Other Housing Statistics

- Housing Authority Rental Flats Allocated and

  Persons Rehoused by Category (Housing Department)

Housing Authority Rental Flats Allocated and Persons Rehoused by Category (Housing Department)

[1980/81 - 1989/90]    [1990/91 - 1999/00]   [2000/01 - 2004/05]

Category   2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 ----/---- ----/---- ----/---- ----/----
Emergency Flats 25 13 15 9 3        
  Persons 62 27 36 27 8        
Compassionate Flats 944 1389 1691 1689 1450        
  Persons 2305 3305 3868 3676 3234        
Clearance (1) Flats 1036 616 270 347 393        
  Persons 2802 1719 649 864 980        
Redevelopment Flats 20676 10456 4578 331 1129        
  Persons 57739 28222 12470 826  2868        
Waiting list applicants Flats 27908 41940 30867 27556 22875        
  Persons 91763 128149 84663 75530 59523        
Transfers (2) Flats 4221 8492 8376 7873 7585        
  Persons 15839 34946 29978 27945 227232        
Junior civil servants Flats 1145 1798 728 1051 879        
  Persons 3440 6122 2089 3451 3188        
Total Flats 55955 64704 46525 38856 34314        
  Persons 173950 202490 133753 112319 97033        
 

Notes:
(1) The rehousing sub-category "Re-use of Temporary Housing Areas" is excluded from "Waiting List Applicants" and included in "Clearance" as from 1990/91, rendering figures for these two categories from 1990/91 not comparable with those for previous years.
(2) "Redevelopment" includes major repairs.
(3) "Transfer" cases not charged to quota of the year are excluded as from 1989/90-1993/94. 
(4) Figures exclude Waiting List and Compassionate applicants joining the "Rent Allowance for elderly Scheme" and the "buy or Rent Option".

 

Source:
Housing Department (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2762 4611), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (1999), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 1999 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer,p.147.
Housing Department (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2762 4611), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2000), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2000 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer,p.153.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2002), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2002 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.169.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2003), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2003 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.169.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2004), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2004 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.170.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.173.