 
 
 
| 24-3 Land Usage | |||||
| (sq. km) | |||||
| Class | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Residential | |||||
| Private Residential① | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | |
| Public Residential② | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |
| Rural Settlements③ | 26 | 26 | 35 | 36 | |
| Commercial | |||||
| Commercial/Business and Offices | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Industrial | |||||
| Industrial | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| Industrial Estates | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Warehouse and Storage④ | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | |
| Institution | |||||
| Government, Institution and Community Facilities | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | |
| Transportation | |||||
| Roads | 36 | 37 | 38 | 38 | |
| Railways | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Airport | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | |
| Open Space⑤ | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| Vacant Land | |||||
| Vacant Development Land/Construction in Progress | 33 | 31 | 29 | 26 | |
| Other Urban or Built-up Land | |||||
| Cemeteries and Crematoriums | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| Public Utilities | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Other Uses | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | |
| Agricultural Land | |||||
| Agricultural | 54 | 58 | 56 | 55 | |
| Fish ponds/Gei wais | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | |
| Woodland/ Shrubland/ Grassland | |||||
| Woodland | 190 | 285 | 268 | 257 | |
| Shrubland | 241 | 230 | 214 | 220 | |
| Grassland | 308 | 226 | 249 | 251 | |
| Wetland | |||||
| Mangrove and Swamp⑥ | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Barren Land | |||||
| Badland | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | |
| Quarries | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rocky Shore | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Water Area | |||||
| Reservoirs | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
| Streams and Nullahs | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Total⑥ | 1103 | 1108 | 1 107 | 1108 | |
| Notes : Figures are as at December of the year. | |||||
| ①Residential land developed by private developers except village houses, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)/Private Sector Participation | |||||
| Scheme (PSPS) and temporary housing areas. | |||||
| ②Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas. | |||||
| ③Include temporary structures. | |||||
| ④Include open storage areas. | |||||
| ⑤Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds. | |||||
| ⑥From 2002 to 2005, some Mangrove and Swamp areas below the High Water Mark are excluded from the calculation of the land area. | |||||