Other Housing Statistics

- Completed New Buildings Certified For Occupation By Type
Completed New Buildings Certified for Occupation by Type
Type of building 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Residential           
   Number of building projects 66 48 82 [1] 52 49
   Total cost of construction (HK $million) 18,952 12,193 21,234 8,666 11,026
   Cost of usable floor area (HK$/m)* 22,355 21,662 22,445 21,868 18,332
Non-residential          
   Number of building projects 142 123 119 [1] 109 158
   Total cost of construction (HK$ million) 9,029 7,330 11,425 9,700 16,949
   Cost of usable floor area (HK$/m)* 23,105 19,141 21,791 19,848 24,749
Composite buildings          
   Number of building projects 31 38 34 33 22
   Total cost of construction (HK$ million) 8,867 10,926 9,720 13,375 7,464
   Cost of usable floor area (HK$/m)* 16,983 17,433 22,045 18,932 16,528
Total          
   Number of building projects 239 209 235 194 229
   Total cost of construction (HK$ million) 36,849 30,449 42,379 31,740 35,439
   Cost of usable floor area (HK$/m)* 20,906 19,371 22,175 19,944 20,348

 

Notes:

Figures for the year 2000 to 2003 have been revised due to re-classification of type of buildings completed.

Figures in square brackets denote to the numbers of building projects for which the construction costs are not available.  There have been included in the corresponding total number of building projects.
Figures include building of the Hong Kong Housing Society, Private Sector Participation Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and private buildings but exclude small houses in the New Territories.
* Calculation excludes projects with no floor area given or construction costs are not available.

 

Source:

Buildings Department (For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4738), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p. 152.