SG Block Index

Block 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4

550538 · Serangoon North · Serangoon · Built 1990 · Lease from 1992 · ~65 yrs lease left · 80 units · 9 floors

64Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4 in Serangoon scores 64.2/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 30.7 minutes’ walk from Hougang Mrt Station MRT, 14.5 minutes from Ci Yuan Hawker Centre, and 287 m straight-line from Rosyth School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4 in Singapore

Block 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4, Singapore 550538

Pillar scores

Transport
44
Food
75
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
70
Green space
87
Connectivity
38
Value (lease)
50
Leisure
37
EV charging
99
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
64
Young Families
70
Seniors
62
Renters
54
Investors
65
EV Owners
72

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
40.2min
159ANSLS$2.07 · 1 transfer
one-north
47.5min
159ANSLCCLS$2.15 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
63.8min
116CCLEWLS$2.36 · 2 transfers
Changi Airport
65.8min
25EWLEWLS$2.27 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

40 min door to door · S$2.07 · 1 transfer · 4 min (267 m) walking · 2 min waiting · 34 min riding

1m159A3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 1 min (38 m) to Blk 538
  2. Bus 159A · SBS Transit
    Blk 538Bef Ang MO Kio · 10 stops · 13 min
  3. Walk 3 min (201 m) to Ang MO Kio
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    Ang MO KioRaffles Place · 10 stops · 21 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 minHawkerMarketClinicParkBlk 538

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

Hawker centres

food
  • Ci Yuan Hawker Centre14.5 min
  • Chomp Chomp Food Centre23.6 min
  • Serangoon Garden Market26.2 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Sheng Siong Supermarket Pte Ltd3.4 min
  • Prime Supermarket (1996) Pte Ltd5.2 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd11.4 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • The Family Physician Clinic5.2 min
  • Pinnacle Family Clinic (Serangoon North)9.5 min
  • Chen Family Clinic10.7 min

Parks & green

green
  • Ang Mo Kio Linear Pk (Plot 2)7.1 min
  • Luxus Hills Park11.3 min
  • Ang Mo Kio Linear Pk (Plot 3)11.8 min

Primary schools

straight-line

Eldercare centres

care
  • AMKFSC Cluster Support32.5 min
  • Teck Ghee Senior Activity Centre Branch @ Blk 46932.5 min
  • Jia Ying Senior Activity Centre @ 25 (Branch)33.4 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Hwi Yoh CC4.8 min
  • The Serangoon CC12 min
  • Ci Yuan CC13.6 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Cheng San Public Library32.8 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 537/542 Serangoon North Avenue 43.1 min
  • Blk 531/536 Serangoon North Avenue 45.4 min
  • Blk 521/530 Serangoon North Avenue 46.2 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 supermarkets, 1 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 665290.2 min walk · 34 m
  • Stop 665312.7 min walk · 171 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 5381 min walk
    159A
  • BLK 5305 min walk
    116
  • BLK 51610 min walk
    25

Services seen boarding near this block on real OneMap public-transport routes — not a full timetable. Check the LTA / bus operator app for live arrivals.

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$600k · 4 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
slight premium

Among 4-room HDB flats islandwide (3,466 compared), Blk 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4 is more liveable than 28% of them but pricier than 52% — around S$619/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-07).

Liveability28th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 48%

Percentiles rank this home only against comparable ones (4-room HDB flats islandwide). A transparent price-vs-liveability comparison from real resale data — not a valuation or fair-price estimate. as of 2026-07

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 538 offers a solid liveability score (64.2/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~65 years left).

What you get64.2/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+17.9%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds65 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 North. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4

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

4-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$618k – S$630k
median S$624k · S$557568 psf
5-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$788k
median S$788k · S$600600 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room5-room a sale at this block
479562645Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Serangoon North (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 538 Serangoon Nth Ave 4

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Feb '264-room04 TO 06103S$618kS$557
Nov '254-room07 TO 09103S$630kS$568
Nov '255-room04 TO 06122S$788kS$600
Nov '245-room01 TO 03122S$650kS$495

Subzone medians — Serangoon North

Latest median resale price per sq ft by flat type · 12-month change · source data.gov.sg

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
4 ROOMS$619▲ 17.9%
5 ROOMS$559▼ 8.4%
EXECUTIVES$648▲ 0.8%
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