|
Land
Usage Distribution (as at end
2005) |
|
|
Class
|
Approximate
Area (km2) |
|
% |
|
Remarks |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Residential |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Private
Residential |
25 |
|
2.3 |
|
Residential land developed by
private
developers (except village houses,
HOS/PSPS and
temporary housing areas). |
|
|
Public
Residential |
17 |
|
1.5 |
|
Includes HOS/PSPS and temporary
housing areas. |
|
|
Rural
Settlement |
36 |
|
3.2 |
|
Includes village housing and
temporary structures. |
|
Commercial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial/Business
& Office |
3 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
Industrial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industrial Land |
7 |
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
Industrial Estates |
3 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
Warehouse and Storage |
15 |
|
1.4 |
|
Include open storage areas. |
|
Institutional
& Open Space |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Government,
Institutions &
Communities Facilities |
23 |
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
|
Open Space |
22 |
|
2.0 |
|
Include parks, stadiums and
playgrounds. |
|
Transportation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roads |
38 |
|
3.4 |
|
|
|
|
Railways |
3 |
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
Airport |
13 |
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
Other
Urban or Built-up Land |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cemetery and Crematorium |
7 |
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
Utilities |
6 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
Vacant Development
Land/
Construction in Progress |
26 |
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
|
Others |
20 |
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
Agricultural
Land |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agricultural Land |
55 |
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
Fish Pond/Gei Wais |
18 |
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Woodland |
257 |
|
23.2 |
|
|
|
|
Shrubland |
220 |
|
19.9 |
|
|
|
|
Grassland |
251 |
|
22.7 |
|
|
|
|
Mangrove and Swamp |
5 |
|
0.4 |
|
About
4 km2 of Mangrove
and Swamp, which is below the
High Water Mark, is included
in this figure. This 4 km2
should not be counted in the
total land area of the Territory. |
|
Barren
Land |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Badlands |
5 |
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
Quarries |
2 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
Rocky Shore |
2 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
Water
Bodies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reservoirs |
24 |
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
Streams and Nullahs |
5 |
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
1
108 |
|
100.0 |
|
According
to Lands Department, the total
land area of the Territory,
i.e. land above the High Water
Mark, is 1 104 km2. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|