Which is the cheapest town to rent a 5-room HDB flat in Singapore?

Choa Chu Kang has the lowest median rent for a 5-room HDB flat, about $3,250 per month, with most rentals between $3,000–$3,500. Figures come from data.gov.sg approved rentals over the past year.

How much does it cost to rent a 5-room HDB flat in Singapore?

The typical 5-room HDB flat rents for about $3,700 per month, with the middle half of leases between $3,400–$4,000. 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 5-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 5-Room HDB flat

26 towns ranked · Median rent, 5-room · Updated monthly from data.gov.sg

The cheapest towns to rent a 5-room HDB flat are Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang, Punggol, where the median rent is about $3,250 per month (typically $3,000–$3,500). The most expensive is Central Area at around $5,075. Ranked across 26 towns with enough recent 5-room rentals.

Towns ranked by 5-room rent, cheapest first

Median monthly rent for a 5-room flat, with the typical range (the middle half of leases). Only towns with at least 10 recent 5-room rentals are ranked. Tap a town for the full breakdown.

#	Town	Median rent	Rentals
1	Choa Chu Kang	$3,250/mo $3,000–$3,500	476
2	Bukit Panjang	$3,290/mo $3,100–$3,500	316
3	Punggol	$3,300/mo $3,100–$3,400	784
4	Woodlands	$3,300/mo $3,100–$3,500	643
5	Sengkang	$3,300/mo $3,100–$3,500	1,067
6	Sembawang	$3,300/mo $3,050–$3,500	366
7	Yishun	$3,400/mo $3,200–$3,600	301
8	Hougang	$3,500/mo $3,200–$3,600	341
9	Serangoon	$3,600/mo $3,400–$4,000	124
10	Pasir Ris	$3,600/mo $3,400–$3,800	373
11	Bukit Batok	$3,600/mo $3,400–$3,900	219
12	Tampines	$3,700/mo $3,400–$3,900	671
13	Bedok	$3,700/mo $3,400–$4,000	319
14	Jurong West	$3,700/mo $3,400–$4,000	1,022
15	Ang Mo Kio	$3,800/mo $3,500–$4,000	211
16	Jurong East	$3,800/mo $3,500–$4,000	284
17	Toa Payoh	$4,000/mo $3,600–$4,300	218
18	Geylang	$4,000/mo $3,700–$4,300	107
19	Kallang/Whampoa	$4,000/mo $3,750–$4,500	199
20	Bishan	$4,000/mo $3,700–$4,200	188
21	Clementi	$4,200/mo $3,900–$4,600	139
22	Marine Parade	$4,200/mo $3,850–$4,500	50
23	Bukit Merah	$4,300/mo $4,000–$4,600	404
24	Bukit Timah	$4,300/mo $4,000–$4,600	25
25	Queenstown	$4,400/mo $4,000–$4,800	178
26	Central Area	$5,075/mo $4,750–$5,250	68

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 5-Room HDB Flat (2026)", https://checkhowmuch.sg/rent/cheapest/5-room/.

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Where 5-room HDB flats rent for the least

A 5-room HDB flat is cheapest to rent in Choa Chu Kang, at a median $3,250 a month, and dearest in Central Area at about $5,075. 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 5-room flat typically rents for $3,700 a month, with most leases between $3,400–$4,000. 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.