OVER THE SAME HOUSEHOLD INCOME ROSE INCREASE.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1991
PERIOD FROM
OF 'COMPARISON,
THE MEDIAN MONTHLY
$2,960 TO $9,960, OR A 237 PER CENT
HOUSEHOLDS OWNING THEIR PREMISES INCREASED FROM 28 PER CENT IN 1981 TO 43 PER CENT THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
"THOSE WHO DID NOT LIVE IN THEIR OWN PREMISES PAID A MEDIAN RENT OF $3,600 A MONTH FOR A PRIVATE FLAT IN 1991. THIS COMPARES WITH A MEDIAN RENT OF $700 PAID FOR A UNIT IN PUBLIC AND AIDED HOUSING, "HE SAID.
ABOUT 37 PER CENT OF HOUSEHOLDS LIVED IN PUBLIC AND AIDED HOUSING, WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN THE CORRESPONDING SHARE OF 33 PER CENT IN 1981.
FOR HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN ESTATES OF THE HOME OWNERSUIT SCHEME, PROPORTION INCREASED FROM ONE PER CENT IN 1981 TO SEVEN PER CENT THIS YEAR.
THE
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING (FROM NINE PER CENT IN 1981 TO FOUR PER CENT THIS YEAR) AND IN ROOMS/BEDSPACES IN PRIVATE HOUSING BLOCKS (FROM 21 PER CENT IN 1981 TO EIGHT PER CENT IN 1991).
HE SAID THE AVERAGE DEGREE OF SHARING ALSO DROPPED FROM 1.2 HOUSEHOLDS PER LIVING QUARTERS TO 1.1.
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE DECREASED FROM 3.9 PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD IN 1981 TO 3.4 THIS YEAR.
"HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION ALSO CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY
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HE SAID. +
THERE WERE MORE HOUSEHOLDS CONSISTING OF ONE UNEXTENDED NUCLEAR FAMILY, THAT IS, A MARRIED COUPLE WITH OR WITHOUT UNMARRIED CHILDREN OR A SINGLE PARENT WITH ONE OR MORE UNMARRIED CHILDREN, SAID.
HE
HE
ADDED THAT THE THE PROPORTION OF SUCH HOUSEHOLDS INCREASED FROM 54 PER CENT IN 1981 TO 62 PER CENT THIS YEAR.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS CONSISTING EXTENDED NUCLEAR FAMILY OR MULTIPLE NUCLEAR FAMILIES SUBSTANTIALLY.
OF ONE DROPPED
ON LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME, MR MOK SAID CANTONESE WAS THE MOST COMMON ONE BEING USED BY 89 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION.
ANOTHER SEVEN PER CENT OF THE POPULATION
COULD SPEAK THE DIALECT.
CLAIMED THAT THEY
ENGLISH WAS SPOKEN AT HOME BY ONLY TWO PER CENT OF THE POPULATION, HOWEVER, ANOTHER 29 PER CENT REPORTED THAT THEY COULD SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
1991
THE COMMISSIONER SAID THESE AND OTHER SUMMARY FINDINGS OF THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT "HONG KONG POPULATION CENSUS SUMMARY RESULTS".
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