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Central Area vs Toa Payoh HDB resale
Trailing-36-month medians from HDB open data — not a ranking of where to buy, not an HDB valuation, and not CEA agent deal prices.
Window Sep 2023 – Aug 2026 · as of 2026-08-12 · Methodology
Overall
Central Area’s overall median is S$600,000 — 20% below Toa Payoh (S$720,000), from 515 and 2,681 resales. Toa Payoh has the lower median in every published flat type both towns share.
- Central Area
Median S$600,000
P25–P75 S$509,444–S$1,230,000 (spread S$720,556)
Volume 515 resales
Monthly median spread S$833,000
Most remaining-lease resales: Under 60 years (45% of lease-tagged sales, full history) Lease bands
Compare a price in Central Area · Agents active in Central Area
- Toa Payoh
Median S$720,000
P25–P75 S$388,000–S$982,000 (spread S$594,000)
Volume 2,681 resales
Monthly median spread S$490,444
Most remaining-lease resales: Under 60 years (47% of lease-tagged sales, full history) Lease bands
Spread is P75 minus P25 in the window. Monthly median spread is the gap between the highest and lowest monthly median (needs six months). Remaining-lease mix uses the separate full-history lease track — not Bala’s Table. Area links are CEA activity counts, separate from these prices.
By flat type
Published when a type has at least 10 resales in the town. Lower median is a market fact, not a recommendation.
5-room
S$1,435,000 · 67 · P25 S$999,000 · P75 S$1,515,000
S$1,014,000 · 388 · P25 S$848,666 · P75 S$1,230,222Lower median
Executive
Not enough Executive resales in Central Area.
S$1,040,000 · 49 · P25 S$968,888 · P75 S$1,160,000