SG Block Index

Block 238 Serangoon Ave 2

550238 · Serangoon Central · Serangoon · Built 1984 · Lease from 1985 · ~58 yrs lease left · 100 units · 11 floors

73Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 238 Serangoon Ave 2 in Serangoon scores 73.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 6.8 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 17.4 minutes from Serangoon Garden Market, and 512 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 238 Serangoon Ave 2 in Singapore

Block 238 Serangoon Ave 2, Singapore 550238

Pillar scores

Transport
79
Food
66
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
82
Green space
70
Connectivity
63
Value (lease)
36
Leisure
90
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
73
Young Families
77
Seniors
70
Renters
72
Investors
56
EV Owners
78

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
35.8min
CCLEWLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
33.5min
CCLS$1.98 · direct
Jurong East
47.6min
CCLEWLS$2.24 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
45min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

36 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 13 min (866 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 19 min riding

11mCCL2mEWL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 11 min (726 m) to Serangoon
  2. Circle Line · SMRT Corporation
    SerangoonPaya Lebar · 4 stops · 8 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 minMRTMarketClinicParkBlk 238

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
PlannedTavistock MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 1948 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Serangoon Garden Market17.4 min
  • Chomp Chomp Food Centre18.4 min
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre25.3 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Teo Bobby5.3 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd6.2 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.2 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Garden Clinic2.8 min
  • Koh'S T & T Clinic And Surgery Pte. Ltd.5.3 min
  • Affinity Medical Clinic5.3 min

Parks & green

green
  • Chuan Walk Pg7.6 min
  • Colchester Grove Os8.4 min
  • Colchester Grove Interim Os10 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • AMKFSC Cluster Support28.9 min
  • Teck Ghee Senior Activity Centre Branch @ Blk 46928.9 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home32.3 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)5 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)28.1 min
  • The Serangoon CC29.9 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library9.1 min
  • Bishan Public Library44.2 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 238/246 Serangoon Avenue 31.1 min
  • Blk 301/319 Serangoon Avenue 2 Chuan Village4.2 min
  • 253 Serangoon Central Drive Singapore 5502535.3 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 238 Serangoon Ave 2
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 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 663692.3 min walk · 88 m
  • Stop 663612.7 min walk · 137 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
slight premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 238 Serangoon Ave 2 is more liveable than 57% of them but pricier than 72% — around S$719/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-05).

Liveability57th 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 238 offers a strong liveability score (73.4/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~58 years left).

What you get73.4/100overall 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 238 Serangoon Ave 2

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

4-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$713k
median S$713k · S$788788 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room a sale at this block
644724803Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Serangoon Central (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 238 Serangoon Ave 2

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '264-room07 TO 0984S$713kS$788
Nov '244-room04 TO 06105S$745kS$659
Sep '244-room07 TO 0984S$610kS$675

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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