Other Housing Statistics

- Private Domestic Units with Consent to

  Commence Work by Floor Area

Private Domestic Units with Consent to Commence Work by Floor Area
Number of units
Floor area (sq.m.) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
              First submission Major revision First submission Major revision
Less than 40.0 22 813 19 218 26 990 23 452 19 922 11 241 13 066 11 047 6 534 4 653
40.0-69.9 14 182 11 303 14 451 5 392 5 691 4 397 2 784 1 186 1 750 592 67
70.0-99.9 2 154 1 087 1 001 818 654  1 246 388 150 277 67
100.0-159.9 279 687 361 258 136 113 321 110 109 52
160.0 or above 1 534 1 548 76* 119* 58* 295* 96 4 12 9
Total 40 962 33 843 42 879 30 039* 26 461* 17 292* 16 655 12 497 8 682 5 373
  Note:

Private residential flats also include residential flats built under the Urban improvement Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Society and small houses in the New Territories..

All flats are classified by usable floor area except for small houses in the New Territories which are classified by gross floor area.

Separate figures for "First submission" and "Major revision" were not available for 2002 and the years before.

* = Revised figure
  Source: Buildings Department; Lands Department (For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4068) cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2003 & 2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2003 Edition, p.151 and Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.158.