Place of
Work
Area of Residence
Hong Kong
Island
Kowloon
New
towns
Other areas
in the New
Territories
Marine
Total
Number
% of
total
working
population
Number
% of
total
working
population
Number
% of
total
working
population
Number
% of
total
working
population
Number
% of
total
working
population
Number
% of
total
working
population
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Island
435 257
13.4
187 047
5.8
213 600
6.6
25 427
0.8
199
0.0
861 530
26.5
Kowloon
101 851
3.1
476 650
14.7
379 979
11.7
30 005
0.9
90
0.0
988 575
30.4
New towns
33 135
1.0
118 004
3.6
593 001
18.2
46 855
1.4
12
0.0
791 007
24.3
Other areas
in the New
Territories
12 616
0.4
31 056
1.0
68 865
2.1
30 061
0.9
134
0.0
142 732
4.4
No fixed
places
28 835
0.9
58 344
1.8
81 312
2.5
13 377
0.4
41
0.0
181 909
5.6
Work at
home
68 044
2.1
45 280
1.4
57 206
1.8
14 837
0.5
-
-
185 367
5.7
Marine
1 364
0.0
264
0.0
622
0.0
686
0.0
4 153
0.1
7 089
0.2
Sub-total
681 102
20.9
916 645
28.2
1 394 585
42.9
161 248
5.0
4 629
0.1
3 158 209
97.1
Places outside Hong Kong
The
mainland
of China
12 614
0.4
22 503
0.7
40 036
1.2
3 557
0.1
-
-
78 710
2.4
Others
4 233
0.1
4 794
0.1
5 991
0.2
769
0.0
-
-
15 787
0.5
Sub-total
16 847
0.5
27 297
0.8
46 027
1.4
4 326
0.1
-
-
94 497
2.9
Total
697 949
21.5
943 942
29.0
1 440 612
44.3
165 574
5.1
4 629
0.1
3 252 706
100.0

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Concepts and Definitions for the 2001 Population Census