SG Block Index

Block 237 Serangoon Ave 3

550237 · Serangoon Central · Serangoon · Built 1985 · ~58 yrs lease left · 105 units · 11 floors

71Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 237 Serangoon Ave 3 in Serangoon scores 71.1/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 7.5 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 18.6 minutes from Serangoon Garden Market, and 569 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 237 Serangoon Ave 3 in Singapore

Block 237 Serangoon Ave 3, Singapore 550237

Pillar scores

Transport
68
Food
65
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
81
Green space
68
Connectivity
64
Value (lease)
36
Leisure
88
EV charging
98
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
71
Young Families
75
Seniors
68
Renters
69
Investors
55
EV Owners
76

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
33.7min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
33.5min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
47.6min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
44min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

34 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 16 min (1029 m) walking · 4 min waiting · 14 min riding

12mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 12 min (796 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 237

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 1907 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Serangoon Garden Market18.6 min
  • Chomp Chomp Food Centre19.5 min
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre26.6 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Teo Bobby3.3 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd5.3 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Koh'S T & T Clinic And Surgery Pte. Ltd.0 min
  • Affinity Medical Clinic3.3 min
  • Shenton Medical Group4.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Chuan Walk Pg8.7 min
  • Colchester Grove Os9.5 min
  • Boundary Road Park9.5 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • AMKFSC Cluster Support30.1 min
  • Teck Ghee Senior Activity Centre Branch @ Blk 46930.1 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home35.5 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)6.3 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)28.2 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)29.5 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library10.4 min
  • Bishan Public Library46.4 min

EV charging

ev
  • 253 Serangoon Central Drive Singapore 5502533.3 min
  • Blk 261/263 Serangoon Central5.2 min
  • Blk 238/246 Serangoon Avenue 36.3 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 237 Serangoon Ave 3
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 3 MRT, 3 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 660494.2 min walk · 217 m
  • Stop 660414.5 min walk · 218 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$503k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
pays a premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 237 Serangoon Ave 3 is more liveable than 45% of them but pricier than 72% — around S$719/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-05).

Liveability45th 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 237 offers a strong liveability score (71.1/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~58 years left).

What you get71.1/100overall 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 237 Serangoon Ave 3

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

3-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$468k – S$500k
median S$484k · S$679726 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)3-room a sale at this block
662708753Aug '24Jul '25May '26
Monthly resale volume — Serangoon Central (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 237 Serangoon Ave 3

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Mar '263-room07 TO 0964S$500kS$726
Jul '253-room04 TO 0664S$468kS$679

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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