SG Block Index

Block 470 Sembawang DR

750470 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1999 · ~72 yrs lease left · 114 units · 15 floors

51Overall / 100
Summary

Block 470 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 50.9/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 12.4 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 17.5 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 95 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
41
Food
26
Schools
96
Healthcare
50
Daily needs
51
Green space
67
Connectivity
29
Value (lease)
64
Leisure
56

Who it suits

Overall
51
Young Families
61
Seniors
44
Renters
42
Investors
57

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
53.5min
962NSL1 transfer
one-north
60.7min
962NSLCCL2 transfers
Jurong East
46.6min
962NSL1 transfer
Changi Airport
86.5min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

54 min door to door · 1 transfer · 10 min (645 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 40 min riding

6m9624mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (395 m) to Blk 405
  2. Bus 962 · SMRT Corporation
    Blk 405Sun Plaza/sembawang · 2 stops · 2 min
  3. Walk 4 min (222 m) to Sembawang
  4. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    SembawangRaffles Place · 15 stops · 37 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 470

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 8503 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre17.5 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre37.7 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd9 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10.8 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd12.4 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical7.1 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre7.1 min
  • RafflesMedical10.8 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley11.3 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)19.1 min
  • Bukit Canberra20.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC16.9 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)26.8 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC36.7 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library12.4 min

Who lives here

Census 2020 · Sembawang planning area
Age profile
In Sembawang, 18% of residents are under 15 and 9% are 65 or older.
30–348.9%
45–498.7%
40–448.4%
35–398.3%
Household income
39.3% of Sembawang households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
$20,000+8.6%
No working person8.2%
$3,000–3,9996.3%
$5,000–5,9996.3%
Dwelling mix
86.5% of Sembawang households live in HDB flats; 13.5% in condominiums or landed homes.
HDB 4 room flats36%
HDB 5 room and executive flats35.3%
Condominiums and other apartments10.6%
HDB 1 and 2 room flats10.6%
Household size
34.7% of Sembawang households are one or two people; 4-person households are the most common.
4-person22.6%
2-person21.7%
3-person20.4%
1-person13%
In education
Of Sembawang residents currently in education, 21.3% attend polytechnic or university.
Primary36.7%
Secondary25.9%
Polytechnic11.3%
University10%
Commute to work
62.9% of working Sembawang residents commute by public transport; 24.2% drive or ride.
MRT LRT and bus28.6%
MRT LRT only22.2%
Car17%
Bus9.6%

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

Resale context — Sembawang North

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

Flat typeMedian PSF12-mo change
2 ROOMS$731▲ 8.1%
3 ROOMS$659▲ 1.1%
4 ROOMS$552▲ 0.9%
5 ROOMS$477▲ 1.8%
EXECUTIVES$487▼ 2.6%
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