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HDB · 13 blocks1,490 homesBuilt 1965–1995
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Balam Road at a glance

13 HDB blocks with homes in Geylang. Distances are straight lines from the nearest block.

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Nearest hawker centre
170 m80 Circuit Road Market and Food CentreClosed 16 Nov–17 Nov (cleaning)
Nearest park connector
40 mBalam Park Connector
Nearest MRT / LRT
390 mMattar MRT
Primary schools within 1 km
15 within 2 km

Within 1 km: 4 hawker centres, 5 parks, 4 park connectors, 1 primary school, 15 CHAS clinics, 1 community club and 1 sport centre.

Balam Road: contrasting HDB cohorts, flat models and registered resale prices

An Aljunied EW9 station sign, arched platform roof, trains and escalator at the station platforms.
Aljunied MRT station platforms, photographed on 11 July 2024. Historical wider-Geylang transport context, not a view of homes on Balam Road or a listed flat, and not evidence of current conditions, service or an access route. Full frame retained; Wikimedia Commons resized the 4096×2584 original to 1280×807 pixels. JPEG re-encoded by Wikimedia Commons; the website may re-encode it again. No local crop, retouch or AI alteration. Image remains CC BY-SA 4.0. “Aljunied MRT Station 202407 4” — Fanz226 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Balam Road contains 1,490 homes in 13 residential HDB blocks, according to official stock information checked on 20 October 2026, Singapore time. Eight blocks have a 1965 completion year, with one completed in 1984, one in 1994 and three in 1995. Recorded heights range from 10 to 20 storeys. The wide spread of building cohorts makes the exact block a useful first filter when comparing this street.

The sold inventory comprises 56 two-room, 915 three-room, 363 four-room and 155 five-room homes. One additional two-room rental unit at Block 32 brings the total to 1,490. Keeping that rental unit separate preserves the official stock distinction; neither the sold nor rental stock figures represent current availability. The larger four- and five-room layouts should also be compared within their own building and lease cohorts.

The complete October 2025–September 2026 resale window contains 38 Balam Road registrations. Twenty-three three-room sales had a median of S$315,000 and a S$280,000–S$350,000 range. Nine four-room sales had a median of S$780,000, within S$580,000–S$880,000, while five five-room sales had a median of S$942,000 and ranged from S$788,000 to S$1,070,000. The latter groups remain limited historical samples, rather than current valuation bands.

The remaining sale was a single 46 sq m Standard two-room flat at Block 32 in November 2025 for S$288,000, in the 1–3 storey band with a 1973 lease start. One sale cannot supply a dependable two-room median. All 23 three-room records were Standard flats of 57–60.3 sq m with 1967 or 1973 lease starts. The four-room sample mixed six Model A and three New Generation flats, with lease starts in 1985, 1996 or 1997; the five-room sample mixed four Improved and one Model A flat. Building completion, lease commencement and flat model therefore need separate checks.

Property.co records Mattar DT25 at a minimum straight-line separation of 394 m from Balam Road's residential blocks and Tai Seng CC11 at 427 m. These are Downtown Line and Circle Line stations respectively. The directory figures are map measurements, not walking distances, and can vary in practical usefulness with the exact block, station entrance and crossings. Check a real route before relying on either station for a routine journey.

Canossa Catholic Primary School confirms 1 Sallim Road as its current address and names Mattar as its nearest MRT station on its own contact page. This provides a verified school-location reference for the area. It does not translate the street's proximity into an official home-school registration band, school eligibility or an admission outcome for any individual home.

Balam Park Connector is a local recreation reference worth inspecting on its own terms. NParks places it along Pelton Canal between the Merpati Road–Circuit Road junction and Paya Lebar Road, and highlights its Rain Garden. The official route information can help plan a visit, while the entrance and conditions relevant to a particular Balam Road block still need to be checked rather than inferred from the shared name.

The Balam Road listing box displays real Property.co listings linked to the street as they are published. Broaden the search through https://property.co/singapore/for-sale/town/geylang for Geylang homes for sale and https://property.co/singapore/for-rent/town/geylang for homes for rent. Compare like-for-like block cohorts, models, areas and leases before applying the dated transaction evidence to a particular advertised home.

Source datasets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

What’s nearby

Within 1 km, nearest first. Walking routes are longer than these straight-line distances.

Hawker centres4 within 1 km

  • 80 Circuit Road Market and Food CentreClosed 16 Nov–17 Nov (cleaning)170 m
  • Circuit Road Blk 79/79A350 m
  • Circuit Road Blk 89Closed 30 Nov (cleaning)670 m

Parks5 within 1 km

  • Paya Lebar Road Park210 m
  • Aljunied Park610 m
  • Macpherson Linear Park620 m

Park connectors4 within 1 km

  • Balam Park Connector40 m
  • Pelton Canal Park Connector260 m
  • Paya Lebar Park Connector350 m

Primary school1 within 1 km

  • Canossa Catholic Primary School490 m

CHAS clinics15 within 1 km

  • Circuit Medical Clinic40 m
  • Lifecare Medical Centre40 m
  • Chin Choo Clinic70 m

Community club1 within 1 km

  • MacPherson CC690 m

Sport centre1 within 1 km

  • Geylang East Swimming Complex940 m

Schools & services

The nearest primary schools, and services with none within 1 km.

Primary schools

  • Canossa Catholic Primary School490 m
  • Cedar Primary School1.3 km
  • Geylang Methodist School (Primary)1.4 km

Primary 1 registration uses the official home–school distance, not these figures. Check OneMap for your block.

Secondary schools

  • Bartley Secondary School1.1 km
  • Cedar Girls' Secondary School1.4 km
  • Geylang Methodist School (Secondary)1.4 km

22 preschools within 1 km (ECDA list, updated Jun 2024).

Getting around

MRT or LRT within 1 km. Stations not yet open are not counted.

MRT and LRT

Cycling & walking

  • Balam Park Connector40 m

NParks park connector network.

Recent resale prices

38 HDB resale flats on Balam Road registered Oct 2025 – Sep 2026. What buyers paid, from HDB; not a valuation.

Flat typeSalesMedian priceRangeMedian per sq ft
2-room1$288,000$288K · $582 psf$288K$582
3-room23$315,000$280K – $350K · $485 psf$280K – $350K$485
4-room9$780,000$580K – $880K · $695 psf$580K – $880K$695
5-room5$942,000$788K – $1.07M · $689 psf$788K – $1.07M$689

Latest sales

MonthBlockFlat typeStoreysSizePriceLease left
Sep 2026Blk 20203-roomStoreys 04–06649 sq ft04–06649 sq ft$305,00039 yrs 5 mths left39 yrs 5 mths
Sep 2026Blk 23233-roomStoreys 01–03646 sq ft01–03646 sq ft$313,00039 yrs 5 mths left39 yrs 5 mths
Sep 2026Blk 31314-roomStoreys 13–15990 sq ft13–15990 sq ft$688,00057 yrs 8 mths left57 yrs 8 mths
Aug 2026Blk 20203-roomStoreys 07–09649 sq ft07–09649 sq ft$315,00039 yrs 6 mths left39 yrs 6 mths
Aug 2026Blk 28284-roomStoreys 13–151,141 sq ft13–151,141 sq ft$850,00070 yrs left70 yrs
Jul 2026Blk 20203-roomStoreys 01–03646 sq ft01–03646 sq ft$300,00039 yrs 6 mths left39 yrs 6 mths
Jun 2026Blk 20203-roomStoreys 07–09649 sq ft07–09649 sq ft$290,00039 yrs 8 mths left39 yrs 8 mths
Jun 2026Blk 19193-roomStoreys 10–12649 sq ft10–12649 sq ft$318,88839 yrs 8 mths left39 yrs 8 mths
Jun 2026Blk 30303-roomStoreys 07–09614 sq ft07–09614 sq ft$325,88846 yrs 1 mth left46 yrs 1 mth
Jun 2026Blk 24243-roomStoreys 10–12646 sq ft10–12646 sq ft$280,00039 yrs 7 mths left39 yrs 7 mths

Check a flat: recent sales like it in this block and street →

Median: half the sales were above, half below. Per sq ft uses each flat’s floor area. Lease left is at the time of sale.

The blocks

HDB lists 15 buildings on Balam Road; 13 with homes.

BlockUseStoreysCompletedHomesPostal
19370019Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965120370019
20370020Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965120370020
21370021Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965120370021
22370022Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965120370022
23370023Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965120370023
24370024Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965120370024
27370027Homes 19 storeys · built 199519199589370027
27A371027 Pavilion1 storey · built 199911999—371027
28370028Homes 19 storeys · built 199519199589370028
28A371028 Car park5 storeys · built 199551995—371028
29370029Homes 19 storeys · built 199519199589370029
30370030Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965115370030
31370031Homes other uses16 storeys · built 1984161984176370031
32370032Homes 10 storeys · built 1965101965118370032
33370033Homes other uses20 storeys · built 199420199494370033

“Completed” is the building’s completion year from HDB, not the lease start date.

Not shown yet: bus stops and services, and supermarkets. Distances are straight lines from the nearest block with homes.

Sources · data.gov.sg under the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0

  • HDB Property Information, HDB (updated 2026-10-08)
  • Resale flat prices based on registration date from Jan-2017 onwards, HDB (updated 2026-10-26)
  • Hawker Centres (GEOJSON), NEA (updated 2026-10-25)
  • Parks, NParks (updated 2026-10-25)
  • Park Connector Loop, NParks (updated 2026-07-15)
  • CHAS Clinics, MOH (updated 2024-06-06)
  • Pre-Schools Location, ECDA (updated 2024-06-06)
  • Community Clubs, PA (updated 2024-06-06)
  • Libraries, NLB (updated 2024-06-06)
  • SportSG Sport Facilities (GEOJSON), SportSG (updated 2025-11-13)
  • Dates of Hawker Centres Closure, NEA (updated 2026-10-19)
  • General information of schools, MOE (updated 2026-04-17)
  • Block and school locations: OneMap, Singapore Land Authority · Town: URA Master Plan 2025