Census and Statistics Department - Hong Kong Resident Population aged 15 and over by quinquennial age group and educational attainment (highest level attended), 2001

Age Group	Educational attainment (highest level attended)							Total
Age Group	No schooling/ Kindergarten	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary (incl. craft level)	Matriculation (incl. technician level)	Tertiary: Non-degree course	Tertiary: Degree course	Total
15 - 19	476	4794	83970	244407	94807	6821	15044	450319
20 - 24	1447	11171	66967	157574	77589	38155	117223	470126
25 - 29	2663	19236	93802	177977	61923	35530	134741	525872
30 - 34	4849	34800	115796	206099	64374	31831	124908	582657
35 - 39	9189	82490	155201	228527	68761	31016	109198	684382
40 - 44	16389	160256	164503	182291	55892	22478	74296	676105
45 - 49	20370	180610	131190	109185	33371	14344	42564	531634
50 - 54	24631	161292	99264	77647	26632	10889	28428	428783
55 - 59	26379	95903	50786	32662	16899	6657	18959	248245
60 - 64	46519	105129	37902	24504	12648	5909	21186	253797
65+	317027	292592	61108	32808	15194	6248	22075	747052
Total	469939	1148273	1060489	1473681	528090	209878	708622	5598972

Note:

The Hong Kong Resident Population at the census 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 three months during the six months before or for at least three months during the six months after the census moment, regardless of whether they were in Hong Kong or not at the census moment; and

(2)

Hong Kong Non-permanent Residents who were in Hong Kong at the census moment. As for "Mobile Residents", they are Hong Kong Permanent Residents who had stayed in Hong Kong for at least one month but less than three months during the six months before or for at least one month but less than three months during the six months after the census moment, regardless of whether they were in Hong Kong or not at the census moment.

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Concepts and Definitions for the 2001 Population Census