Which is the cheapest town to rent a 3-room HDB flat in Singapore?

Woodlands has the lowest median rent for a 3-room HDB flat, about $2,500 per month, with most rentals between $2,350–$2,700. Figures come from data.gov.sg approved rentals over the past year.

How much does it cost to rent a 3-room HDB flat in Singapore?

The typical 3-room HDB flat rents for about $2,800 per month, with the middle half of leases between $2,600–$3,000. 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 3-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 3-Room HDB flat

26 towns ranked · Median rent, 3-room · Updated monthly from data.gov.sg

The cheapest towns to rent a 3-room HDB flat are Woodlands, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang, where the median rent is about $2,500 per month (typically $2,350–$2,700). The most expensive is Central Area at around $3,200. Ranked across 26 towns with enough recent 3-room rentals.

Towns ranked by 3-room rent, cheapest first

Median monthly rent for a 3-room flat, with the typical range (the middle half of leases). Only towns with at least 10 recent 3-room rentals are ranked. Tap a town for the full breakdown.

#	Town	Median rent	Rentals
1	Woodlands	$2,500/mo $2,350–$2,700	258
2	Choa Chu Kang	$2,600/mo $2,400–$2,800	90
3	Bukit Panjang	$2,600/mo $2,450–$2,800	132
4	Yishun	$2,650/mo $2,500–$2,800	759
5	Hougang	$2,700/mo $2,450–$2,900	538
6	Jurong West	$2,700/mo $2,400–$3,000	551
7	Bukit Batok	$2,700/mo $2,500–$2,900	619
8	Punggol	$2,800/mo $2,700–$3,000	174
9	Bedok	$2,800/mo $2,500–$2,900	1,181
10	Ang Mo Kio	$2,800/mo $2,600–$3,000	1,399
11	Sembawang	$2,800/mo $2,750–$3,000	41
12	Jurong East	$2,800/mo $2,500–$3,000	414
13	Geylang	$2,800/mo $2,500–$3,000	625
14	Serangoon	$2,800/mo $2,500–$3,000	311
15	Pasir Ris	$2,800/mo $2,000–$3,000	29
16	Tampines	$2,850/mo $2,650–$3,000	732
17	Sengkang	$2,850/mo $2,700–$3,000	131
18	Toa Payoh	$2,900/mo $2,600–$3,100	997
19	Bukit Merah	$3,000/mo $2,700–$3,300	986
20	Marine Parade	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,200	250
21	Queenstown	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,300	1,034
22	Clementi	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,200	885
23	Kallang/Whampoa	$3,000/mo $2,600–$3,250	807
24	Bishan	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,150	173
25	Bukit Timah	$3,050/mo $2,800–$3,200	41
26	Central Area	$3,200/mo $3,000–$3,500	376

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 3-Room HDB Flat (2026)", https://checkhowmuch.sg/rent/cheapest/3-room/.

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Where 3-room HDB flats rent for the least

A 3-room HDB flat is cheapest to rent in Woodlands, at a median $2,500 a month, and dearest in Central Area at about $3,200. 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 3-room flat typically rents for $2,800 a month, with most leases between $2,600–$3,000. 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.