SG Block Index

Block 480 Sembawang DR

750480 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1998 · Lease from 2000 · ~73 yrs lease left · 98 units · 15 floors

65Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 480 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 65.3/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 10.8 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 15.8 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 144 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 480 Sembawang DR in Singapore

Block 480 Sembawang DR, Singapore 750480

Pillar scores

Transport
62
Food
69
Schools
100
Healthcare
54
Daily needs
59
Green space
88
Connectivity
28
Value (lease)
66
Leisure
64
EV charging
84
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
65
Young Families
74
Seniors
59
Renters
57
Investors
65
EV Owners
67

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
54.3min
962NSL1 transfer
one-north
61.5min
962NSLCCL2 transfers
Jurong East
47.5min
962NSL1 transfer
Changi Airport
88.6min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

54 min door to door · 1 transfer · 11 min (702 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 40 min riding

7m9624mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 7 min (452 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 480

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 8528 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre15.8 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre34.2 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd7.3 min
  • Fortune Supermarket Pte. Ltd.8 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd9.1 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical5.5 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre5.5 min
  • Jane & Lee Sembawang Family Clinic7.6 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley9.6 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)17.5 min
  • Bukit Canberra19.2 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC15.3 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)25.1 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC33.2 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library10.7 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 467/467A/467B Admiralty Drive Blue Riverview5.8 min
  • Blk 406A Sembawang Drive Fc6.5 min
  • Blk 462 Sembawang Drive7.1 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 480 Sembawang DR
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 3 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 583493 min walk · 158 m
  • Stop 583415 min walk · 208 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 4057 min walk
    962

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 · 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 480 Sembawang DR is more liveable than 19% of them but pricier than 55% — around S$659/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-04).

Liveability19th 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 480 offers a strong liveability score (65.3/100). 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 get65.3/100overall 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 480 Sembawang DR

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

5-room1 sale · 12 mo
S$575k
median S$575k · S$486486 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)5-room a sale at this block
447488529Aug '24Jul '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Sembawang North (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 480 Sembawang DR

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '265-room07 TO 09110S$575kS$486
Feb '254-room04 TO 0690S$500kS$516
Aug '245-room07 TO 09110S$541kS$457

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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