SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1990
RESULTS OF SURVEY ON NEW TOWN AND RURAL POPULATION RELEASED
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A SURVEY OF NEW TOWN AND RURAL POPULATION IN PRIVATE HOUSING COMMISSIONED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY BREN COMPLETED WITH MORE THAN 8,000 HOUSEHOLDS INTERVIEWED.
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY A PRIVATE RESEARCH FIRM FROM MARCH
TO JULY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING THE SURVEY WAS ΤΟ OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE
THE
ΤΟ GOVERNMENT DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING INFORMATION FOR
PRODUCE WERE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC ESTIMATES WHICH REQUIRED FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT PLANNING STUDIES.
THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
DOMINANT
PRIVATE PERMANENT HOUSING BLOCKS ARE THE
TYPE OF NEW TOWNS LIVING QUARTERS IN THE PRIVATE HOUSING SECTOR IN (82 PER CENT) WHEREAS SIMPLE STONE STRUCTURES (33 PER CENT) AND MODERN VILLAGE HOUSES (24 PER CENT) ARE MOST PREVALENT IN RURAL DISTRICTS.
CENT BY
NINETY-EIGHT PER CENT OF THE OCCUPIED LIVING QUARTERS ARE
AND ONLY TWO PER OCCUPIED BY SINGLE HOUSEHOLDS MORE THAN ONE HOUSEHOLD.
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IN NEW TOWNS DISTRICTS IS 3.6.
IS
3.5 AND IN RURAL
SEVENTY-SIX PER CENT
OF
PRIVATE DOMESTIC HOUSEHOLDS OWN
SLIGHTLY
THEIR FLATS, HIGHER IN NEW TOWNS (79 PER CENT) AND LOWER IN RURAL DISTRICTS (71 PER CENT).
PER 11
CENT HAS
FORTY-ONE PER CENT OF THE PRIVATE HOUSING POPULATION HAS RECEIVED SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ANOTHER BDUCATION ABOVE SECONDARY LEVEL.
THERE IS AN UNBALANCED SEX RATIO AMONG
SINGLE MALES OVER AND NOT YET MARRIED:
THOSE AGED 15 AND TOTAL 119,000 AS
AGAINST 88,000 SINGLE FEMALES.
SIXTY-ONE PER CENT OF MALES OF ALL AGES
WORK, COMPARED то
37 PER CENT FOR FEMALES. THE MEAN AGE IS 37 FOR MALE WORKERS AND 33 FOR FEMALE WORKERS.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY
201,000 DAY
SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE
PRIVATE HOUSING POPULATION IN NEW TOWNS AND RURAL DISTRICTS.
ABOUT 41,000 STUDY
IN KINDERGARTEN OR
BELOW, 83,000 IN
PRIMARY SCHOOL AND 66,000 IN SECONDARY SCHOOL.
/THOSE STUDYING