SG Block Index

Block 403 Serangoon Ave 1

550403 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1988 · ~61 yrs lease left · 80 units · 11 floors

57Overall / 100
Summary

Block 403 Serangoon Ave 1 in Serangoon scores 57.3/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 6.9 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 16.8 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 527 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
60
Food
29
Schools
100
Healthcare
43
Daily needs
43
Green space
64
Connectivity
67
Value (lease)
42
Leisure
69

Who it suits

Overall
57
Young Families
64
Seniors
50
Renters
54
Investors
49

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
29.7min
135NELNSLS$1.82 · 2 transfers
one-north
32.5min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
46.5min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
43min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

30 min door to door · S$1.82 · 2 transfers · 7 min (436 m) walking · 7 min waiting · 16 min riding

2m1352mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (103 m) to Blk 403
  2. Bus 135 · SBS Transit
    Blk 403Woodleigh · 3 stops · 3 min
  3. Walk 2 min (101 m) to Woodleigh
  4. North East Line · SBS Transit
    WoodleighDhoby Ghaut · 5 stops · 9 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 403

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 2680 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre16.8 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)29.2 min
  • Serangoon Garden Market32.8 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.7 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd13.4 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd17.1 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic10.3 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre10.5 min
  • RafflesMedical10.5 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park10 min
  • Upper Serangoon Park10.4 min
  • How Sun Linear Park12 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • St John's Home for the Aged27.7 min
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang30.9 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home33 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)13.3 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)19.7 min
  • Potong Pasir CC27.9 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library12.8 min

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).

Resale context — 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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