The Whole Territory
Topics The Whole
Territory		 Marine All Land
Areas		 Hong Kong
Island		 Kowloon New
Territories
Demographic characteristics
Population 6 708 389 5 895 6 702 494 1 335 469 2 023 979 3 343 046
Proportion of population (%) Aged under 15 16.5 10.1 16.5 14.8 15.1 18.1
Aged 15 - 64 72.3 85.0 72.3 73.3 70.4 73.1
Aged 65 and over 11.1 4.9 11.1 11.9 14.5 8.8
Median age 36 36 36 37 38 35
Proportion of population aged 15 and over being never married (%) Male 33.9 30.8 33.9 33.2 34.7 33.6
Female 30.1 19.3 30.1 31.4 29.8 29.7
Education
School attendance rate of population aged 6 - 18 (%) 94.2 73.9 94.2 95.7 95.1 93.3
Proportion of non-student population aged 20 and over having attained tertiary education (%) 15.9 5.8 15.9 24.5 13.9 13.6
Labour force characteristics
Labour force 3 437 992 4 651 3 433 341 725 485 1 004 326 1 703 530
Labour force participation rate (%) Male 71.9 93.2 71.9 72.6 68.7 73.6
Female 51.6 74.8 51.5 56.1 48.6 51.4
Both sexes 61.4 87.8 61.4 63.8 58.4 62.2
Median monthly income from main employment of working population (HK$) 10,000 5,000 10,000 12,000 10,000 10,000
Household characteristics
Number of domestic households 2 053 412 1 522 2 051 890 417 477 639 671 994 742
Average domestic household size 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2
Median monthly domestic household income (HK$) 18,705 10,600 18,705 24,000 15,850 18,500
Housing characteristics
Number of occupied quarters 2 015 235 1 778 2 013 457 408 887 612 449 992 121
Average number of domestic households per unit of quarters 1.02 N.A. 1.02 1.02 1.04 1.01
Proportion of domestic households owning the quarters they occupy (%) 50.8 N.A. 50.8 56.6 43.9 52.9
Median monthly domestic household mortgage payment and loan repayment (HK$) 8,500 N.A. 8,500 10,500 9,000 8,000
Median mortgage payment and loan repayment to income ratio (%) 28.1 N.A. 28.1 28.6 29.4 27.6
Median monthly domestic household rent (HK$) 1,500 N.A. 1,500 2,390 1,512 1,371
Median rent to income ratio (%) 13.9 N.A. 13.9 18.5 15.1 11.9

Hong Kong Island
Topics Central and
Western District		 Wan Chai
District		 Eastern
District		 Southern
District		 Total
Demographic characteristics
Population 261 884 167 146 616 199 290 240 1 335 469
Proportion of population (%) Aged under 15 14.3 12.4 15.1 16.0 14.8
Aged 15 - 64 74.7 74.7 72.8 72.3 73.3
Aged 65 and over 10.9 12.9 12.1 11.7 11.9
Median age 37 39 38 36 37
Proportion of population aged 15 and over being never married (%) Male 32.5 32.8 32.4 35.8 33.2
Female 32.1 32.6 30.6 31.7 31.4
Education
School attendance rate of population aged 6 - 18 (%) 96.8 97.5 95.6 94.2 95.7
Proportion of non-student population aged 20 and over having attained tertiary education (%) 31.0 34.1 21.7 18.8 24.5
Labour force characteristics
Labour force 149 587 96 498 327 925 151 475 725 485
Labour force participation rate (%) Male 75.0 74.0 72.4 70.1 72.6
Female 59.6 59.5 54.1 54.8 56.1
Both sexes 66.7 65.9 62.7 62.1 63.8
Median monthly income from main employment of working population (HK$) 13,000 13,000 12,000 10,500 12,000
Household characteristics
Number of domestic households 89 545 58 379 187 222 82 331 417 477
Average domestic household size 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.1
Median monthly domestic household income (HK$) 25,350 26,000 23,705 23,200 24,000
Housing characteristics
Number of occupied quarters 87 282 55 091 183 628 82 886 408 887
Average number of domestic households per unit of quarters 1.03 1.05 1.02 1.01 1.02
Proportion of domestic households owning the quarters they occupy (%) 60.0 56.6 61.5 41.4 56.6
Median monthly domestic household mortgage payment and loan repayment (HK$) 11,500 15,000 10,000 10,400 10,500
Median mortgage payment and loan repayment to income ratio (%) 29.1 30.9 28.3 27.8 28.6
Median monthly domestic household rent (HK$) 6,200

7,500

2,000

1,433

2,390

Median rent to income ratio (%)

25.7

28.4

17.1

11.4

18.5

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