Which is the cheapest town to rent a 2-room HDB flat in Singapore?

Geylang has the lowest median rent for a 2-room HDB flat, about $2,100 per month, with most rentals between $1,700–$2,400. Figures come from data.gov.sg approved rentals over the past year.

How much does it cost to rent a 2-room HDB flat in Singapore?

The typical 2-room HDB flat rents for about $2,300 per month, with the middle half of leases between $2,200–$2,500. Cheaper towns sit below that, central and mature towns above it.

Why does the same flat type rent for different amounts?

Rent tracks location, remaining lease, size, and condition. A 2-room flat near an MRT interchange or in a central town commands more than one in an outlying town. The range shown (25th to 75th percentile) is the spread you should actually expect, not a single fixed price.

Cheapest towns to rent a 2-Room HDB flat

20 towns ranked · Median rent, 2-room · Updated monthly from data.gov.sg

The cheapest towns to rent a 2-room HDB flat are Geylang, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, where the median rent is about $2,100 per month (typically $1,700–$2,400). The most expensive is Bukit Merah at around $2,500. Ranked across 20 towns with enough recent 2-room rentals.

Towns ranked by 2-room rent, cheapest first

Median monthly rent for a 2-room flat, with the typical range (the middle half of leases). Only towns with at least 10 recent 2-room rentals are ranked. Tap a town for the full breakdown.

#	Town	Median rent	Rentals
1	Geylang	$2,100/mo $1,700–$2,400	35
2	Bukit Panjang	$2,100/mo $2,050–$2,350	15
3	Choa Chu Kang	$2,100/mo $2,050–$2,300	10
4	Ang Mo Kio	$2,200/mo $2,000–$2,300	32
5	Jurong East	$2,200/mo $2,100–$2,350	13
6	Central Area	$2,300/mo $1,950–$2,550	20
7	Bedok	$2,300/mo $2,000–$2,450	36
8	Toa Payoh	$2,300/mo $2,200–$2,500	26
9	Yishun	$2,300/mo $2,200–$2,500	89
10	Woodlands	$2,300/mo $2,000–$2,400	65
11	Hougang	$2,300/mo $2,200–$2,500	62
12	Sengkang	$2,300/mo $2,200–$2,400	107
13	Sembawang	$2,300/mo $2,200–$2,500	143
14	Tampines	$2,400/mo $2,300–$2,500	10
15	Punggol	$2,400/mo $2,200–$2,500	143
16	Kallang/Whampoa	$2,400/mo $1,950–$2,600	37
17	Jurong West	$2,450/mo $2,200–$2,600	56
18	Bukit Batok	$2,450/mo $2,300–$2,500	168
19	Queenstown	$2,500/mo $2,200–$2,850	36
20	Bukit Merah	$2,500/mo $2,200–$2,700	91

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 a 2-Room HDB Flat (2026)", https://checkhowmuch.sg/rent/cheapest/2-room/.

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Where 2-room HDB flats rent for the least

A 2-room HDB flat is cheapest to rent in Geylang, at a median $2,100 a month, and dearest in Bukit Merah at about $2,500. Rent tracks location and remaining lease more than anything else: outlying and older towns rent for less, central and newer towns for more. Across towns, a 2-room flat typically rents for $2,300 a month, with most leases between $2,200–$2,500. 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.