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Central Area 5-room HDB resale prices
A 5-room flat in Central Area sold for a median of $1,473,000 over the 12 months to Oct 2026 — $1,288 psf on a median of 1,141 sq ft — across 28 sales in 14 blocks. Half of those sales fell between $990,000 and $1,540,000.
What 5-room flats in Central Area actually sold for
One sale in ten went below $787,000 and one in ten above $1,630,000. The cheapest of the 28 was $775,000 and the dearest $1,720,000 — a spread of 2.2 times inside one flat type in one town, which is most of what a median hides. The lease is the usual reason: these flats have between 56 years and 84 years left.
| Cheapest sale | $775,000 |
| One in ten below | $787,000 |
| One in four below | $990,000 |
| Median | $1,473,000 |
| One in four above | $1,540,000 |
| One in ten above | $1,630,000 |
| Dearest sale | $1,720,000 |
Every block in Central Area where a 5-room sold
14 blocks, dearest per square foot first. Only 5-room sales count towards these medians, and some of these blocks sold just once in the year — the sales column says which, and a single sale is an anecdote rather than a rate.
Show the figures
| Block | Median price | Per sq ft | Size | Lease left | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blk 1C Cantonment Road | $1,615,000 | $1402 | 1,152 sq ft | 84 | 2 |
| Blk 1B Cantonment Road | $1,550,000 | $1371 | 1,130 sq ft | 84 | 5 |
| Blk 1D Cantonment Road | $1,540,000 | $1337 | 1,152 sq ft | 84 | 1 |
| Blk 1A Cantonment Road | $1,520,000 | $1326 | 1,146 sq ft | 84 | 2 |
| Blk 1F Cantonment Road | $1,510,500 | $1311 | 1,152 sq ft | 84 | 2 |
| Blk 1G Cantonment Road | $1,500,000 | $1302 | 1,152 sq ft | 84 | 1 |
| Blk 1E Cantonment Road | $1,475,000 | $1293 | 1,141 sq ft | 84 | 4 |
| Blk 634 Veerasamy Road | $1,120,000 | $800 | 1,399 sq ft | 58 | 1 |
| Blk 632 Veerasamy Road | $1,128,000 | $776 | 1,453 sq ft | 58 | 1 |
| Blk 642 Rowell Road | $1,150,000 | $769 | 1,496 sq ft | 57 | 1 |
| Blk 672A Klang Lane | $815,000 | $721 | 1,130 sq ft | 75 | 3 |
| Blk 671A Klang Lane | $790,000 | $699 | 1,130 sq ft | 76 | 2 |
| Blk 671B Klang Lane | $781,000 | $691 | 1,130 sq ft | 76 | 2 |
| Blk 639 Rowell Road | $990,000 | $662 | 1,496 sq ft | 56 | 1 |
- Blk 1C Cantonment Road · $1,402 psf · $1,615,000
- Blk 1B Cantonment Road · $1,371 psf · $1,550,000
- Blk 1D Cantonment Road · $1,337 psf · $1,540,000
- Blk 1A Cantonment Road · $1,326 psf · $1,520,000
- Blk 1F Cantonment Road · $1,311 psf · $1,510,500
- Blk 1G Cantonment Road · $1,302 psf · $1,500,000
- Blk 1E Cantonment Road · $1,293 psf · $1,475,000
- Blk 634 Veerasamy Road · $800 psf · $1,120,000
- Blk 632 Veerasamy Road · $776 psf · $1,128,000
- Blk 642 Rowell Road · $769 psf · $1,150,000
- Blk 672A Klang Lane · $721 psf · $815,000
- Blk 671A Klang Lane · $699 psf · $790,000
- Blk 671B Klang Lane · $691 psf · $781,000
- Blk 639 Rowell Road · $662 psf · $990,000
Why the cheap end of that list is cheap
Before reading the ranking as a map of which blocks are better value, note what else differs along it. The five cheapest blocks for a 5-room here have a median of 75 years of lease left; the five dearest have 84 years. That is the larger part of the gap, and it is not a discount — it is a shorter thing being sold.
5-room flats across Singapore, by town
The same flat type in every town that cleared 20 sales, dearest per square foot first. This is the comparison that holds: a town-against-town ranking of all sales pooled would partly be ranking each town’s flat-type mix, since 5-room flats were 15 per cent of what sold in Central Area.
| Town | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Lease left | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Area | $1,473,000 | $1,288 psf | 1,141 sq ft | 84 | 28 |
| Queenstown | $1,230,000 | $966 psf | 1,238 sq ft | 76 | 95 |
| Clementi | $1,150,000 | $917 psf | 1,232 sq ft | 86 | 88 |
| Bukit Merah | $1,080,000 | $844 psf | 1,238 sq ft | 73 | 193 |
| Bukit Timah | $1,107,500 | $843 psf | 1,313 sq ft | 61 | 24 |
| Marine Parade | $1,050,000 | $806 psf | 1,292 sq ft | 48 | 35 |
| Ang Mo Kio | $991,500 | $789 psf | 1,270 sq ft | 74 | 150 |
| Toa Payoh | $1,055,000 | $778 psf | 1,292 sq ft | 70 | 160 |
| Bishan | $970,000 | $742 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 60 | 128 |
| Kallang/Whampoa | $960,000 | $734 psf | 1,281 sq ft | 69 | 133 |
| Geylang | $921,500 | $668 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 58 | 84 |
| Bukit Batok | $810,000 | $662 psf | 1,216 sq ft | 92 | 325 |
| Punggol | $780,000 | $647 psf | 1,206 sq ft | 88 | 517 |
| Serangoon | $834,000 | $635 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 62 | 72 |
| Bedok | $797,500 | $612 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 61 | 238 |
| Tampines | $815,000 | $608 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 69 | 615 |
| Hougang | $785,000 | $600 psf | 1,292 sq ft | 71 | 269 |
| Sengkang | $700,000 | $574 psf | 1,206 sq ft | 76 | 641 |
| Bukit Panjang | $695,444 | $562 psf | 1,286 sq ft | 72 | 234 |
| Yishun | $695,000 | $551 psf | 1,259 sq ft | 73 | 281 |
| Jurong East | $710,000 | $547 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 58 | 125 |
| Pasir Ris | $735,000 | $541 psf | 1,345 sq ft | 66 | 255 |
| Sembawang | $640,000 | $526 psf | 1,195 sq ft | 74 | 262 |
| Jurong West | $635,888 | $509 psf | 1,216 sq ft | 73 | 475 |
| Choa Chu Kang | $670,000 | $507 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 72 | 360 |
| Woodlands | $655,000 | $506 psf | 1,302 sq ft | 71 | 575 |
Central Area is the dearest of 26 towns for a 5-room flat on this measure. the cheapest Woodlands at $506 psf.
5-room flats in Central Area, year by year
Every 5-room sale here since 2017 — 275 in all. The right-hand column counts the blocks that sold, because a change in the median between two years is partly a change in which blocks traded.
| Year | Median price | Per sq ft | Sales | Blocks that sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $960,000 | $834 psf | 27 | 11 |
| 2018 | $982,000 | $857 psf | 30 | 9 |
| 2019 | $1,000,000 | $885 psf | 23 | 12 |
| 2020 | $1,009,000 | $876 psf | 28 | 11 |
| 2021 | $1,052,000 | $928 psf | 55 | 14 |
| 2022 | $1,170,000 | $1,035 psf | 29 | 11 |
| 2023 | $1,339,000 | $1,179 psf | 16 | 10 |
| 2024 | $1,410,000 | $1,232 psf | 24 | 11 |
| 2025 | $1,483,500 | $1,294 psf | 20 | 13 |
| 2026 | $1,480,000 | $1,285 psf | 23 | 13 |
Other flat types in Central Area
Per square foot is the only column that compares across these, and even it reads low for the big flats: a larger flat costs more and less per square foot at the same time.
| Flat type | Median price | Per sq ft | Median size | Sales | Share of town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-room | $558,000 | $776 psf | 700 sq ft | 73 | 38% |
| 4-room | $925,000 | $928 psf | 1,012 sq ft | 82 | 43% |
Questions
- How much does a 5-room resale flat in Central Area cost?
- The median was $1,473,000 over the 12 months to Oct 2026, across 28 sales in 14 blocks. Half of those sales fell between $990,000 and $1,540,000, and the full range ran from $775,000 to $1,720,000.
- What is the price per square foot of a 5-room flat in Central Area?
- $1,288 psf, on a median floor area of 1,141 sq ft. Per square foot is the measure that compares across flat types, and the headline price is not: a larger flat costs more in total and less per square foot at the same time.
- How many 5-room flats sold in Central Area in the past year?
- 28 sales in the 12 months to Oct 2026, across 14 blocks, and 275 since 2017. 5-room flats were 15 per cent of everything that resold in Central Area over those 12 months.
- Which block in Central Area has the cheapest 5-room flats?
- On a per-square-foot median, Blk 639 Rowell Road at $662 psf from one sale, against $1,402 psf at Blk 1C Cantonment Road. Most of that gap is lease rather than discount: the five cheapest blocks have a median of 75 years left and the five dearest 84 years. That cheapest figure rests on a single sale, which is an anecdote rather than a rate.
- Is Central Area expensive for a 5-room flat?
- Central Area is the dearest of 26 towns for a 5-room flat, per square foot. The cheapest is Woodlands at $506 psf. The comparison holds the flat type still, because a ranking of towns on all sales pooled would partly be ranking their flat-type mix.
- How much lease is left on 5-room flats in Central Area?
- Between 56 years and 84 years on the flats that sold, with a median of 84 years. An HDB flat is a 99-year lease, so the remaining lease is most of what separates a cheap block here from a dear one.
How this was worked out
Every figure on this page comes from the Housing Board’s resale transaction register on data.gov.sg, retrieved Oct 2026 — 275 sales of 5-room flats in Central Area since 2017, of which 28 sales fell in the 12 months to Oct 2026. These are completed transactions, not listings or asking prices. Medians are medians and never means, a flat type is published for a town only once it clears 20 sales in the year, and no price here is adjusted for inflation.