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 1999 and 2000
[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
1999 2000 1999 2000
Former Resettlement Estates 1964-69 (Mark III/IV) 12.7 375
375
29.5
29.5
15.7 461 461 29.4 29.4
18.6
550
550
29.6
29.6
  1969-74

(Mark V/VI)

13.7
394
394
28.8
28.8
  16.4 479 479 29.2 29.2
  20.5 604 604 29.5 29.5
  23.9 707 707 29.6 29.6
Former Government
Low Cost Housing
Estates
1963-66
15.9
521
521
32.8
32.8
19.0 618 618 32.5 32.5
21.6 703 703 32.5 32.5
 
1967-73
21.1
732
732
34.7
34.7
  27.4 956 956 34.9 34.9
  29.8 1072 1072 36.0 36.0
  36.3 1307 1307 36.0 36.0
Former Housing Authority Estates
1958-65
24.1
1041
1041
43.2
43.2
30.6 1321 1321 43.2 43.2
41.2 1779 1779 43.2 43.2
 
1966-73
28.3
1132
1132
40.0
40.0
  30.6 1328 1328 43.4 43.4
  33.1 1433 1433 40.5 40.5
  36.5 1479 1479 44.1 44.1
New Housing Authority Estates
Post 1973
(Urban)(1)
11.7
516
516
44.1
44.1
16.3 1040 1040 63.8 63.8
23.5 1002 1002 42.6 42.6
34.4 1900 2180 55.2 63.4
43.3 2390 2740 55.2 63.3
49.0 3110 3110 63.5 63.5
 
Post 1973

(New Towns & Extended Urban)(2)

12.2
529
529
43.4
43.4
  16.3 1000 1000 61.3 61.3
  23.3 968 968 41.5 41.5
  34.4 2110 2110 61.3 61.3
  43.3 2650 2650 61.2 61.2
  52.2 2187 2187 41.9 41.9
 
Post 1973
(The New Territories)(3)
12.6
374
374
29.7
29.7
  16.3 540 540 33.1 33.1
  23.6 809 809 34.3 34.3
  34.8 984 984 28.3 28.3
  43.8 1238 1238 28.3 28.3
  52.2 1480 1480 28.4 28.4
  Post 1973 (Converted Blocks)
11.2
387
387
34.6
34.6
  25.4 942 942 37.1 37.1

Notes:

(1) Urban includes Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

(2) New Towns and Extended Urban include Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Sha Tin, Ma On Shan, Tai Po and Tseung Kwan O.

(3) The New Territories includes Fanling, Sheung Shui, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Outlying Islands.
 

Source:

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2000), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics,
2000 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.154.