Land Utilization in Hong Kong

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	Approximate area (sq.km)
Class	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Residential
Private residential (i)	25	25	25	25	25
Public residential (ii)	16	16	16	16	16
Rural settlement (iii)	34	34	35	35	35
Commercial
Commercial/Business and office	3	4	4	4	4
Industrial
Industrial land	7	7	7	7	7
Industrial estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and open storage	14	15	15	16	16
Institution/Open Space
Government, institution and community facilities	24	24	24	25	25
Open space (iv)	23	24	24	24	25
Transportation
Roads	41	41	42	40	40
Railways	3	3	3	3	3
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and crematoriums	7	7	8	8	8
Utilities	7	7	7	7	7
Vacant development land/Construction in progress	19	17	16	16	16
Others	20	21	21	21	22
Agriculture
Agricultural land	51	52	51	51	51
Fish ponds/Gei wais	16	16	17	17	17
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland	247	241	234	254	249
Shrubland	237	238	241	303	293
Grassland	255	258	260	178	191
Mangrove and swamp (v)	5	5	5	5	5
Barren Land
Badland	5	5	5	2	2
Quarries	2	1	1	1	1
Rocky shore	2	2	2	4	4
Water Bodies
Reservoirs	24	24	24	25	25
Streams and nullahs	5	5	5	5	5
Total	1108	1108	1108	1108	1108

Remarks:	(1)	The above land usage figures as at end 2011 have been updated with satellite images dated November 2011, in-house survey information up to end 2011 and other relevant information from various government departments. As some definitions of land use classes have been updated, the figures above may not be comparable directly to those provided in previous years.

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Notes :

(i)   Residential land developed by private developers (except village houses, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area).
(ii)    Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing area.
(iii)   Include village housing and temporary structures.
(iv)   Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds.
(v)   Include areas below the High Water Mark.

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Last revision date : 2 April 2012