SG Block Index

Block 473 Sembawang DR

750473 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1999 · ~72 yrs lease left · 102 units · 15 floors

56Overall / 100
Summary

Block 473 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 55.7/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 11.5 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 16.6 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 54 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
48
Food
29
Schools
98
Healthcare
52
Daily needs
56
Green space
79
Connectivity
36
Value (lease)
64
Leisure
60

Who it suits

Overall
56
Young Families
66
Seniors
49
Renters
48
Investors
59

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
48min
NSLS$2.36 · direct
one-north
55.2min
NSLCCLS$2.38 · 1 transfer
Jurong East
42min
NSLS$2.27 · direct
Changi Airport
82.8min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

48 min door to door · S$2.36 · no transfers · 11 min (684 m) walking · 0 min waiting · 37 min riding

10mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 10 min (657 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 473

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 8599 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre16.6 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre36.8 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd8.1 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd9.8 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd11.4 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical6.2 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre6.2 min
  • RafflesMedical9.8 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley10.3 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)18.2 min
  • Bukit Canberra19.9 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC16 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)25.9 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC35.8 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library11.5 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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