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Appendix 28
(Chapter 8: Housing and Land)
Number of Quarters and Estimated Persons Accommodated as at March 31, 1976
Number of Quarters
Category
Government quarters...
...
Public housing
Housing Authority estates
Housing Authority cottage areas
Housing Society estates
Sub-total
Private housing
Total permanent
+
:.
Rest of
Urban
areas
Tsuen Wan
New
Total
Territories
12,460
490
2,400
15,350
278,490
64,600
7,260
350,350
5,630
130
2,120
7,880
20,370
2,060
22,430
304,490
66,790
9,380
380,660
412,100
19,900
69,100
501,100
729,050
87,180
80,880
897,110
=
Estimated Persons Accommodated
Hong
Kowloon
Rest of
Tsuen
Category
Kong
and New
New
Total
Wan
Island
Kowloon
Territories
Government quarters...
18,000
22,900
1,600
6,500
49,000
Public housing
Housing Authority estates ...
189,400
1,125,600
303,500
25,500
1,644,000
Housing Authority cottage
areas
11,900
19,000
500
6,900
38,300
Housing Society estates
51,200
55,100
-
11,100
117,400
Sub-total
Private housing
Total permanent
252,500
1,199,700
315,100
32,400
1,799,700
711,300
1,041,100
107,200
284,100
2,143,700
981,800
2,263,700
423,900
323,000 3,992,400
Temporary
Marine ...
Total population
384,600
60,000
4,437,000
Note: The distributions of quarters and persons are adjusted using the result of the 1976 By-Census.
A quarter is a premises occupied by one or more households.
Housing Authority estates refer to the former government low-cost housing, the former Housing Authority
estates and the former resettlement estates.
The statistics for government quarters are based on returns from various government departments. The popula- tion figures include persons living in barrack type accommodation, but this type of accommodation is not included in the quarter figures. Non-departmental government quarters are included in the figures for private housing.