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(1) |
Age : Age is the number of complete years a person has passed since birth. It is derived from month and year of birth. |
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(2) |
Area of Residence 5 Years Ago : The broad geographical area in
which a person lived 5 years before the Census. If the place is outside |
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(3) |
Average Domestic Household Size : The average number of persons per domestic
household. It is calculated by dividing the total number of persons who were
living in domestic households by the total number of domestic households. |
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(4) |
Average Number of Rooms per Domestic Household : The average number of living/dining rooms, bedrooms and other rooms, excluding kitchens and bathrooms/toilets, used by each domestic household. It is calculated by dividing the total number of living/dining rooms, bedrooms and other rooms exclusively used by domestic households by the total number of domestic households. |
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(5) |
Average Number of Rooms per Person : The average number of living/dining rooms,
bedrooms and other rooms, excluding kitchens and bathrooms/toilets, used by
each person. It is calculated by dividing the total number of living/dining
rooms, bedrooms and other rooms exclusively used by domestic households by
the total number of persons in all domestic households. |
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(6) |
District Council District : There are 18 districts in Hong Kong as declared under the
District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547): 4 on (Note: The boundaries of the Wan Chai district and Eastern district adopted in the 2016 Population By-census and 2021 Population Census are not comparable with those adopted in the 2011 Population Census. Therefore, figures of the Wan Chai and Eastern districts for 2016 and 2021 are not strictly comparable with those for 2011. |
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(7) |
Domestic Household : A domestic household consists of a group of persons who live together and make common provision for essentials for living. These persons need not be related. If a person makes provision for essentials for living without sharing with other persons, he/ she is also regarded as a household. In this case the household is a one-person household. (Note: A domestic household must have at least one member who is a Usual Resident. Households comprising Mobile Residents only are not classified as domestic households.) |
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(8) |
Domestic Household with Older Person(s) only : It refers to the domestic household in which all household members other than foreign domestic helper(s) are aged 65 and over. Please see Domestic Household in (7). |
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(9) |
Economic Activity Status : The population can be divided into two main groups, economically active population (i.e. the labour force) and economically inactive population as follows: Economically active population:
This comprises the employed (i.e. the working population) and the unemployed. The working
population refers to persons aged 15 and over who should (a) be engaged in
performing work for pay or profit during the 7 days before the Census; or (b)
have formal job attachment during the 7 days before the Census. The working
population can be distinguished by the employment status as follows: Employee: A person
who works for an employer (private companies or government) for wage, salary,
commission, tips or payment in kind. Domestic helpers, outworkers and paid
family workers are also included here. Unemployed
population: Refer basically to persons aged 15 and over who should (a) have
not had a job and should not have performed any work for pay or profit during
the 7 days before the Census ; (b) have been
available for work during the 7 days before the Census ; and (c) have sought
work during the 30 days before the Census. Economically inactive
population: This comprises persons who have not had a job and have not been
at work during the 7 days before the Census, excluding persons who have been
on leave/ holiday during the 7-day period and persons who are unemployed.
Persons such as home-makers, retired persons and all those aged below 15 are
thus included. Home-maker: A person
who looks after the home without pay. |
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(10) |
Educational Attainment (Highest Level Attended) : This comprises the highest level attended and the highest level completed. (a) Highest level
attended: Highest level attended is the highest level of education ever
attained by a person in an educational institution, regardless of whether he/
she had completed the course. Only formal courses are counted as educational
attainment. A formal course shall be one that lasts for at least 1 academic
year, requires specific academic qualifications for entrance (except subdegree/ degree/ postgraduate courses offered by the
Metropolitan University of Hong Kong) and includes examinations or specific
academic assessment procedures. No schooling:
Including those who had never attended a formal course. |
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(11) |
Floor Area of Accommodation : Except for public rental
housing, the floor area of accommodation refers to saleable floor area. It
includes the floor area of every one of (i) a
balcony, (ii) a utility platform, (iii) a verandah to the extent that it
forms part of the residence; but excluding the area of an air-conditioning
plant room, a bay window, a flat roof, a garden, a parking space, a roof, a stairhood, a terrace, a yard to the extent that it forms
part of the residence. For public rental housing, the floor area of
accommodation is measured in terms of internal floor area. For domestic
households sharing a unit of quarters, the floor area of the common area
shared among households is excluded. Statistics related to floor area of
accommodation presented do not include domestic households living in
unsheltered accommodation or on board vessels. (Note: Owing to the difference
in definitions, statistics of floor area of public rental housing are not
directly comparable to those of other types of accommodation. Besides, the
information of floor area of accommodation as reported by respondents may be
subject to different extent of estimation, and hence caution should be
exercised in interpreting the statistics concerned.) |
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(12) |
Head of Domestic Household : The person acknowledged as such
by other members of the household to be responsible for making major
decisions affecting the household. This person can be any male or female
member of the household. Household might report more than one household head. |
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(13) |
Household Composition : Household composition is derived from the information on relationship to the head of household of each person and the identification of spouse and parentchild relationships among members of the household. The different categories of household composition are as follows: Nuclear family
households Composed of couple: A
household comprising a married couple without any other related persons. It may
or may not include other unrelated persons (e.g. domestic helpers). Relative households Composed of couple
and at least one of their parents: A household comprising a couple and at
least one of their parents (including the parent(s) of the wife and/ or
husband) without any other related persons. It may or may not include other
unrelated persons (e.g. domestic helpers). Other households One-person
households: A household with only one person. |
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(14) |
Household Size : Household size refers to the number of persons living in the domestic household. |
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(15) |
Industry : The major activity of the establishment in which a person worked during the 7 days before the Census. The classification adopted for statistics on industry in this report is modeled on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0. It is the same as that adopted in the 2021 Population Census. The brief descriptions and coverage of the industrial sectors of this industry classification are given as follows: Manufacturing: This
industry sector includes the physical or chemical transformation of
materials, substances, or components into new products. Substantial
alteration, renovation and reconstruction of goods are generally considered
to be manufacturing. Also included in the industry sector is specialised repair and maintenance of industrial and
commercial machinery and equipment. Examples of this industry sector are food
product manufacturing; wearing apparel industry; printing industry;
manufacturing of electronic products; and repair and installation of
machinery and equipment. |
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(16) |
Main Mode of Transport to Place of Study :
Mode of transport to place of
study refers to the type(s) of transport a full-time student studying in |
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(17) |
Main Mode of Transport to Place of Work :
Mode of transport to place of
work refers to the type(s) of transport a person with a fixed place of work
in |
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(18) |
Economically active population : This comprises
the employed (i.e. the working population) and the unemployed. Please see
Economic activity status in (17). |
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(19) |
Median Age : The average age so calculated that 50% of the total
number of persons were above that age and the other 50% were below it. |
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(20) |
Median Floor Area of Accommodation: The average floor area of accommodation so
calculated that 50% of the total number of domestic households occupied floor
area above that figure and the other 50% occupied floor area below it. The
floor area of public rental housing is measured in terms of internal floor
area while the floor area of other types of accommodation is measured in
terms of saleable floor area. For domestic households sharing a unit of
quarters, the floor area of the common area shared among households is
excluded. Statistics related to floor area of accommodation presented do not
include domestic households living in unsheltered accommodation or on board
vessels. Please see Floor Area of Accommodation in (11). (Note: Owing to the
difference in definitions, statistics of floor area of public rental housing
are not directly comparable to those of other types of accommodation.
Besides, the information of floor area of accommodation as reported by
respondents may be subject to different extent of estimation, and hence
caution should be exercised in interpreting the statistics concerned.) |
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(21) |
Median Monthly Domestic Household Income: The average monthly domestic
household income so calculated that 50% of the total number of domestic
households had incomes above that figure and the other 50% had incomes below
it. Zero income households are included in the calculation. Please see
Monthly Domestic Household Income in (29). |
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(22) |
Median Monthly Domestic Household Mortgage Payment and Loan
Repayment : The
average monthly mortgage payment and loan repayment so calculated that 50% of
the total number of domestic households owning the quarters they occupy with
mortgage or loan paid more than that amount and the other 50% paid less than
that. Households with zero mortgage payment and loan repayment by household
members (i.e. with mortgage payment and loan repayment by non-household
members only) are excluded in the calculation. Please see Monthly Domestic
Household Mortgage Payment and Loan Repayment in (30). |
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(23) |
Median Monthly Domestic Household Rent : The average monthly rent so
calculated that 50% of the total number of domestic households renting the
accommodation they occupy paid more than that amount and the other 50% paid
less than that. Households with zero rent are excluded in the calculation.
Please see Monthly Domestic Household Rent in (31). |
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(24) |
Median Monthly Income from Main Employment :
The average
income from main employment so calculated that 50% of the working population,
excluding unpaid family workers, had income above that figure and the other 50%
had income below it. Please see Monthly Income from Main Employment in (32). |
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(25) |
Median Mortgage Payment and Loan Repayment to Income Ratio : The average percentage of monthly household income paid on monthly
mortgage payment and loan repayment so calculated that 50% of domestic
households owning the quarters they occupy with mortgage or loan paid more
than that percentage and the other 50% paid less than that. Households with
zero income and/or zero mortgage payment and loan repayment by household
members (i.e. with mortgage payment and loan repayment by non-household
members only) are excluded in the calculation. |
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(26) |
Median Outstanding Period of Mortgage Payment or Loan Repayment : The average outstanding period of mortgage payment or loan repayment so
calculated that 50% of the total number of domestic households owning the
quarters they occupy with mortgage or loan had their outstanding period of
mortgage payment or loan repayment above that figure and the other 50% had
their outstanding period of mortgage payment or loan repayment below it.
Households with zero mortgage payment and loan repayment by household members
(i.e. with mortgage payment and loan repayment by non-household members only)
are excluded in the calculation. Please see Outstanding Period of Mortgage
Payment or Loan Repayment in (38). |
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(27) |
Median Rent to Income Ratio : The average percentage of monthly
household income paid on monthly household rent so calculated that 50% of
domestic households renting the accommodation they occupy paid more than that
percentage and the other 50% paid less than that. Households with zero income
and/or zero rent are excluded in the calculation. |
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(28) |
Median Weekly Usual Hours of Work of All Employment
: The
average weekly usual hours of work of all employment so calculated that 50%
of the working population had weekly usual hours of work (calculated based on
all employment) above that figure and the other 50% of the working population
had weekly usual hours of work (calculated based on all employment) below it.
Please see Weekly Usual Hours of Work in (49). |
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(29) |
Monthly Domestic Household Income: The total income (including earnings in
cash from all employments and other cash incomes) of members of households.
The amount recorded for 2021 refers to the income for June 2021. |
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(30) |
Monthly Domestic Household Mortgage Payment and Loan Repayment : This is the amount paid by a domestic household owning the quarters it
occupies with mortgage or loan on mortgage payment and loan repayment on its
accommodation in June 2021. It includes payments for first mortgage, second
mortgage, home equity loan or some other special payment schemes in order to
redeem the quarters occupied but excludes payments for rates, government
rent, water, electricity, gas, telephone and management fees. Mortgage
payment and loan repayment paid by non-household members are also excluded. |
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(31) |
Monthly Domestic Household Rent : This is the amount paid by a
domestic household renting the accommodation it occupies on its accommodation
in June 2021. It includes rates, government rent and management fee for that
month but excludes payments for water and electricity. For a main tenant,
rent is the net amount he paid after deducting the rent he received from his
sub-tenant(s) for subletting part of the quarters. Zero rent households
include households living in accommodation of friends or relatives without
paying any rent with or without permission, main tenant households with total
rental receipts from sub-tenant(s) greater than or equal to the rent paid to
the owner, and those households whose quarters were provided free by employers. |
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(32) |
Monthly Income from Main Employment : For employers or self-employed
persons, this is the amount earned excluding expenses incurred in running
their main business. For employees, this is the total amount earned from
their main employment including salary or wage, bonus, commission, overtime
allowance, housing allowance, tips and other cash allowances. New Year bonus
and double pay are excluded. The amount recorded for 2021 refers to the
income for June 2021. |
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(33) |
Mortgage Payment and Loan Repayment to Income Ratio
: The
percentage of monthly household income paid on monthly mortgage payment and
loan repayment of a domestic household owning the quarters it occupies with
mortgage or loan. Households with zero income and/or zero mortgage payment
and loan repayment by household members (i.e. with mortgage payment and loan
repayment by non-household members only) are excluded in the calculation. |
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(34) |
Non-working Population : Include unemployed population
and economically inactive population. Please see Economic Activity Status in
(9). |
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(35) |
Number of Rooms (Excluding Kitchens and Bathrooms/Toilets) : A room is a space in the quarters enclosed by walls reaching from the
floor to the ceiling or roof covering, or at least to a height of 2 metres, of a size large enough to hold a bed for an
adult, that is at least 4 square metres. The total
number of rooms includes bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, store rooms,
study rooms, utility rooms, servants’ rooms and other separate spaces used or
intended for domestic purposes, so long as they meet the criteria of walls
and floor space. Rooms partially divided because of fixed or movable
partitions or because of their use (e.g. living-and-dining rooms without
fixed partitions) are counted as separate rooms. Kitchens and bathrooms/
toilet rooms are counted separately. Passageways, verandahs and lobbies, are
not counted, even if they meet the criteria. |
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(36) |
Occupation : This refers to the kind of work a person performed during the 7 days before the Census. A new occupation classification scheme was introduced in the 2016 Population By-census and fully adopted in the 2021 Population Census, which follows “International Standard Classification Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08)” more closely. To facilitate comparison, a backcasting exercise was done to re-compile a set of figures on the distribution of working population by occupation for the 2011 Population Census. The brief descriptions and coverage of the major groups of this occupation classification are given as follows: Managers : Including legislators; senior government officials; foreign diplomats; managing directors and chief executives; business services managers; administration managers; sales and marketing managers; manufacturing managers; construction managers; supply and distribution managers; information and communications technology service managers; professional services managers; school principals; hotel managers; retail and wholesale trade managers; etc.Professionals : Including qualified professional scientists, doctors, dentists and other medical professionals; architects, surveyors and engineers; fashion designers, jewellery designers, vice-chancellors, directors, academic staff and administrators of university, post-secondary college; principals and teachers of secondary school; statisticians; mathematicians; system analysts and computer programmers; lawyers and judges; accountants; business consultants and analysts; social workers; social work assistants; translators and interpreters; news editors and journalists; writers; librarians and members of religious orders. Professionals : Including accountants and auditors; engineering professionals; medical
doctors; registered nurses and other healthcare professionals (e.g.
registered Chinese medicine practitioners, dentists, pharmacists, midwives,
veterinarians); lawyers; university and post-secondary college lecturers;
school teachers and other teaching professionals; actuaries; statisticians;
economists; financial and investment advisers; software and applications
developers and analysts; social and religious professionals; etc. Associate professionals : Including engineering technicians;
manufacturing and construction supervisors; enrolled nurses and other
healthcare associate professionals (e.g. dental assistants, dispensers,
postnatal care workers); law clerks; actuarial assistants; statistical
assistants; securities traders; insurance consultants and underwriters;
information and communications technology technicians; real estate agents and
property managers; administrative and specialised
secretaries; inspectors and similarly ranked staff in disciplined services;
social work assistants; photographers; chefs; etc. Clerical support workers : Including general office
clerks; accounting and bookkeeping clerks; personal secretaries; bank
tellers; client information workers; storekeepers; etc. Service and sales workers : Including salespersons; travel attendants
and guides; cooks; waiters; barbers; beauticians; personal care workers; rank
and file staff in disciplined services; child care workers and teachers’
aides; building security guards; transport workers; etc. Craft and related workers : Including building and related
trades workers; machinery mechanics and repairers; electrical, electronic and
telecommunication equipment installers and repairers; bakers and other food
processing workers; tailors; etc. Plant and machine operators and assemblers :
Including food
and related products machine operators; drivers and mobile plant operators;
etc. Elementary occupations : Including domestic helpers;
cleaners and labourers; food preparation
assistants; messengers and deliverers; etc. Skilled agricultural and fishery workers; and occupations not classifiable : Including vegetable farm workers;
gardeners; fishery workers; and occupations unidentifiable and inadequately
described. |
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(37) |
Occupied Quarters : Quarters refer to such unit of
accommodation as flats, houses and structures which could be used for the
purpose of accommodation. Please see Type of Quarters in (47). Occupied
quarters refer to those quarters which were occupied by those people under
the Hong Kong Resident Population at the reference moment. |
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(38) |
Outstanding Period of Mortgage Payment or Loan Repayment
: This
is the number of outstanding years of the mortgage or loan period on the
quarters occupied by a domestic household it owns with mortgage or loan. If more
than one mortgage or loan term is involved, only the one involving the
longest outstanding mortgage or loan period is required. |
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(39) |
Place of Birth : This is the country/ territory
in which the person was born. |
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(40) |
Place of Study : The place of study of a person
refers to the geographical area in |
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(41) |
Place of Work : The place of work of a person
refers to the district where the work place of a person is located and where
the person concerned usually stayed or went during the 7 days before the Census
for business matters. For a person who had more than one job during the
reference period, the place of work refers to that of his/her main
employment. For a person who changed his/her work place day to day (e.g.
construction site worker) or had many work places (e.g. doctor working in
both hospital and clinic, mobile hawker), the work place is where the person
worked for the longest hours in the reference period. For a person who had no
fixed place of work (e.g. salesman, driver) but needed to report duty every
day, the location of the office or depot is the work place. For a
cross-border truck driver who drove between Hong Kong and the mainland of |
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(42) |
Population : It refers to the
“Hong Kong Resident Population”. The Hong Kong Resident Population at the
reference moment covers “Usual Residents” and “Mobile Residents”. “Usual
Residents” refer to two categories of people: (1) Hong Kong Permanent
Residents who had stayed in Hong Kong for at least 3 months during the 6
months before or for at least 3 months during the 6 months after the
reference moment, regardless of whether they were in Hong Kong or not at the
reference moment; and (2) Hong Kong Non-permanent Residents who were in Hong
Kong at the reference moment. |
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(43) |
Rent to Income Ratio : The percentage of monthly
household income paid on monthly household rent of a domestic household
renting the accommodation it occupies. All zero income households and/or zero
rent households are excluded in the calculation. |
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(44) |
Sex Ratio : The ratio of the number of males per 1 000
females. |
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(45) |
Tenure of Accommodation : The terms and conditions under which accommodation is held by a domestic household. The different terms are defined as follows: Owner-occupier, with mortgage payment or loan repayment : A household which owns the quarters it occupies with mortgage payment or loan repayment for the quarters. Owner-occupier, without mortgage payment and loan repayment : A household which owns the quarters it occupies without any mortgage payment and loan repayment for the quarters. Sole tenant : A household which rents the whole quarters it occupies from someone who lives outside the quarters without sharing it with other household(s) or subletting. Co-tenant : Two or more households each of which rents part of the quarters from someone who lives outside the quarters. Main tenant : A household which rents the whole quarters it occupies from someone who lives outside the quarters and sublets part of it to other household(s). Sub-tenant : A household which rents part of the quarters from someone who lives in the same quarters. Rent free : A household which occupies an accommodation free, with or without the owner’s permission. This excludes households occupying accommodation provided by employers. Provided by employer : A household which occupies an accommodation provided by the employer of one of the household members. This also includes households occupying quarters leased from employers at a nominal rent. If a household member uses housing allowance given by his/ her employer for renting accommodation, the tenure is not considered as provided by employer. |
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(46) |
Type of Housing : This refers to the nature of housing for the unit of accommodation. The different types are determined based on the type of quarters of the unit of accommodation as follows: Public Rental Housing: Public rental housing units include public rental housing flats and interim housing flats of the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA); and rental flats and flats under the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS). Subsidised Home Ownership Housing: Including all subsidised sale flats. Subsidised sale flats include flats under the Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) of the HA; flats under the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Middle Income Housing Scheme (MIHS), Buy or Rent Option Scheme (BRO) and Mortgage Subsidy Scheme (MSS) of the HA; flats under the Flat-For-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS) and Subsidised Sale Flats Projects (SSFP) of the HS; and flats under the subsidised sale flat scheme of the Urban Renewal Authority. HOS/ PSPS/ MIHS/ BRO/ MSS/ TPS/ FFSS/ SCHS flats that can be traded in the open market (i.e. flats sold prior to HOS Phase 3B or flats with premium paid) are classified as private permanent housing and are excluded from subsidised sale flats. Private Permanent Housing: Including all private residential flats; all villas/ bungalows/ modern village houses; all simple stone houses/ traditional village houses; and all units of staff quarters. Private residential flats include all flats and apartments in multi-storey blocks or houses built by the private sector mainly for residential purpose and all former subsidised sale flats (i.e. those flats that can be traded in the open market). Non-domestic Housing: Including all units of quarters in non-residential buildings and all units of collective living quarters. Temporary Housing: Including all units of temporary quarters. |
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(47) |
Type of Quarters : Quarters are classified according to the type of buildings in which they are located. The buildings are classified by the type of construction materials; the purpose for which they are built; and the sector responsible for their construction. Permanent Quarters: This comprises public rental housing units; subsidised sales flats; private residential flats; other quarters
in private permanent housing; and non-domestic quarters. Details are as
follows:
Public rental housing units: Including public rental housing flats and interim housing flats of the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA); and rental flats and flats under the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS). Subsidised sale flats: Including flats under the Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) of the HA; flats under the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Middle Income Housing Scheme (MIHS), Buy or Rent Option Scheme (BRO) and Mortgage Subsidy Scheme (MSS) of the HA; flats under the Flat-For-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS) and Subsidised Sale Flats Projects (SSFP) of the HS; and flats under the subsidised sale flat scheme of the Urban Renewal Authority. HOS/ PSPS/ MIHS/ BRO/ MSS/ TPS/ FFSS/ SCHS flats that can be traded in the open market (i.e. flats sold prior to HOS Phase 3B or flats with premium paid) are classified as private permanent housing and are excluded from subsidised sale flats. Private residential flats: Including all flats and apartments in multi-storey blocks or houses built by the private sector mainly for residential purpose and all former subsidised sale flats (i.e. those flats that can be traded in the open market). Other quarters in private permanent housing: Including the following three categories: Villas/Bungalows/Modern village houses: These are individual houses of one-storey or multi-storeys built with full facilities including bathroom, flush toilet and internal piped water supply. Simple stone structures/Traditional village houses: Simple stone structures are houses built of stones and/ or other permanent materials usually of one storey high. Traditional village houses are also grouped under this category. Staff quarters: These are units of quarters in purposely-built staff quarters buildings. Units of quarters not purposely built but provided by employer for accommodation purposes are excluded and they are classified in accordance with their respective types of buildings. Non-domestic quarters: Including the following two categories: Quarters in non-residential buildings: These include all units of accommodation known to be used for residential purpose in non-residential buildings (such as commercial buildings and industrial buildings). Collective living quarters: These include all units of accommodation (such as rooms and beds) in psychiatric hospitals, convalescent hospitals, infirmaries, penal institutions, elderly homes, boys’ and girls’ homes, religious houses, hotels, hostels and dormitories (such as those for university students). Temporary Quarters: These include quarters in temporary housing areas as well as private temporary structures such as roof-top structures, contractor’s matsheds, nissen huts, huts and places not intended for residential purpose (such as landings, staircases, corridors, etc.). Vessels are also grouped under this category. |
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Usual Spoken Language : The usual spoken language is
the language/dialect a person used in daily communication at home. This is
not applicable to persons aged under 5 or mute persons. |
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(49) |
Weekly Usual Hours of Work : Weekly usual hours of work is
the number of hours that an employed person usually worked during a normal or
typical week. Overtime hours regularly worked (whether paid or unpaid) are
included but meal breaks, days and hours not usually worked and unusual
periods of overtime are excluded. Stand-by time at home is not counted. For
home-office workers, the time working at home is counted. |
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(50) |
Whether Studying : The status of a person in
acquiring education in the first half of 2021. It can be divided into two
main groups as follows: Studying : Studying full-time
(full-time student) : Persons studying full-time (that is excluding evening / part-time day
release courses) at a kindergarten, a primary or secondary school, a
post-secondary college, the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education or at
a university. Full-time students include student workers. Studying part-time
(part-time student) : This refers to the part-time day release
courses or the evening courses offered by evening schools and post-secondary
institutions (such as the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education) and
the extra-mural departments of the universities which fulfil
the criteria of formal courses. Studying distance
learning course : Persons taking correspondence courses or
distance learning courses leading to a degree are also regarded as studying
distance learning courses. All other correspondence courses are excluded from
this category. Completed /
withdrew from the course : A person is regarded as having
completed a course of education if he/she has passed the related examination.
Those who stop studying before completion of the course are considered as
withdrawal from study. |
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(51) |
Working Population : Please see Economic Activity
Status in (9). |