Household income and distribution of types of housing

Household income and distribution of types of housing

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  According to 2011 Population Census conducted by HKCSD, around 30.4% of domestic household lives in public housing units, around 15.9% lives in Subsidized Home Ownership Housing units, and 52.5% lives in private permanent housing units. The composition has not changed much when we compare censuses in 2001 and 2006.
  

Source: HK Census and Statistics Department, 2011 Population Census

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  Figure 5-10 depicts the distribution of Hong Kong domestic household by tenure of accommodation, based on figures of “Domestic Households by Tenure of Accommodation” in 2011 census. Around 36.14% of household were the living in private housing units (occupier owner),³⁸ whereas 16.3% were living in rented private permanent housing. At the same time period, 15.9% of households were living in Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) flats, while 30.4% of the household were living in public housing unit (renting).
  

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  The median monthly domestic household income levels ³⁹ in 2001, 2006 and 2011 showed significant changes. Residents of public rental housing have lower household income than the residents of private housing. Growth of income has stagnated over the past ten years. The income of residents in public estates, if compared to 2001, has actually decreased.⁴⁰ Meanwhile, the income of residents of private housing units has increased consistently.⁴¹
  

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  Although the income of private housing households was two times higher than that of the public housing households, the rent for private housing was significantly higher. If we refer to the median monthly domestic household rent for discussion, ⁴² the private housing rent had increased from $5,300 in 2001 to $7,500 in 2011. Yet, the public housing rent had decreased from $1,300 in 2001 to $1,200 in 2011.
  
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  Median Rent to Income Ratio ⁴³ can reflect the relatively bigger burden of expenses towards private housing households. Throughout the last ten years of censuses conducted, private housing households had a ratio ranging from 25% to 27%. Public housing households’ ratio, however, had been fluctuating between 10% and 13%
  

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