Condos in Queenstown: Area Guide (2026)

Queenstown is a Rest of Central Region (RCR) estate: two MRT lines, a large HDB base and a thin layer of condos. The 2018 version of this guide compared three condos using prices that no longer apply, so those numbers are gone. This guide uses data you can check yourself from URA, LTA, MOE and data.gov.sg.

At a glance

• Queenstown sits in the RCR segment. URA’s RCR price index fell 1.2% in Q2 2026 and rose 0.2% in the Q3 flash estimate.
• About 76% of residents live in HDB flats and about 19% in condos and other private apartments.
• Nine MRT stations on the East-West and Circle lines have exits inside the planning area.
• HDB resale medians (Oct 2025–Sep 2026): 3-room S$450,000, 4-room S$1.03m, 5-room S$1.23m. One resale in three was S$1m or more.
• URA sold the Dover Drive site on 31 Mar 2026 at S$16,750.94 per sqm of GFA.

The estate in numbers

SingStat’s General Household Survey 2025 counts 101,480 residents in Queenstown. Of these, 76,930 live in HDB flats, 19,280 in condominiums and other apartments, and 3,490 in landed homes. About 23% are aged 65 or older (Propwise calculation from SingStat’s age table).

HDB flats set the tone here. In the resale data, leases start as early as 1967 and as late as 2022. That spread matters, as the HDB section shows.

URA’s segment definitions put the Core Central Region (CCR) at postal districts 9, 10 and 11, the Downtown Core and Sentosa. Everything else in the Central Region is RCR. Most of Queenstown is RCR. The line follows postal districts, not planning areas, so check the district of any project near Holland Village.

MRT, roads and schools

The East-West Line stops at Queenstown (EW19), Commonwealth (EW20), Buona Vista (EW21) and Dover (EW22). The Circle Line adds Holland Village (CC21), Buona Vista (CC22), one-north (CC23), Kent Ridge (CC24), Haw Par Villa (CC25) and Pasir Panjang (CC26). We counted stations by matching LTA exit locations to URA’s planning-area boundary.

LTA’s pages for the Cross Island Line, Jurong Region Line, Thomson-East Coast Line and Downtown Line extensions show no new Queenstown station that we could find, and Master Plan 2025’s rail station layer shows no planned station in Queenstown beyond the existing ones.

MOE’s school directory lists nine schools in its Queenstown zone. There are three primary schools (Fairfield Methodist, New Town and Queenstown), four secondary schools (Fairfield Methodist, New Town, Queenstown and Queensway), Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College.

For Primary 1, MOE ranks applicants by home-to-school distance: within 1 km, 1–2 km, then beyond 2 km. You must live at the address for 30 months from the start of the registration exercise. Confirm the distance with MOE before you commit to a unit.

HDB resale and rent benchmarks

HDB data show what the neighbourhood costs, even if you plan to buy a condo. The table is a Propwise calculation from the HDB resale dataset and the HDB rental dataset, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 (resales by registration month, rents by approval month).

Flat type	Resales	Median resale price	Median monthly rent (contracts)
3-room	340	S$450,000	S$3,000 (941)
4-room	299	S$1,028,000	S$4,150 (433)
5-room	86	S$1,230,940	S$4,400 (169)

Propwise calculation, data.gov.sg, Oct 2025–Sep 2026.

Islandwide, the median 4-room resale was S$630,000 and the median 4-room rent was S$3,300 over the same months.

One median hides two markets. Of the 340 3-room resales, 207 were in flats with leases that started before 1980 (median S$375,000). Another 128 were in flats with leases from 2010 onwards (median S$808,000). Of the 250 resales at S$1m or more, 109 were on Dawson Road, in flats with leases from 2016, 2020 and 2021.

The condo market here

Private data are thinner than HDB data, so use URA’s segment figures. In the RCR, prices moved +0.8% in Q1, −1.2% in Q2 and +0.2% in the Q3 flash estimate. Compounded, that is about −0.2% for the three quarters. The Q2 release shows 4,380 unsold units in uncompleted RCR projects, down 11.9% on Q1.

Land bids show what developers will pay. URA awarded Dover Drive for S$951m on a maximum 56,773 sqm of GFA. That is S$16,750.94 per sqm of GFA, about S$1,556 per sq ft, before construction, financing and profit. Six bids came in, and the next best was S$16,049.17. At one-north, Media Circle Parcel A sold in March 2025 at S$11,158.34, and Parcel B drew no bids.

We do not list individual condos. Look up any project’s recent sales on URA’s Property Market Information search.

Banks cap debt at 55% of income (TDSR) and test loans at a 4% floor. Packages sit near 1.5–1.8% floating and 2.0–2.2% fixed after the Fed’s 16 September hike. Use the Propwise mortgage calculator.

What is coming

Master Plan 2025 was gazetted on 1 December 2025. It plans a new Dover-Medway neighbourhood along Dover Road, with a mix of public and private homes, in the Greater one-north area. It also adds a sports facility on top of the car park at 19A Dover Crescent and lists Queenstown for Friendly Streets. URA says new neighbourhoods will be paced out and gives no dates.

URA’s 2H2026 land programme puts two Media Circle sites on the Reserve List. A Reserve List site launches only if a developer applies.

Who it suits, and a checklist

Queenstown may suit buyers who want an established estate, two MRT lines and short trips to Buona Vista and one-north. It may suit less well if you want a large choice of new condos within walking distance of each other. To weigh the trade-offs, read what makes a good location.

1. Confirm the postal district, so you know if the project is RCR or CCR.
2. Check the tenure and the remaining lease. See valuing leasehold property.
3. Measure the real walk to the MRT station, not the straight line.
4. Check the school distance with MOE if you have a child under 7.
5. Compare the project’s recent sales on URA’s search, not asking prices.
6. Stress-test your loan at 4%.

Bottom line

Queenstown is a two-speed estate. Old flats cost far less than the new ones, and condos are a small part of the mix. Use official data to compare projects, not undated “best condo” lists.

Sources

• General Household Survey 2025: population by planning area, dwelling type and age — SingStat, 30 Jun 2026
• Resale flat prices and Renting out of flats — HDB via data.gov.sg, checked 2 Oct 2026 (Propwise calculations)
• LTA MRT station exits; Master Plan 2019 planning area boundary; Master Plan 2025 rail station layer; MOE school directory — data.gov.sg
• 2nd Quarter 2026 real estate statistics (24 Jul 2026); Q3 2026 flash estimate (1 Oct 2026) — URA
• Tender releases for Dover Drive (26 and 31 Mar 2026) and Media Circle (13 Mar and 29 Apr 2025) — URA
• 2H2026 GLS programme (3 Jun 2026); Master Plan 2025 gazette (1 Dec 2025); Draft Master Plan 2025 (25 Jun 2025) — URA
• Cross Island Line — LTA, checked Oct 2026
• P1 registration: home-to-school distance — MOE, 11 Sep 2026
• MSR and TDSR rules — MAS, checked Oct 2026
• Spore mortgage rates rise following Fed hike — Business Times, 2 Oct 2026