Cheapest towns to rent an HDB flat

26 towns ranked · Median rent, 4-room · Updated monthly from data.gov.sg

The cheapest towns to rent a 4-room HDB flat are Bukit Panjang, Yishun, Choa Chu Kang, where the median rent is about $3,000 per month (typically $2,900–$3,200). The most expensive is Central Area at around $4,400 per month. Rents and ranges for every flat type are shown below.

Typical rent by flat type

The median monthly rent for each HDB flat type, taken across towns, with the range most renters pay. Tap a type for the cheapest towns for that size.

Flat type Median rent /mo Typical range
2-Room $2,300 $2,100–$2,500
3-Room $2,800 $2,600–$3,000
4-Room $3,400 $3,100–$3,600
5-Room $3,650 $3,400–$4,000
Executive $3,900 $3,500–$4,200
Towns ranked by 4-room rent, cheapest first

Median monthly rent for a 4-room flat, with the typical range (the middle half of leases). Only towns with at least 10 recent 4-room rentals are ranked. Tap a town for the full breakdown.

# Town Median rent Rentals
1 Bukit Panjang $3,000/mo $2,900–$3,200 461
2 Yishun $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,300 941
3 Choa Chu Kang $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,300 680
4 Woodlands $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,250 831
5 Sembawang $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,300 386
6 Punggol $3,200/mo $3,050–$3,400 776
7 Hougang $3,200/mo $3,000–$3,450 834
8 Sengkang $3,200/mo $3,000–$3,400 1,126
9 Bedok $3,300/mo $3,000–$3,500 682
10 Bukit Batok $3,300/mo $3,000–$3,500 642
11 Pasir Ris $3,300/mo $3,000–$3,500 454
12 Tampines $3,400/mo $3,200–$3,600 1,055
13 Ang Mo Kio $3,400/mo $3,200–$3,600 546
14 Serangoon $3,400/mo $3,100–$3,700 406
15 Jurong West $3,500/mo $3,100–$3,700 999
16 Marine Parade $3,500/mo $3,200–$3,600 112
17 Jurong East $3,500/mo $3,100–$3,650 355
18 Geylang $3,550/mo $3,200–$3,900 383
19 Bishan $3,600/mo $3,400–$3,800 425
20 Bukit Timah $3,600/mo $3,250–$3,800 43
21 Toa Payoh $3,700/mo $3,250–$4,000 448
22 Kallang/Whampoa $3,790/mo $3,400–$4,100 496
23 Bukit Merah $3,900/mo $3,600–$4,200 803
24 Clementi $3,900/mo $3,500–$4,200 488
25 Queenstown $4,150/mo $3,750–$4,400 485
26 Central Area $4,400/mo $3,800–$4,900 234
Rents are the median of approved HDB rentals over the past year, owner-declared and unverified, updated monthly. The typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile, the spread most renters actually pay. Your rent depends on the exact block, floor, lease, and condition.
Source: HDB Renting Out of Flats, data.gov.sg (Singapore Open Data Licence). Cite as: CheckHowMuch, "Cheapest Towns to Rent an HDB Flat (2026)", https://checkhowmuch.sg/rent/cheapest/.
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Where HDB flats rent for the least

A 4-room HDB flat is cheapest to rent in Bukit Panjang, at a median $3,000 a month, and dearest in Central Area at about $4,400. Rent tracks location and remaining lease more than anything else: outlying and older towns rent for less, central and newer towns for more. Smaller flats rent for less across the board, so a 2-room or 3-room flat in an affordable town is the lowest-cost way to rent. The range matters more than the median when you are budgeting, because two flats of the same type in the same town can still rent hundreds of dollars apart. All figures come from Singapore's data.gov.sg open data and are updated monthly.