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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

(For enquiries, please call 2231 5000.)

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.