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, Woodlands, 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 $3,150–$3,600
5-Room $3,700 $3,400–$4,000
Executive $3,900 $3,650–$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–$3,200 460
2 Yishun $3,100/mo $2,950–$3,300 896
3 Woodlands $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,300 808
4 Choa Chu Kang $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,300 661
5 Sembawang $3,100/mo $2,900–$3,300 373
6 Hougang $3,200/mo $3,000–$3,400 836
7 Sengkang $3,200/mo $3,000–$3,400 1,121
8 Punggol $3,250/mo $3,100–$3,400 766
9 Bedok $3,300/mo $3,000–$3,500 697
10 Pasir Ris $3,300/mo $3,000–$3,500 447
11 Bukit Batok $3,300/mo $3,000–$3,500 610
12 Tampines $3,400/mo $3,200–$3,600 1,023
13 Serangoon $3,400/mo $3,100–$3,700 394
14 Ang Mo Kio $3,400/mo $3,200–$3,600 528
15 Jurong East $3,475/mo $3,100–$3,600 344
16 Jurong West $3,500/mo $3,150–$3,800 991
17 Marine Parade $3,500/mo $3,200–$3,600 115
18 Geylang $3,600/mo $3,200–$3,900 362
19 Bukit Timah $3,650/mo $3,300–$3,850 44
20 Bishan $3,650/mo $3,400–$3,800 415
21 Toa Payoh $3,700/mo $3,300–$4,000 429
22 Kallang/Whampoa $3,800/mo $3,400–$4,100 475
23 Bukit Merah $3,900/mo $3,600–$4,200 759
24 Clementi $4,000/mo $3,500–$4,300 457
25 Queenstown $4,150/mo $3,750–$4,400 461
26 Central Area $4,400/mo $3,800–$5,000 228
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.