SG Block Index

Block 471 Sembawang DR

750471 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1999 · Lease from 2000 · ~73 yrs lease left · 84 units · 15 floors

60Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 471 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 59.7/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 11.7 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 16.8 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 78 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 471 Sembawang DR in Singapore

Block 471 Sembawang DR, Singapore 750471

Pillar scores

Transport
46
Food
67
Schools
97
Healthcare
52
Daily needs
55
Green space
78
Connectivity
34
Value (lease)
66
Leisure
60
EV charging
54
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
60
Young Families
68
Seniors
54
Renters
52
Investors
62
EV Owners
56

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
50.1min
NSLS$2.36 · direct
one-north
57.3min
NSLCCLS$2.38 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
44min
NSLS$2.27 · direct
Changi Airport
84.9min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

50 min door to door · S$2.36 · no transfers · 13 min (822 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 37 min riding

12mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 12 min (794 m) to Sembawang
  2. North-South Line · SMRT Corporation
    SembawangRaffles Place · 15 stops · 37 min
  3. 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 471

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 8575 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre16.8 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre37 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd8.3 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd10 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd11.7 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical6.4 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre6.4 min
  • RafflesMedical10 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley10.5 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)18.4 min
  • Bukit Canberra20.1 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC16.2 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)26.1 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC36 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library11.7 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 406A Sembawang Drive Fc7.4 min
  • Blk 467/467A/467B Admiralty Drive Blue Riverview10.5 min
  • Blk 462 Sembawang Drive11.8 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 471 Sembawang DR
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 2 supermarkets, 3 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 583416 min walk · 152 m
  • Stop 583496.3 min walk · 118 m

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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).

Can I afford this?

est. ~S$461k · 3 room

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Value for money

liveability vs price · like-for-like
pays a premium

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 471 Sembawang DR is more liveable than 7% of them but pricier than 55% — around S$659/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-04).

Liveability7th percentile
Price (lower is cheaper)cheaper than 45%

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 2026-04

Is it worth it?

liveability · price trend · lease

Block 471 offers a solid liveability score (59.7/100). On price, resale prices here have moved roughly in step with the wider market and there is plenty of lease runway (~73 years left).

What you get59.7/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+1.1%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds73 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 Sembawang North. We do not publish a fair-price estimate.

Prices & transactions — Blk 471 Sembawang DR

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

Executive1 sale · 12 mo
S$690k
median S$690k · S$493493 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)Executive a sale at this block
458486514Aug '24Jul '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Sembawang North (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 471 Sembawang DR

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '26Executive10 TO 12130S$690kS$493
Jan '25Executive01 TO 03130S$700kS$500

Subzone medians — 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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