Census and Statistics Department - Hong Kong Resident Population in domestic households by household size, quinquennial age group and sex, 2001

Age Group/Sex		Household size						Total
Age Group/Sex		1	2	3	4	5	6 and over	Total
0 - 4	Male	61	3138	29521	47129	37229	27976	145054
	Female	63	2864	26625	43436	34228	25754	132970
	Sub-total	124	6002	56146	90565	71457	53730	278024
5 - 9	Male	105	4831	34086	78250	54841	32901	205014
	Female	77	4144	28660	69707	53844	34466	190898
	Sub-total	182	8975	62746	147957	108685	67367	395912
10 - 14	Male	206	6066	35361	91960	56462	29907	219962
	Female	130	5010	28405	78323	57706	37729	207303
	Sub-total	336	11076	63766	170283	114168	67636	427265
15 - 19	Male	947	9165	40391	92860	54971	27513	225847
	Female	629	7757	32223	78616	56943	37990	214158
	Sub-total	1576	16922	72614	171476	111914	65503	440005
20 - 24	Male	5491	16472	41859	77127	47922	27034	215905
	Female	4285	19296	37515	73802	59824	42140	236862
	Sub-total	9776	35768	79374	150929	107746	69174	452767
25 - 29	Male	17527	44002	49303	60825	38643	26833	237133
	Female	12447	56122	50937	69276	53378	40132	282292
	Sub-total	29974	100124	100240	130101	92021	66965	519425
30 - 34	Male	22845	65247	56836	53490	30580	23533	252531
	Female	16838	67826	64839	83093	54568	35553	322717
	Sub-total	39683	133073	121675	136583	85148	59086	575248
35 - 39	Male	24121	59716	69139	81753	46222	27767	308718
	Female	17069	50714	74874	114182	70599	38445	365883
	Sub-total	41190	110430	144013	195935	116821	66212	674601
40 - 44	Male	20517	41090	66815	107889	61652	30475	328438
	Female	13110	38322	70719	115123	66702	33069	337045
	Sub-total	33627	79412	137534	223012	128354	63544	665483
45 - 49	Male	16279	30308	54518	89216	47024	23424	260769
	Female	9964	32956	61633	86538	45799	23479	260369
	Sub-total	26243	63264	116151	175754	92823	46903	521138
50 - 54	Male	14610	28187	48582	70470	36914	19138	217901
	Female	8036	32880	52450	59218	31363	17888	201835
	Sub-total	22646	61067	101032	129688	68277	37026	419736
55 - 59	Male	8870	18326	31212	38524	21290	12734	130956
	Female	4472	22578	31518	27202	14965	10792	111527
	Sub-total	13342	40904	62730	65726	36255	23526	242483
60 - 64	Male	10836	23522	34018	32820	18014	12035	131245
	Female	6636	29976	31915	22734	13353	11314	115928
	Sub-total	17472	53498	65933	55554	31367	23349	247173
65 - 69	Male	12510	28430	31403	25474	14281	11480	123578
	Female	9982	34175	29540	19252	13097	11876	117922
	Sub-total	22492	62605	60943	44726	27378	23356	241500
70 - 74	Male	11172	26854	23746	16418	9875	9539	97604
	Female	13503	30483	21717	14951	12258	10758	103670
	Sub-total	24675	57337	45463	31369	22133	20297	201274
75 - 79	Male	7280	17784	13481	8494	5877	6096	59012
	Female	12246	19793	13026	10034	9857	8373	73329
	Sub-total	19526	37577	26507	18528	15734	14469	132341
80 - 84	Male	3842	8983	6173	4056	3288	3466	29808
	Female	7924	9829	6752	6152	6409	5226	42292
	Sub-total	11766	18812	12925	10208	9697	8692	72100
85+	Male	2078	4298	3122	2419	1822	1815	15554
	Female	4856	5450	4730	4706	4469	3832	28043
	Sub-total	6934	9748	7852	7125	6291	5647	43597
Total	Male	179297	436419	669566	979174	586907	353666	3205029
	Female	142267	470175	668078	976345	659362	428816	3345043
	Total	321564	906594	1337644	1955519	1246269	782482	6550072

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