Chinatown vs Little India: HDB resale prices compared
Neither Chinatown nor Little India publishes no private resale median: URA lodged too few caveats over the last twelve months.
Chinatown is the dearer of the two on a like-for-like basis: S$1,180 per square foot against S$712 in Little India, with each area's flat-type mix held at the national distribution, a difference of 66%. Median resale prices are S$1,350,000 in Chinatown and S$766,000 in Little India, over 77 and 38 resales respectively, in each area's own window to September 2026.
Neither Chinatown nor Little India publishes no private resale median: URA lodged too few caveats over the last twelve months. The other register is on each neighbourhood’s own page.
HDB resales over each area's own window.
| Measure | ChinatownLow confidence Central $1,270median per ft² 77 resales in 12 months · median $1,350,000 | Little IndiaHigh confidence Central $709median per ft² 38 resales in 18 months · median $766,000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median S$/ft² | $1,270 | $709 | +$561 |
| Like-for-like S$/ft² | $1,180 | $712 | +$468 |
| 4-room median price | $1,330,000 | $800,000 | +$530,000 |
| Resales | 77 | 38 | +39 |
| Median lease remaining | 84 years | 58 years | +26 years |
| Middle 60% of resales | $887–$1,400 | $680–$741 | |
| HDB flats | 3,689 | 1,030 | +2,659 |
| Resale turnover | 2.2% | 2.5% | −0.3 pts |
| By flat typeMedian S$/ft² for the flat types both areas resold, over each area's stated window. | |||
| 3-room | $80516 resales | $71018 resales | +$95 |
| 4-room | $1,29044 resales | $69014 resales | +$600 |
| 5-room | $1,33017 resales | $7546 resales | +$576 |
| Difference: Chinatown minus Little India.Chinatown is on 12 months and Little India on 18: each is its own area's shortest window clearing 30 resales, so the counts and medians are not strictly comparable. | |||
| All Chinatown prices | All Little India prices |
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Is Chinatown or Little India more expensive?
Chinatown is the dearer of the two on a like-for-like basis: S$1,180 per square foot against S$712 in Little India, with each area's flat-type mix held at the national distribution, a difference of 66%. Median resale prices are S$1,350,000 in Chinatown and S$766,000 in Little India, over 77 and 38 resales respectively, in each area's own window to September 2026.
Contains information from HDB Resale Flat Prices accessed from Data.gov.sg and made available under the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Data to September 2026.