Table 28
Appendices
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(Chapter 12: Housing)
(a) Stock of Permanent Living Quarters(1) (2) as at Mid-2017
Type of quarters
Public rental housing units.
Subsidised sale flats
Private permanent quarters(3)
Total permanent living quarters
Hong Kong
New
Island
Kowloon
Territories
Total
71,500
315,500
419,200
806,200
45,600
94,700
263,100
403,500
365,700
442,700
763,200
1,571,700
482,800
853,000
1,445,600
2,781,400
(b) Estimated Population by Type of Housing as at Mid-2017
Hong Kong
New
Type of housing
Island
Kowloon
Territories
Total
Public rental housing
194,000
833,700
1,137,600
2,165,300
Subsidised home ownership housing.
131,700
268,200
773,300
1,173,200
Private permanent housing
892,300
1,111,000
1,876,400
3,879,700
Sub-total
1,218,000
2,212,800
3,787,300
7,218,200
Others(4)
Total population
173,600
7,391,700
Notes: All figures are rounded off to the nearest hundred.
(1) While the vast majority of permanent living quarters are occupied by domestic households, a small proportion are occupied by non-Hong Kong residents or are not used as usual accommodation. Accordingly, statistics on permanent living quarters should not be compared directly with statistics on domestic households derived from the population censuses/by-censuses or the General Household Survey for the purpose of assessing the vacancy situation of housing units. The main reason is that households comprising only non-Hong Kong residents or Mobile Residents are not classified as domestic households. As regards statistics related to the housing vacancy situation, the Rating and Valuation Department compiles the vacancy rate of private domestic units regularly and publishes the statistics in the Hong Kong Property Review.
(2) Excluding hotels and accommodation used for inmates of institutions.
(3) Including private residential fiats, villas/bungalows/modern village houses, simple stone structures/traditional village houses, quarters in purpose-built staff quarters buildings and quarters known to be used for residential purpose in non-residential buildings, such as commercial buildings and industrial buildings.
(4) Including persons living in non-domestic housing, private temporary housing, institutions and hotels, and on board
vessels.
Source: Census Planning Section, Census and Statistics Department
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