Other Housing Statistics

- Usable Floor Area of Completed New

  Buildings by End-use and Area
Usable Floor Area of Completed New Buildings by End-use and Area

Thousand sq. m.
End-use/ Geographic Area   1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Residential                   
   Hong Kong Island   160 91 164 266 371 125 151  
   Kowloon   38 446 245 423 339 345 459  
   New Territories   578 1 028  1 148 603 426 1 137 452  
  Sub-total 775 1 564 1 557 1 292 1 136 1 607 1 062  
Non-residential                  
   Hong Kong Island   407 503 263 132 127 161 257  
   Kowloon   283 481 326 98 169 111 171  
   New Territories   457 694 712 203 105 308 167  
  Sub-total 1 148 1 678 1 301 433 401 580 595  
Total                  
   Hong Kong Island   567 593 426 397 498 286 408  
   Kowloon   321 927 571 522 508 456 631  
   New Territories   1 035 1 721 1 860 806 531 1 445 619  
   Grand Total 1 924 3 242  2 858 1 725 1 537 2 187 1 657  
 

Note:

Figures include buildings of the Hong Kong Housing Society, Private Sector Participation Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and private buildings but exclude small houses in the New Territories.

 
 

Source:

Building Department (For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4068), cited in Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2003), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2003 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.149.

 

Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2005), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2005 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.153.