SG Block Index

Block 406 Serangoon Ave 1

550406 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1988 · ~61 yrs lease left · 8 units · 4 floors

66Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 406 Serangoon Ave 1 in Serangoon scores 66.3/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 6.4 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 16.4 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 539 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 406 Serangoon Ave 1 in Singapore

Block 406 Serangoon Ave 1, Singapore 550406

Pillar scores

Transport
72
Food
64
Schools
100
Healthcare
44
Daily needs
46
Green space
66
Connectivity
71
Value (lease)
42
Leisure
71
EV charging
100
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
66
Young Families
71
Seniors
59
Renters
64
Investors
54
EV Owners
74

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
27.7min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
30.9min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
44.9min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
41.4min
CCLEWLEWLS$2.15 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

28 min door to door · S$1.82 · 1 transfer · 10 min (623 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 14 min riding

6mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (390 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 406

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 2547 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre16.4 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)28.8 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)31.2 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.2 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd12.9 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd16.6 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic9.8 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery10 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre10.1 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park9.5 min
  • Upper Serangoon Park10 min
  • How Sun Linear Park11.6 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • St John's Home for the Aged27.2 min
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang30.5 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home32.5 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)12.9 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)19.2 min
  • Potong Pasir CC27.4 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library12.3 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 401/408 Serangoon Central/Avenue 12 min
  • Blk 409/414 Serangoon Central/Avenue 15.6 min
  • Blk 421/427 Serangoon Central/Avenue 16.7 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 406 Serangoon Ave 1
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 5 MRT, 2 parks, 2 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 621714.3 min walk · 182 m
  • Stop 621296.3 min walk · 145 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
slight premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 406 Serangoon Ave 1 is more liveable than 22% of them and cheaper than 55% — around S$626/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-06).

Liveability22th 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 406 offers a strong liveability score (66.3/100). On price, resale prices here have been softer than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~61 years left).

What you get66.3/100overall liveability
Where price is heading-1.8%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds61 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 406 Serangoon Ave 1

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

Subzone median PSF (smoothed)2-room3-room4-room5-room a sale at this block
592697801Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Upper Paya Lebar (area liquidity)

No registered resale at Blk 406 Serangoon Ave 1 in the last 2 years — figures above reflect Upper Paya Lebar medians.

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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