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 $2,300–$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 $2,300–$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 $2,300–$2,700	244
2	Choa Chu Kang	$2,600/mo $2,400–$2,800	91
3	Bukit Panjang	$2,600/mo $2,500–$2,700	137
4	Jurong West	$2,700/mo $2,400–$2,950	557
5	Yishun	$2,700/mo $2,500–$2,800	748
6	Hougang	$2,700/mo $2,500–$2,900	534
7	Bukit Batok	$2,700/mo $2,500–$2,900	615
8	Bedok	$2,800/mo $2,500–$2,950	1,155
9	Serangoon	$2,800/mo $2,500–$3,000	308
10	Pasir Ris	$2,800/mo $2,600–$3,000	29
11	Geylang	$2,800/mo $2,500–$3,000	623
12	Ang Mo Kio	$2,800/mo $2,600–$3,000	1,389
13	Jurong East	$2,800/mo $2,500–$3,000	380
14	Sembawang	$2,800/mo $2,700–$2,900	41
15	Tampines	$2,850/mo $2,700–$3,000	731
16	Punggol	$2,850/mo $2,750–$3,000	179
17	Sengkang	$2,850/mo $2,700–$3,000	130
18	Toa Payoh	$2,900/mo $2,700–$3,100	965
19	Queenstown	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,300	1,005
20	Bukit Merah	$3,000/mo $2,750–$3,300	993
21	Kallang/Whampoa	$3,000/mo $2,600–$3,300	788
22	Bishan	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,100	181
23	Clementi	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,200	819
24	Marine Parade	$3,000/mo $2,800–$3,200	240
25	Bukit Timah	$3,100/mo $2,800–$3,300	46
26	Central Area	$3,200/mo $3,000–$3,500	355

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.