Sembawang Hills

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Sembawang Hills
Subzone of Ang Mo Kio Planning Area
Name transcription(s)
 •  Chinese 三巴旺山
 •  Malay Sembawang Hills
 •  Tamil செம்பவாங் மலைகள்
Sembawang Hills
Coordinates: 1°22′32″N103°49′52″E / 1.37556°N 103.83111°E / 1.37556; 103.83111
CountrySingapore
Planning area Ang Mo Kio Planning Area
Population
 (2024) [1]
 • Total
6,950

Sembawang Hills is a precinct within Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is located in the West of Ang Mo Kio and bounded by Tagore, Kebun Baru and Shangri-La districts as well as Bishan - Ang Mo Kio Park. The current Member of Parliament (MP) for this precinct is Henry Kwek (Kebun Baru SMC).

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Demographics

As of 2024, Sembawang Hills has a total population of 6,950 residents, with 3,220 males (46.3%) and 3,730 females (53.7%). [1]

As of 2024, Sembawang Hills had 6,490 residents living in landed properties (93.4%), 390 residents (5.6%) in condominiums and other apartments. There is no HDB in the precint.

Neighbouring areas

History

The present-day Sembawang Hills area mostly consisted of rubber plantations from 1912 onwards. [2]

In 1954, the landlords of the premises, Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company Limited and Singapore United Rubber Plantations Limited sold plots of rubber plantation to build the first 300 low cost houses in the precint. [3]

From 1961 to 1973, the area was within the race circuit for the Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit. [4]

The estate used to host two schools: Sembawang Hills Estate School from 1959 to 1992 [5] and Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School from 1963 to 1985. [6]

Residential Area

Condominium

Landed estates

Transportation

Roads

Sembawang Hills precint is bounded by Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Yio Chu Kang Road while Upper Thomson Roard is winding through the precint.

Public Transport

Bus services 138, 163, 167, 169, 265, 855, 860 and 980 serve the precint and connect the residents to Ang Mo Kio, Upper Thomson or Yio Chu Kang MRT stations.

For the community

Hawker Centre

There is one hawker centre and market in the precinct: Sembawang Hills Food Centre along Upper Thomson Road

Amenities and landmarks

References

  1. 1 2 "Singapore Residents by Planning Area / Subzone, Age Group, Sex and Type of Dwelling, June 2024". Department of Statistics Singapore. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "From Gambier to Pepper: Plantation Agriculture in Singapore". National Library Singapore. Singapore. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Companies plan to built and sell". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 November 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 9 April 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  4. ↑ "Traffic plans for S'pore Grand Prix". The Straits Times. Singapore. 15 September 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  5. ↑ "Sembawang Hills Estate School". Singapore. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School". Singapore. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Salem Chapel" . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Sembawang Baptist Church" . Retrieved 8 April 2025.


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