Table 30
(Chapter 12: Infrastructure Development and Heritage Conservation)
Land Usage Distribution (as at end-2011)
Class
Residential
Private Residential
Approximate Area (km2)
%
Remarks
Appendices ❘ 491
25
2.3
Public Residential
Rural Settlement
16
1.4
35
3.2
Residential land developed by private developers (except village houses, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area).
Includes HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area. Includes village housing and temporary structures.
Commercial
Commercial/Business & Office
4
0.4
Industrial
Industrial Land
Industrial Estates
73
0.6
0.3
Warehouse & Open Storage
16
1.4
Institutional/Open Space
Government, Institutional & Community
25
2.3
Facilities
Open Space
25
2.3
Includes parks, stadiums and playgrounds.
Transportation
Roads
40
Railways
Airport
omm
3.6
3
0.3
13
1.2
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums
8
0.7
Utilities
7
0.6
Vacant Development Land/
16
1.4
Construction in Progress
Others
22
2.0
Agriculture
Agricultural Land
51
4.6
Fish Ponds/Gei Wais
17
1.5
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland
249
22.5
Shrubland
293
26.4
Grassland
191
17.2
Mangrove and Swamp
5
0.4
Barren Land
Badland
Quarries
Rocky Shore
Water Bodies
Reservoirs
Streams and Nullahs
Total
Source:
Planning Department
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2-4
1
0.2 0.1
0.4
25
2.3
5
0.4
1 108
100.0
About 4 km2 of Mangrove and Swamp, which is below the High Water Mark, is included in this figure. This 4 km2 should not be counted in the total land area of the Territory.
According to Lands Department, the total land area of the Territory, i.e. land above the High Water Mark, is 1 104 km2.