SG Block Index

Block 705 Woodlands DR 40

730705 · Woodlands East · Woodlands · Built 1995 · Lease from 1996 · ~69 yrs lease left · 88 units · 12 floors

67Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 705 Woodlands DR 40 in Woodlands scores 66.8/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 7.1 minutes’ walk from Admiralty Mrt Station MRT, 7.5 minutes from Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre, and 520 m straight-line from Evergreen Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 705 Woodlands DR 40 in Singapore

Block 705 Woodlands DR 40, Singapore 730705

Pillar scores

Transport
79
Food
82
Schools
100
Healthcare
64
Daily needs
58
Green space
50
Connectivity
34
Value (lease)
58
Leisure
45
EV charging
64
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
67
Young Families
72
Seniors
61
Renters
60
Investors
68
EV Owners
63

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
51.5min
965ANSLS$2.42 · 1 transfer
one-north
58.7min
965ANSLCCLS$2.40 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
39.5min
965ANSLS$2.20 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
86.2min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.52 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

52 min door to door · S$2.42 · 1 transfer · 6 min (378 m) walking · 2 min waiting · 43 min riding

2m965A3mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 2 min (137 m) to Blk 701a CP
  2. Bus 965A · Tower Transit Services
    Blk 701a CPOpp Admiralty · 2 stops · 2 min
  3. Walk 3 min (214 m) to Admiralty
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    AdmiraltyRaffles Place · 16 stops · 41 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 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicBlk 705

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
PlannedDe2 MRT station (Master Plan 2025) is planned about 6013 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre7.5 min
  • Marsiling Mall Hawker Centre30.3 min
  • Marsiling Lane Blk 20/2135.9 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.5 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd7.6 min
  • Prime Supermarket Limited?11.1 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • 888 Plaza Family Clinic7.5 min
  • Healthway Medical7.5 min
  • Victoria Medical House7.5 min

Parks & green

green
  • Woodlands Healing Garden26.7 min
  • Woodlands Town Pk East34.9 min
  • Admiralty Pk35.8 min

Eldercare centres

care
  • Pacific Activity Centres Pte Ltd7 min
  • Care Corner Senior Activity Centre (WL569)22.4 min
  • Care Corner SGH @ WL569A22.4 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC11.7 min
  • Woodlands CC (Pending U/C)14.6 min
  • ACE The Place CC22.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Woodlands Regional Library19.8 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 851-856 Woodlands Street 837.4 min
  • Blk 830-836 Woodlands Street 8310 min
  • Blk 837-850 Woodlands Street 8212.5 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 705 Woodlands DR 40
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 3 MRT, 1 hawker centres, 2 supermarkets, 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 467611.9 min walk · 139 m
  • Stop 464092 min walk · 102 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 701A CP2 min walk
    965A

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 · Woodlands planning area
Age profile
In Woodlands, 15.1% of residents are under 15 and 9.9% are 65 or older.
50–548.5%
20–248.4%
25–298.1%
45–498%
Household income
33.9% of Woodlands households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
No working person9%
$5,000–5,9997.1%
$6,000–6,9996.7%
$3,000–3,9996.5%
Dwelling mix
92.5% of Woodlands households live in HDB flats; 7.4% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats40.6%
HDB 5 room and executive flats35.9%
HDB 3 room flats9.3%
Condominiums and other apartments7.1%
Household size
31.9% of Woodlands households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
4-person21.5%
3-person21.1%
2-person19.7%
5-person13.9%
In education
Of Woodlands residents currently in education, 26.7% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary30.8%
Secondary25.3%
Polytechnic13.9%
University12.8%
Commute to work
59.7% of working Woodlands residents commute by public transport; 24.9% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus32.1%
Car15%
MRT LRT only13.3%
Bus11.2%

Resident data for the Woodlands planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$509k · 4 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
good value

Among 4-room HDB flats islandwide (3,466 compared), Blk 705 Woodlands DR 40 is more liveable than 37% of them and cheaper than 76% — around S$525/psf for 4 room (as of 2026-07).

Liveability37th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 76%

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 705 offers a strong liveability score (66.8/100). On price, resale prices here have been climbing faster than most Singapore subzones and the lease is mid-life (~69 years left).

What you get66.8/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+2.7%4 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds69 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 Woodlands East. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 705 Woodlands DR 40

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

4-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$520k – S$570k
median S$545k · S$474530 psf
5-room2 sales · 12 mo
S$635k – S$645k
median S$640k · S$500504 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room5-room a sale at this block
464507551Aug '24Aug '25Jul '26
Monthly resale volume — Woodlands East (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 705 Woodlands DR 40

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Feb '264-room10 TO 12100S$570kS$530
Dec '255-room04 TO 06119S$645kS$504
Oct '255-room04 TO 06118S$635kS$500
Sep '254-room01 TO 03102S$520kS$474

Subzone medians — Woodlands East

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$754▲ 13.5%
3 ROOMS$695▲ 9.4%
4 ROOMS$525▲ 2.7%
5 ROOMS$493▲ 1.1%
EXECUTIVES$561▲ 2.9%
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