Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on number of singles who bought HDB resale flats in the North region North-East region, East region, West region and Central region, in each of the past three years
Sep 13, 2021
Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development in each of the past three years, what is number of singles who bought HDB resale flats in the (i) North region (ii) North-East region (iii) East region (iv) West region and (v) Central region, respectively.
Answer:
From 2018 to 2020, there were about 17,800 HDB resale flats bought by singles under the Single Singapore Citizen Scheme and Joint Singles Scheme. Please see
Table 1 for details on the breakdown of the number of HDB resale flats bought by Singles by region.
Table 1: Number of HDB resale flats bought by Singles from 2018 to 2020 (broken down by regions)
| Region[1] |
2018 |
2019
|
2020
|
| North |
834
(14%)
|
923
(15%) |
655
(12%) |
| North-East |
1,638
(27%)
|
1,475
(24%)
|
1,646
(29%)
|
| East |
784
(13%)
|
862
(14%)
|
875
(15%)
|
| West |
1,271
(21%)
|
1,275
(21%)
|
1,070
(19%)
|
| Central |
1,536
(25%)
|
1,512
(25%)
|
1,427
(25%)
|
| Total |
6,063
(100%)
|
6,047
(100%)
|
5,673
(100%)
|
[1] The towns within each region are as follows:
• North: Sembawang, Woodlands, Yishun,
• North-East: Ang Mo Kio, Hougang, Punggol, Sengkang, Serangoon
• East: Bedok, Pasir Ris, Tampines
• West: Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Clementi, Jurong East, Jurong West
• Central: Bishan, Bukit Merah, Bukit Timah, Central Area, Geylang, Kallang/Whampoa, Marine Parade, Queenstown, Toa Payoh