SG Block Index

Block 481 Sembawang DR

750481 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 1998 · ~71 yrs lease left · 115 units · 15 floors

58Overall / 100
Summary

Block 481 Sembawang DR in Sembawang scores 57.5/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 11.4 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 16.5 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 203 m straight-line from Canberra Primary School.

Pillar scores

Transport
58
Food
30
Schools
100
Healthcare
52
Daily needs
56
Green space
85
Connectivity
30
Value (lease)
62
Leisure
61

Who it suits

Overall
58
Young Families
68
Seniors
50
Renters
50
Investors
60

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
52.8min
962NSL1 transfer
one-north
60min
962NSLCCL2 transfers
Jurong East
45.9min
962NSL1 transfer
Changi Airport
86.8min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

53 min door to door · 1 transfer · 10 min (602 m) walking · 3 min waiting · 40 min riding

6m9624mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 6 min (352 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 481

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 8562 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre16.5 min
  • Kampung Admiralty Hawker Centre34.9 min

Supermarkets

daily
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd8 min
  • Fortune Supermarket Pte. Ltd.8.6 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd9.7 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Healthway Medical6.1 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre6.1 min
  • Jane & Lee Sembawang Family Clinic8.2 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley10.2 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)18.1 min
  • Bukit Canberra19.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC15.9 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)25.8 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC33.9 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library11.4 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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