6 300 people per
square kilometre.
Kwun Tong District has 50 570 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.