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Jurong West: older 4-room and 5-room flats are larger and cost less per square metre

From April to June 2026, 5-room flats in Jurong West with leases from before 1990 had a median size of 133 square metres and sold at a median of $650,000. Those with leases from 2000 to 2009 had a median size of 110 square metres and sold at a median of $620,000. The older flats have fewer years left on the lease.

Published
3 Oct 2026
Last fact-checked
3 Oct 2026
Data period
Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Reading time
5 min

Filed underJurong WestHDB resalePrices and transactions

Do older HDB flats in Jurong West give you more space for the money?

Yes, for 4-room and 5-room flats. In the second quarter of 2026, 4-room flats with leases from the 1980s and 1990s had a median size of 103 to 104 square metres, against 91 to 93 square metres for leases from 2000 onwards. 5-room flats with leases from before 1990 had a median size of 133 square metres, against 110 for leases from 2000 to 2009. The price per square metre rose with each newer lease period, from about $4,700 to $4,800 for the oldest groups to about $6,700 to $6,900 for the newest. The trade-off is the lease: flats with leases from the 1980s have roughly 55 to 62 years left.

Key takeaways

  • 5-room flats with leases from before 1990 had a median size of 133 square metres, 21% larger than the 110 square metres of 5-room flats with leases from 2000 to 2009. Their median prices were $650,000 and $620,000.
  • 4-room flats with leases from the 1980s had a median size of 103 square metres and sold at a median of about $488,900. Those with leases from 2000 to 2009 had a median size of 91 square metres and sold at a median of $535,000.
  • The median price per square metre for 4-room flats was $4,816 for 1980s leases and $6,946 for leases from 2010, a difference of 44%. For 5-room flats it was $4,745 and $6,708, a difference of 41%.
  • A 1980s 4-room flat, at a median of 103 square metres, is 7 square metres smaller than a 2000s 5-room flat and sold for about $131,000 less at the median.
  • 3-room flats do not follow the pattern. Median sizes were 65, 73 and 68 square metres across the three lease periods.

Data snapshot

Calculated5-room, lease before 1990
133 sq m
Median size of 17 sales. Median price $650,000
Calculated5-room, lease 2000 to 2009
110 sq m
Median size of 67 sales. Median price $620,000
Calculated4-room, lease 1980 to 1989
103 sq m
Median size of 49 sales. Median price $488,900
Calculated4-room, lease 2000 to 2009
91 sq m
Median size of 39 sales. Median price $535,000
CalculatedPrice per sq m, 5-room before 1990
$4,745
Median of 17 sales, Q2 2026
CalculatedPrice per sq m, 5-room from 2010
$6,708
Median of 10 sales, Q2 2026

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Apr–Jun 2026. Extracted 2 Oct 2026.

Jurong West resale price per square metre, by flat type and lease period

Lowest, median and highest resale price per square metre of floor area in each group · $ per sq m · April to June 2026

  • Lowest to highest
  • Median
4-room, lease 1980 to 1989 · 49 sales$4,816 per sq m

$4,238 to $5,747 per sq m

4-room, lease 1990 to 1999 · 36 sales$4,962 per sq m

$4,375 to $6,100 per sq m

4-room, lease 2000 to 2009 · 39 sales$5,920 per sq m

$5,263 to $6,765 per sq m

4-room, lease from 2010 · 28 sales$6,946 per sq m

$6,011 to $7,584 per sq m

5-room, lease before 1990 · 17 sales$4,745 per sq m

$4,179 to $5,636 per sq m

5-room, lease 1990 to 1999 · 27 sales$5,000 per sq m

$4,275 to $5,941 per sq m

5-room, lease 2000 to 2009 · 67 sales$5,608 per sq m

$4,727 to $6,618 per sq m

5-room, lease from 2010 · 10 sales$6,708 per sq m

$5,804 to $8,879 per sq m

The scale starts at $4,000 per sq m, not zero, so the bands show position, not size.

For both flat types, the price per square metre rises with each newer lease period. The 4-room median rises from $4,816 for leases from the 1980s to $6,946 for leases from 2010. The 5-room median rises from $4,745 for leases from before 1990 to $6,708 for leases from 2010.

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Apr–Jun 2026. Extracted 2 Oct 2026.

Calculated from HDB's transaction records: resale price divided by floor area, rounded to the nearest dollar.

Show the data as a table
Jurong West resale price per square metre, by flat type and lease period: data table
GroupLowestMedianHighest
4-room, lease 1980 to 1989 · 49 sales$4,238 per sq m$4,816 per sq m$5,747 per sq m
4-room, lease 1990 to 1999 · 36 sales$4,375 per sq m$4,962 per sq m$6,100 per sq m
4-room, lease 2000 to 2009 · 39 sales$5,263 per sq m$5,920 per sq m$6,765 per sq m
4-room, lease from 2010 · 28 sales$6,011 per sq m$6,946 per sq m$7,584 per sq m
5-room, lease before 1990 · 17 sales$4,179 per sq m$4,745 per sq m$5,636 per sq m
5-room, lease 1990 to 1999 · 27 sales$4,275 per sq m$5,000 per sq m$5,941 per sq m
5-room, lease 2000 to 2009 · 67 sales$4,727 per sq m$5,608 per sq m$6,618 per sq m
5-room, lease from 2010 · 10 sales$5,804 per sq m$6,708 per sq m$8,879 per sq m

Evidence

What the data shows

HDB's resale records give the floor area of every flat sold. Grouping the 345 three-room, four-room and five-room flats and 26 executive flats resold in Jurong West from April to June 2026 by flat type and lease period shows how size and price per square metre change with age.

Jurong West resale flats: size and price by lease period, April to June 2026
Flat typeLease beganSalesMedian sizeMedian priceMedian price per sq m
3-roomBefore 19802065 sq m$322,900$5,135
3-room1980 to 19893373 sq m$405,000$5,651
3-room2010 or later1968 sq m$492,500$7,243
4-room1980 to 198949103 sq m$488,900$4,816
4-room1990 to 199936104 sq m$525,000$4,962
4-room2000 to 20093991 sq m$535,000$5,920
4-room2010 or later2893 sq m$639,400$6,946
5-roomBefore 199017133 sq m$650,000$4,745
5-room1990 to 199927125 sq m$635,000$5,000
5-room2000 to 200967110 sq m$620,000$5,608
5-room2010 or later10113 sq m$758,000$6,708
Executive apartment1993 to 200216132 sq m$789,500$5,880
Executive maisonette1985 to 199710152 sq m$796,000$5,184

Source: Resale flat prices (Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg), Apr–Jun 2026. Extracted 2 Oct 2026.

Calculated from HDB's transaction records. Size is the floor area HDB records for each flat. Medians are rounded to the nearest $100; the executive maisonette median size is 151.5 sq m.

4-room flats

The 49 flats with leases from the 1980s range from 84 to 123 square metres, with a median of 103, and 39 of them are 100 square metres or larger. The 36 flats from the 1990s have a median of 104 square metres. From 2000 the flats are smaller: every one of the 39 flats with leases from 2000 to 2009 is between 85 and 96 square metres, with a median of 91, and the 28 flats with leases from 2010 have a median of 93.

Prices run the other way. The median was about $488,900 for the 1980s flats and $535,000 for those from 2000 to 2009. So the median price per square metre rises from $4,816 for the 1980s flats and $4,962 for the 1990s flats to $5,920 for 2000 to 2009 and $6,946 for leases from 2010.

5-room flats

The 17 flats with leases from before 1990 range from 109 to 149 square metres, with a median of 133, and 12 of them are 130 square metres or larger. Five are two-storey maisonettes that HDB records under the 5-room type. The 27 flats from the 1990s have a median of 125 square metres. Of the 67 flats with leases from 2000 to 2009, 61 are between 110 and 112 square metres.

Median prices barely differ: $650,000 for the oldest group, $635,000 for the 1990s and $620,000 for 2000 to 2009. The median price per square metre is $4,745, $5,000 and $5,608. For the 10 flats with leases from 2010 it is $6,708, on a median size of 113 square metres.

Across flat types

The size groups overlap across flat types. A 4-room flat from the 1980s, at a median of 103 square metres, is 7 square metres smaller than a 5-room flat from 2000 to 2009, and sold for about $131,000 less at the median.

A 5-room flat from before 1990, at a median of 133 square metres, is about the size of the executive apartments sold in the quarter, which had a median of 132 square metres. The 5-room flats sold at a median of $650,000 and the executive apartments at $789,500. The executive apartments have newer leases, from 1993 to 2002.

3-room flats

3-room flats do not follow the pattern. Median sizes were 65 square metres for the 1970s flats, 73 for the 1980s and 68 for leases from 2012 onwards. The median price per square metre still rises with newer leases, from $5,135 to $5,651 to $7,243.

For the price ranges of every flat type, see the Jurong West resale report by flat type.

Analysis · opinion

James's interpretation

I read this as the market putting a price on the lease. A 5-room flat from the 1980s and one from the early 2000s sold for about the same amount. One gives about 23 more square metres, the other about 17 more years.

So the lower price per square metre of the older flats is not a discount. It is what buyers are paying for a 1980s flat with roughly 55 to 62 years left, against 73 to 81 years for a flat with a lease from 2000 to 2009.

Where I think the comparison is most useful is across flat types. A buyer who has ruled out 4-room flats as too small may find that a 1980s 4-room flat is close to the size of a newer 5-room flat.

What it may mean for buyers

Compare flats by floor area as well as by flat type. In this town a flat type tells you less about size than the lease period does: 4-room flats sold in the quarter ranged from 84 to 123 square metres and 5-room flats from 108 to 149.

If space matters more to you than the length of the lease, look at 4-room flats from the 1980s and 1990s and 5-room flats from before 2000. Then check the remaining lease against your age, your CPF usage and the loan tenure before you commit.

If you expect to sell again, remember that the next buyer will face a shorter lease than you did.

What it may mean for sellers and owners

If you own one of the larger older flats, the floor area is worth stating plainly in your listing and comparing against newer flats of the next flat type up, not only against flats of your own type.

If you own a flat with a lease from 2010 onwards, buyers are paying for the lease and the age of the block. Compare against other flats of that age, not against the town median.

Limitations

The figures cover one quarter, and some groups are small: 10 five-room flats with leases from 2010 and 17 with leases from before 1990.

Price per square metre does not adjust for storey, block, condition or distance to an MRT station. Older and newer flats are also in different parts of the town, so some of the difference is location as well as age.

The comparison says nothing about how prices of older flats will move as their leases run down.

HDB's records are by date of registration and can be revised. The figures here are as extracted on 2 October 2026.

Methodology

I took every 3-room, 4-room, 5-room and executive resale transaction in Jurong West registered from April to June 2026 from HDB's resale flat price records on data.gov.sg: 371 transactions. Each was grouped by flat type and by the decade in which its lease began.

For each group I calculated the median floor area, the median resale price, and the lowest, median and highest price per square metre. Price per square metre is the resale price divided by the floor area HDB records for that flat.

Years left on the lease are counted from 2026 on a 99-year lease: for example, a lease that began in 1984 has about 57 years left.

Floor area
The size of the flat in square metres, as HDB records it for each resale transaction.
Price per square metre
The resale price divided by the floor area. It lets you compare flats of different sizes.
Lease commencement date
The year the flat's 99-year lease started. HDB records it for every resale transaction.
Median
The middle value when all sales are lined up by price. Half the sales are above it and half are below.
Executive apartment and executive maisonette
Large HDB flats recorded under the Executive flat type. A maisonette is on two storeys; an apartment is on one.

How all research on this site is built

Sources

  1. 1.
    Resale flat prices

    Housing & Development Board, via data.gov.sg · Period: Apr–Jun 2026 · Extracted 2 Oct 2026

    Jurong West: 3-room, 4-room, 5-room and executive sales for Apr–Jun 2026, 371 transactions, with the floor area and lease commencement date of each.

General information only, not financial, legal or tax advice. Figures reflect the data period shown and may since have changed; your own circumstances will differ. Full disclaimer.

HDB

Jurong West HDB resale prices by flat type and age, Q2 2026

371 three-room to executive flats were resold in Jurong West in Q2 2026: 72 three-room, 152 four-room, 121 five-room and 26 executive. None sold for $1 million or more; the highest price was $958,888.

  • Jurong West

Data: Apr 2026 – Jun 2026Updated 3 Oct 2026

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