Other Housing Statistics

- Monthly Rent of Typical Flats in Housing

  Authority Estates as at End March of the Year
Monthly Rent of Typical Flats in Housing Authority Estates as at End March of the Year 1993
[1993]   [1994 and 1995]   [1995 and 1996]   [1996 and 1997]   [1997 and 1998]   [1998 and 1999]
[1999 and 2000]   [2000 and 2001]   [2000 and 2001][   [2002 and 2003]   [2003 and 2004]   [2004 and 2005]
Type of estate Year of completion Size of typical flat (sq.m.)
Monthly rent ($)
Monthly rent per unit area (HK $ per sq. m)
Former Government
Low Cost Housing
 1963 - 1966
15.9
 378 23.77
 
18.8
 439 23.35
   
21.6
 509 23.56
  1967 - 1973 
21.1
 529 25.07
   
27.4
 693 25.29
   
29.9
 616 20.60
   
36.3
 959 26.42
Former Housing Authority 1958 - 1965
24.1
 575 23.86
   
30.6
 730 23.86
   
41.2
 984 23.88
  1966 - 1973
28.3
 792 27.99
   
30.6
 737 24.08
   
33.1
 795 24.02
   
36.5
 1,041 28.52
   
11.7
 369 31.54
   
17.4
 499 28.68
New Housing Authority Post 1973 (Urban)
23.5
 710 30.21
   
33.2
 1,094 32.95
   
42.1
 1,212 28.79
   
52.2
 1,582 30.31
   
12.6
 285 22.62
   
16.6
 490 29.52
  Post 1973
 *(New Towns and Rural)
23.6
 611 25.89
 
36.6
 1,080 29.51
   
43.6
 1,045 23.97
   
52.2
 1,255 24.04
Group B Estates 1954 - 1964 
26.0
 487 18.73
  1964 - 1966 
12.5
 252 20.16
   
15.9
 317 19.94
   
18.8
 376 20.00
  1966 - 1969 
12.7
 270 21.26
   
15.7
 333 21.21
   
18.6
 397 21.34
  1969 - 1972 
13.7
 283 20.66
   
16.4
 347 21.16
   
20.5
 438 21.37
  1972 - 1974
14.0
 248 17.71
   
16.9
 301 17.81
   
22.1
 401 18.14
   
26.9
 599 22.27
 

Notes:

*Figures refer to flats in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tai Po, Fanling/Sheung Shui, Sai Kung/Tseung Kwan O and Outlying Islands.

Source:

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (1993), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics,
1993 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.194.