SG Block Index

Block 472 Sembawang DR

750472 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1998 · Lease from 2000 · ~73 yrs lease left · 84 units · 15 floors

73Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 472 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 72.9/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 7.8 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 12.9 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 62 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 472 Sembawang DR in Singapore

Block 472 Sembawang DR, Singapore 750472

Pillar scores

Transport
77
Food
78
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
70
Green space
97
Connectivity
35
Value (lease)
66
Leisure
74
EV charging
97
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
73
Young Families
80
Seniors
66
Renters
67
Investors
70
EV Owners
76

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
49min
NSLS$2.36 · direct
one-north
56.2min
NSLCCLS$2.38 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
42.9min
NSLS$2.27 · direct
Changi Airport
83.8min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

49 min door to door · S$2.36 · no transfers · 11 min (744 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 37 min riding

11mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 11 min (716 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 minMRTHawkerMarketClinicParkBlk 472

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 8603 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre12.9 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre33.1 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd4.4 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd6.2 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd7.8 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical2.5 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre2.5 min
  • RafflesMedical6.2 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley6.6 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)14.5 min
  • Bukit Canberra16.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC12.3 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)22.2 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC32.1 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library7.8 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 406A Sembawang Drive Fc3.5 min
  • Blk 467/467A/467B Admiralty Drive Blue Riverview6.6 min
  • Blk 462 Sembawang Drive7.9 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 472 Sembawang DR
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 3 MRT, 5 supermarkets, 1 parks, 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 583412.1 min walk · 134 m
  • Stop 583492.4 min walk · 120 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
priced about right

Among 3-room HDB flats islandwide (2,589 compared), Blk 472 Sembawang DR is more liveable than 54% of them but pricier than 55% — around S$659/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-04).

Liveability54th 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 472 offers a strong liveability score (72.9/100). 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 get72.9/100overall 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 472 Sembawang DR

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

Executive1 sale · 12 mo
S$808k
median S$808k · S$577577 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)Executive a sale at this block
455522590Aug '24Jul '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Sembawang North (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 472 Sembawang DR

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jul '25Executive13 TO 15130S$808kS$577
Jun '25Executive04 TO 06130S$740kS$529

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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