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 1994 and 1995
[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 ($)
$/sq.m.per month
1994
1995
1994
1995
Former Resettlement
Estates		 1954-64 (Mark I/II)
26.0
 487 5487 18.73 18.73
1964-66 (Mark III)
12.5
 252 297 20.16 23.76
   
15.9
 317 374 19.94 23.52
   
18.8
 376 444 20.00 23.62
  1966-69 (Mark IV)
12.7
 270 318 21.26 25.04
   
15.7
 333 393 21.21 25.03
   
18.6
 397 467 21.34 25.11
  1969-72 (Mark V)
13.7
 283 335 20.66 24.45
   
16.4
 347 409 21.16 24.94
   
20.5
 438 516 21.37 25.17
  1972-74 (Mark VI)
14.0
 304 304 21.71 21.71
   
16.9
 368 368 21.78 21.78
   
22.1
 488 488 22.08 22.08
   
26.9
 599 599 22.27 22.27
Former Government
Low Cost Housing
Estates		 1963-66
15.9
 378 445 23.77 27.99
 
19.2
 454 535 23.65 27.86
 
21.6
 509 600 23.56 27.78
  1967-73
21.1
 529 624 25.07 29.57
   
27.4
 693 816 25.29 29.78
   
29.8
 786 920 26.38 30.87
   
36.3
 959 1122 26.42 30.91
Former Housing Authority Estates 1958-65
24.1
 703 703 29.17 29.17
 
30.6
 892 892 29.15 29.15
   
41.2
 1202 1202 29.17 29.17
  1966-73
28.3
 792 962 27.99 33.99
   
30.6
 899 899 29.38 29.38
   
33.1
 970 970 29.31 29.31
   
36.5
 1041 1260 28.52 34.52
New Housing
Authority Estates		 Post 1973 (Urban)
11.7
 369 439 31.54 37.52
 
16.9#
 705 765 41.72 45.27
   
23.5
 851 851 36.21 36.21
   
33.2
 1094 1293 32.95 38.95
   
43.6#
 1820 1820 41.74 41.74
   
52.2
 1582 1869 30.31 35.80
  Post 1973
(New Towns& Rural)(1)
12.6
 320 320 25.40 25.40
 
16.9
 405 405 23.96 23.96
   
23.6
 611 705 25.89 29.87
   
34.8#
 835 835 23.99 23.99
   
43.6#
 1045 1045 23.97 23.97
   
52.2#
 1255 1255 24.04 24.04
  Post 1973
(Converted Blocks)
11.2
 328 328 29.29 29.29
 
25.4.
 676 803 26.61 31.61
 

Notes:

(1)Figures refer to flats in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tai Po, Fanling/Sheung Shui, Sai Kung/Tseung Kwan O and Outlying Islands.
#Flats in Harmony Block.

Source:

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (1995), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics,
1995 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.184.