Other Housing Statistics

- Private Domestic Property1 - Vacancy2


Private Domestic Property1 - Vacancy2 from 1979 to 2005

 

Year

Small / Medium3

Large 4

Total

 

 

% of total

 

% of total

 

% of total

 

units

stock

units

stock

units

stock

1979

13100

2.9

1500

3.9

14600

2.9

1980

14700

3.1

2000

5.3

16700

3.3

1981

26800

5.3

2900

7.3

29700

5.4

1982

27400

5.3

3800

9.1

31200

5.6

1983

20000

3.7

4400

9.9

24400

4.2

1984

19500

3.5

2900

6.4

22400

3.7

1985

19350

3.2

2750

5.8

22100

3.4

1986

21400

3.4

3300

6.6

24700

3.6

1987

20000

3.0

2300

4.5

22300

3.1

1988

16750

2.4

3450

6.3

20200

2.7

1989

27200

4.1

3100

5.4

30300

4.2

1990

22550

3.2

3600

6.2

26150

3.4

1991

29450

4.1

3550

5.9

33000

4.2

1992

31330

4.2

2740

4.5

34070

4.2

1993

29850

3.9

2390

3.9

32240

3.9

1994

37450

4.7

3220

5.1

40670

4.7

1995

32740

4.0

3460

5.3

36200

4.1

1996

30830

3.7

3220

4.8

34050

3.8

1997

32600

3.8

3380

4.9

35980

3.9

1998

38420

4.3

5400

7.6

43820

4.5

1999

54750

5.9

4390

6.0

59140

5.9

2000

49300

5.2

5650

7.5

54950

5.4

2001*

54770 5.6 5640 7.3 60410 5.7

2002

58390 6.4 6880 9.6 65270 6.6

2003

62980 6.7 5800 8.0 68780 6.8

2004

56400 5.9 7850 10.4 64250 6.2

2005

56000 5.7 7540 9.9 63540 6.0

Note:

1.     Private Domestic units are defined as independent dwellings with separate cooking facilities and bathroom (and / or lavatory). They are sub-divided by reference to floor area.

2.     Vacancy indicates that a unit was not physically occupied at the time of the survey conducted at the end of the year. Premises under decoration are classified as vacant. Some vacancies could be due to unites not yet issued with the Certificate of Compliance of Consent to Assign, which therefore could not have been occupied. Vacancy figures cover the entire stock and are not confined to new developments.

        Vacancies in respect of all premises, with the exception of rated domestic premises completed prior to 2004, are determined by a full survey of such premises at the end of the year.

        For rated domestic premises completed prior to 2004, a projection vacancies is made form the result of a 3% random sample survey of such unites.

3.     Small/ Medium units refer to saleable area less than 100m2

4.     Large units refer to saleable area 100m2 and over

*      2001 figures are inclusive of village houses. However, 2002-2006 figures exclude village houses.

 

Sources:

Property Review 1983 - 1989 Editions, Rating and Valuation Department, Hong Kong Government Printer.

Hong Kong Property Review 1994,1998, 1999, 2001 & 2006 Editions, Rating and Valuation Department, Hong Kong Government Printer.