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Appendix 27
(Chapter 8: Land and Housing)
Domestic Units and Estimated Persons Accommodated
as at March 31, 1974
Domestic Units
Category
Government quarters ...
Public housing
Group A estates
Group B estates
Group B cottage areas
Housing Society estates Sub-total
Private housing
Total permanent
Urban
Rest of
areas
Tsuen Wan
New
Total
Territories
:.
10,740
350
2,400
13,490
75,770
27,740
103,510
***
***
194,780
31,340
5,610
231,730
7,480
130
460
8,070
18,090
2,060
20,150
296,120
61,270
6,070
363,460
305,600
12,900
47,500
366,000
612,460
74,520
55,970
742,950
Estimated Persons Accommodated
Hong
Kowloon
Rest of
}
Tsuen
Category
Kong
and New
New
Total
Wan
Island
Kowloon
Territories
L
Government quarters ...
22,600
26,600
1,800
10,900
61,900
Public housing
Group A estates
73,300
313,200
133,900
520,400
Group B estates
101,700
759,500
143,700
16,000
1,020,900
Group B cottage areas
14,100
28,200
600
1,900
44,800
Housing Society estates
49,600
58,100
12,200
119,900
Sub-total
238,700
1,159,000
290,400
17,900
1,706,000
Private housing
760,000 1,141,000
54,000
201,000
2,156,000
Total permanent
Temporary
1,021,300 2,326,600
346,200
229,800
3,923,900
240,700
***
Marine ...
65,000
4,229,600
...
Total population
Note: A domestic unit means a house, flat, tenement floor or other living accommodation intended for occupation
by one household.
Group A estates refer to the former Government low-cost housing and the former Housing Authority estates. Group B estates refer to the former resettlement estates.
The statistics for government quarters are based on actual returns from various government departments. The population figures include persons living in barrack type accommodation, but this type of accommoda- tion is not included in the domestic unit figures. Non-departmental government quarters are included in the figures for private housing.