Living in Sembawang
Sembawang scores 63/100 median overall across 281 HDB blocks and about 72,732 residents. It is strongest on schools and green space, and weakest on connectivity. Median commute to the city centre is about 48 minutes.
How Sembawang scores
- Transport
- 68
- Food
- 44
- Schools
- 99
- Healthcare
- 53
- Daily needs
- 49
- Green space
- 91
- Connectivity
- 35
- Value (lease)
- 80
- Leisure
- 66
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 48min
- one-north
- 55min
- Jurong East
- 43min
- Changi Airport
- 84min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Sembawang is like to live in
Sembawang is a mid-sized HDB town of 281 scored blocks housing roughly 72,732 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and green space, while connectivity is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 73/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Sembawang reaches Raffles Place in about 48 minutes by public transport on a weekday morning, and the town’s best-connected blocks are faster still. Commute varies block to block, so screen against the job hub that matters to you — the CBD, one-north, Jurong East or Changi — rather than the town average alone.
Where to look within Sembawang
Sembawang spans 5 subzones — Admiralty, Sembawang Central, Sembawang East, Sembawang North, Sembawang Springs. The highest-scoring blocks below are a good starting shortlist; open any block for its full scores, nearest amenities with walk times, and exact commute itinerary.
Highest-scoring blocks in Sembawang
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).