Proportion of Population in Public Housing
(Position as at 1.4.78)
Authorised Population
in Public Housing
(end of year)
Year
Rental Estates
Home Ownership
Schemes
Total Population of H.K.
(mid year)
Housing
Appendix A4(A)
% in
Public Sector
1972/73
1,815,000
73/74
1,865,000
74/75
1,908,000
75/76
1,955,000
76/77
1,990,000
1 1 1 1 1
4,116,000
4441
4,213,000
44.3
4,320,000
44.2
4,396,000
44.5
4,444,000
44.8
77/78
2,011,000
4,514,000
44.6
78/79
2,096,000
4,581,000
46.4
79/80
2,260,000
37,500
4,651,000
49.3
80/81
2,429,000
68,000
4,722,000
52.9
81/82
2,605,000
102,000
4,794,000
56.4
82/83
2,788,000
127,000
4,868,000
59.9
83/84
2,954,000
152,000
4,942,000
62.8
84/85
3,084,000
177,000
5,017,000
65.0
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