Other Housing Statistics

- Number/Stock of Permanent Quarters by Type

  and Area


 

Number/Stock of Permanent Quarters by Type and Area,
[1994] [1995] [1996] [1997] [1998] [1999] [2000] [2001] [2002]
[2003] [2004]

Type of Permanent quarters
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
New Territories
Total
Public Rental Housing
76700
252700
356400
685800
  Housing Authority rental flats
    Group A
67000
224800
345700
637500
    Group B
0
15900
0
15900
  Housing Society rental flats
9700
12000
10700
32400
Subsidized Sale Flats (1)
41800
82800
247100
371700
  Housing Authority subsidized sale flats
39700
78400
233100
351200
  Housing Society subsidized sale flats
2000
4400
14100
20500
Private Housing (2)
339600
351300
546600
1237500
  Private residential flats
318500
332500
354100
1005200
  Villas/Bungalows/Modern village houses
3800
1900
126400
132100
  Simple stone structures/Traditional village
  houses
1400
1100
41100
43500
  Staff quarters
10400
11400
16300
38100
  Non-domestics quarters
5500
4300
8700
18600
Total
458000
686800
1150200
2295000
 

Notes:
Figures are as at end March of the year.
(1)As from 2002, figures exclude subsidized sale flats that can be traded in open market.
(2)
As from 2002, figures include subsidized sale flats that can be traded in open market.

Sources:
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2003), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2003 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.164.