SG Block Index

Block 422 Serangoon Ctrl

550422 · Upper Paya Lebar · Serangoon · Built 1988 · ~61 yrs lease left · 96 units · 13 floors

64Overall / 100
Summary

Block 422 Serangoon Ctrl in Serangoon scores 64.4/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 4.5 minutes’ walk from Serangoon Mrt Station MRT, 19.5 minutes from Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, and 838 m straight-line from Yangzheng Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
87
Food
19
Schools
100
Healthcare
49
Daily needs
55
Green space
70
Connectivity
70
Value (lease)
42
Leisure
79

Who it suits

Overall
64
Young Families
70
Seniors
57
Renters
64
Investors
53

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
28.1min
NELNSLS$1.82 · 1 transfer
one-north
31.2min
CCLS$2.02 · direct
Jurong East
45.3min
CCLEWLS$2.27 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
41.8min
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 (641 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 14 min riding

6mNEL3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (408 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 422

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 2424 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre19.5 min
  • Hougang Street 21 Blk 209 (Kovan Hougang Market and Food Centre)26.5 min
  • Hougang Ave 1 Blk 105 (Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre)28.8 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd8.3 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd10.9 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd14.3 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Drs Lim & Chan Clinic7.5 min
  • Sterling Clinic & Surgery7.7 min
  • OneDoctors Medical Centre8.1 min

Parks & green

green
  • Lorong Ong Lye Park7 min
  • Upper Serangoon Park7.7 min
  • How Sun Linear Park9.3 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Fei Yue Senior Group Home @ Hougang28 min
  • St John's Home for the Aged30.7 min
  • PERTAPIS Senior Citizens Fellowship Home36.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Braddell Heights CC (Pending U/C)11 min
  • Bidadari CC (U/C)22.4 min
  • Paya Lebar Kovan CC (Pending U/C)25 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Serangoon Public Library10.6 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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