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Central Area HDB Rental Prices

4 flat types · 698 rentals (12mo) · Median yield 7.1%

The median rent for a 4-room HDB flat in Central Area is $4,300 per month (2026), based on 231 approved rentals in the past year. Against a median resale price of $1,184,444, that is a gross rental yield of about 4.4%.

Renting a 4-room in Geylang nearby is about $800/mo cheaper (median $3,500).
Rent & yield by flat type

Median monthly rent, the median resale price for the same flat type, and the gross rental yield (annual rent ÷ resale price) in Central Area.

Flat type Median rent /mo Median resale Gross yield YoY rent
2-Room $2,300 typically $1,850–$2,600 $370,000 7.5% -8%
3-Room $3,200 typically $3,000–$3,500 $541,000 7.1% +0%
4-Room $4,300 typically $3,700–$4,900 $1,184,444 4.4% +2.4%
5-Room $5,100 typically $4,900–$5,300 $1,483,500 4.1% +2%
Gross yield is annual rent before maintenance, tax, and vacancy. Renting out a whole HDB flat requires meeting the 5-year Minimum Occupation Period and HDB approval. Rents are owner-declared and unverified.
Source: HDB Renting Out of Flats and Resale Flat Prices, data.gov.sg.
Highest-yielding blocks in Central Area

Blocks with enough recent rentals to compute a block-level yield (5+ rentals in the past year).

Blk 10 · 3-Room $3,150/mo 10.5% Blk 10 · 2-Room $2,600/mo 9.8% Blk 662 · 4-Room $4,500/mo 9.2% Blk 8 · 2-Room $2,400/mo 9% Blk 9 · 3-Room $3,000/mo 8.6% Blk 34 · 3-Room $3,300/mo 8.6% Blk 661 · 4-Room $4,200/mo 8.4% Blk 28 · 3-Room $3,300/mo 8.2% Blk 53 · 4-Room $3,700/mo 8.1% Blk 32 · 2-Room $2,600/mo 8% Blk 663 · 4-Room $3,800/mo 7.8% Blk 4 · 3-Room $3,300/mo 7.8%
See HDB resale prices & valuations in Central Area

Renting an HDB flat in Central Area

Based on 698 approved HDB rentals in Central Area over the past year, this page shows the median monthly rent for each flat type alongside the median resale price for the same type. A 4-room typically rents for $4,300 per month. The median gross rental yield across flat types in Central Area is about 7.1%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by resale price, before costs. All figures come from Singapore's data.gov.sg open data and are updated monthly.

Rental data: HDB Renting Out of Flats, data.gov.sg (Singapore Open Data Licence).