomp Food Centre22.3 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)22.9 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Thong Chew Food Industries Pte Ltd5.9 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd6.2 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6.9 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Comfort Clinic & Surgery5.1 min
  • Q & M Medical Family Clinic5.3 min
  • Shenton Medical Group5.4 min

Parks & green

green
  • Boundary Road Park2.5 min
  • Upper Serangoon Park7.2 min
  • Chuan Walk Pg12.5 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang27.7 min
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre33.7 min
  • AMKFSC Cluster Support34.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)9 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)21.5 min
  • Aljunied CC26.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library10.8 min

EV charging

ev
  • 208 Serangoon Central Singapore 5502081.6 min
  • Blk 261/263 Serangoon Central5.4 min
  • Blk 211-222 Serangoon Avenue 46.8 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 209 Serangoon Ctrl
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 4 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 631491.9 min walk · 62 m
  • Stop 631412.4 min walk · 77 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 2092 min walk
    53M

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 · 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$503k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
slight premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 209 Serangoon Ctrl is more liveable than 48% of them but pricier than 72% — around S$719/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-05).

Liveability48th 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 2026-05

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 209 offers a strong liveability score (71.7/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~58 years left).

What you get71.7/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+1.1%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds58 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 Serangoon Central. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 209 Serangoon Ctrl

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

3-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$545k – S$550k
median S$548k · S$791798 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room a sale at this block
657735813Aug '24Jul '25May '26
Monthly resale volume — Serangoon Central (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 209 Serangoon Ctrl

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Dec '253-room07 TO 0964S$550kS$798
Aug '253-room10 TO 1264S$545kS$791
Aug '243-room10 TO 1264S$525kS$762
Jul '244-room10 TO 1283S$615kS$688

Subzone medians — Serangoon Central

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
3 ROOMS$719▲ 1.1%
4 ROOMS$715▲ 4.6%
5 ROOMS$709▲ 2.1%
EXECUTIVES$843▲ 15.2%
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