| Hong Kong Island | 1.30 million | 19.1% |
| Kowloon | 2.03 million | 29.9% |
| New Territories | 3.46 million | 51.0% |
| Marine | 0.01 million | 0.1% |
| Overall density |
6 300 people per
square kilometre. |
| Housing |
| 2.1 million people live in public rental housing, which includes 684 500 flats. In 2002, Hong Kong had 2.13 million domestic households: 52.6% occupied by the owners, 42.7% by tenants, and 4.7% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers. |
| Age structure | ||
| Median age: 37.5 | Under 15: 16.1% | Over 64: 11.4% |
| Sex ratio | ||
| Overall: 946 males per 1 000 females | ||
| Under 15: 1 067 | Over 64: 859 | |
| Crude birth rate |
| 7.1# per 1 000 popn |
| Crude death rate |
| 5.0# per 1 000 popn |
| Expectation of life at birth | |
| Male 78.7# | Female 84.7# |
| Nationalities | ||||
| Predominantly of Chinese descent |
95% | USA | 32 340 | |
| Canada | 30 600 | |||
| Thailand | 29 260 | |||
| Total foreign passport-holders (end-2002): |
529 870 | India | 22 150 | |
| Australia | 20 610 | |||
| UK | 20 100 | |||
| Nepal | 17 610 | |||
| Largest groups | Malaysia | 14 440 | ||
| Philippines | 142 640 | Japan | 14 150 | |
| Indonesia | 85 240 | Sub-total | 429 140 | |
| Religion and Custom |
| Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Christians 536 000; Muslims 70 000; Hindus 15 000; Sikhs 8 000; Jews 1 500. |
| Notes: | figures presented on
this page refer to those released
up to end-March 2003. |
| # provisional figure |