Living in Serangoon
Serangoon scores 60/100 median overall across 232 HDB blocks and about 124,782 residents. It is strongest on schools and daily needs, and weakest on food. Median commute to the city centre is about 36 minutes.
How Serangoon scores
- Transport
- 60
- Food
- 27
- Schools
- 100
- Healthcare
- 53
- Daily needs
- 69
- Green space
- 67
- Connectivity
- 55
- Value (lease)
- 41
- Leisure
- 66
Commute by public transport
- Raffles Placecity centre
- 36min
- one-north
- 37min
- Jurong East
- 51min
- Changi Airport
- 53min
Median door-to-door minutes, weekday 08:00, OneMap routing. Compare all towns →
What Serangoon is like to live in
Serangoon is a mid-sized HDB town of 232 scored blocks housing roughly 124,782 residents. Across the nine liveability pillars its clearest strengths are schools and daily needs, while food is where it lags relative to the rest of Singapore. On our persona composites it reads best for young families, scoring 66/100 for that group.
Getting around and to work
The median block in Serangoon reaches Raffles Place in about 36 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 Serangoon
Serangoon spans 4 subzones — Serangoon Central, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon North, Upper Paya Lebar. 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 Serangoon
Who lives here
Census 2020 · Serangoon planning area- Age profile
- In Serangoon, 11.1% of residents are under 15 and 19.3% are 65 or older.
- 60–648.6%25–298%55–598%50–547.2%
- Household income
- 47.7% of Serangoon households earn $10,000 or more a month (gross, from work).
- $20,000+22.6%No working person14%$15,000–17,4995.4%$17,500–19,9994.7%
- Dwelling mix
- 57.9% of Serangoon households live in HDB flats; 41.8% in condominiums or landed homes.
- HDB 4 room flats27.6%Landed properties25.6%HDB 5 room and executive flats17.1%Condominiums and other apartments16.2%
- Household size
- 35.1% of Serangoon households are one or two people; 2-person households are the most common.
- 2-person21%3-person20.5%4-person20.2%1-person14.1%
- In education
- Of Serangoon residents currently in education, 31.3% attend polytechnic or university.
- Primary29%Secondary24.5%University21.6%Polytechnic9.7%
- Commute to work
- 53.8% of working Serangoon residents commute by public transport; 35.2% drive or ride.
- Car29.6%MRT LRT and bus25.1%MRT LRT only14.5%Bus12.3%
Resident data for the Serangoon planning area, Census 2020 — Singapore Department of Statistics, via OneMap (Singapore Land Authority).