SG Block Index

Block 490 Admiralty Link

750490 · Sembawang North · Sembawang · Built 2009 · Lease from 2010 · ~83 yrs lease left · 119 units · 18 floors

65Overall / 100How we score →
Summary

Block 490 Admiralty Link in Sembawang scores 64.7/100 overall on the Singapore Block Liveability Index. It is 14 minutes’ walk from Sembawang Mrt Station MRT, 17.4 minutes from Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre, and 163 m straight-line from Endeavour Primary School.

Where it is

OneMap · SLA
Map showing the location of Blk 490 Admiralty Link in Singapore

Block 490 Admiralty Link, Singapore 750490

Pillar scores

Transport
56
Food
66
Schools
100
Healthcare
55
Daily needs
63
Green space
73
Connectivity
36
Value (lease)
86
Leisure
51
EV charging
83
80+ excellent65+ good50+ fair35+ weak<35 poor
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Who it suits

Overall
65
Young Families
73
Seniors
57
Renters
55
Investors
69
EV Owners
68

Commute by public transport

OneMap routing · weekday 08:00
Raffles Placecity centre
47.7min
859NSLS$2.38 · 1 transfer
one-north
54.9min
859NSLCCLS$2.42 · 2 transfers
Jurong East
43.9min
859NSLS$2.30 · 1 transfer
Changi Airport
89.7min
NSLEWLEWLS$2.49 · 2 transfers

Getting to the city centre

weekday 08:00 · OneMap

48 min door to door · S$2.38 · 1 transfer · 4 min (256 m) walking · 2 min waiting · 42 min riding

3m8591mNSL0mthe city centre
  1. Walk 3 min (174 m) to Blk 491
  2. Bus 859 · Tower Transit Services
    Blk 491Sembawang · 3 stops · 4 min
  3. Walk 1 min (55 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 490

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 8914 m away — not yet open, shown separately from existing stations.

Hawker centres

food
  • Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre17.4 min

Eateries nearby

food

Hygiene grades from SFA (NEA licensed eateries).

Supermarkets

daily
  • Fortune Supermarket Pte. Ltd.6.6 min
  • Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd9.1 min
  • Ntuc Fairprice Co-Operative Ltd9.4 min

CHAS clinics

health
  • Jane & Lee Sembawang Family Clinic2.8 min
  • Healthway Medical6.9 min
  • Temasek Medical Centre6.9 min

Parks & green

green
  • Park At Sembawang Alley12.9 min
  • Bukit Canberra (Sportsg)19 min
  • Bukit Canberra20.8 min

Community clubs

leisure
  • Canberra CC18.9 min
  • Sembawang CC (Pending U/C)26.4 min
  • Woodlands Galaxy CC35.3 min

Libraries

leisure
  • Sembawang Public Library14 min

EV charging

ev
  • Blk 462 Sembawang Drive6 min
  • Blk 463 Sembawang Drive Sembawang Riverlodge6.5 min
  • Blk 467/467A/467B Admiralty Drive Blue Riverview7.8 min

What’s within a walk

OSRM foot · OneMap
Walking-reach map around Blk 490 Admiralty Link
5-min walk10-min walk15-min walk

Within ~10 minutes on foot: 3 supermarkets, 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 584092 min walk · 131 m
  • Stop 584192.2 min walk · 173 m
Buses that serve this block
  • BLK 4913 min walk
    859

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 490 Admiralty Link is more liveable than 17% of them but pricier than 55% — around S$659/psf for 3 room (as of 2026-04).

Liveability17th 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 490 offers a solid liveability score (64.7/100). On price, resale prices here have moved roughly in step with the wider market and there is plenty of lease runway (~83 years left).

What you get64.7/100overall liveability
Where price is heading+1.1%3 room median PSF, 12-mo
How long it holds83 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 490 Admiralty Link

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

4-room3 sales · 12 mo
S$578k – S$585k
median S$580k · S$571578 psf
Subzone median PSF (smoothed)4-room a sale at this block
509549588Jul '24Jul '25Jun '26
Monthly resale volume — Sembawang North (area liquidity)

Recent sales at Blk 490 Admiralty Link

MonthTypeStoreyAreaPricePSF
Jun '264-room16 TO 1894S$578kS$571
Dec '254-room13 TO 1594S$585kS$578
Sep '254-room13 TO 1594S$580kS$573
Feb '254-room04 TO 0694S$539kS$533
Feb '254-room10 TO 1294S$565kS$558
Feb '254-room07 TO 0994S$567kS$560
Dec '244-room01 TO 0394S$525kS$519
Sep '244-room04 TO 0694S$525kS$519
Sep '244-room10 TO 1294S$550kS$544
Sep '244-room16 TO 1894S$565kS$558
Jul '244-room04 TO 0694S$526kS$520

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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