24-3  Land Usage
					(sq. km)
Class	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Residential
Private Residential①	25	24	25	25	25
Public Residential②	17	17	17	17	16
Rural Settlements③	26	26	35	36	34
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Offices	3	3	3	3	3
Industrial
Industrial	5	6	7	7	7
Industrial Estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and Storage④	11	12	15	15	14
Institution
Government, Institution and Community Facilities	21	21	23	23	24
Transportation
Roads	36	37	38	38	39
Railways	1	2	2	3	3
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Open Space⑤	20	20	21	22	22
Vacant Land
Vacant Development Land/Construction	33	31	29	26	20
in Progress
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums	5	6	7	7	7
Public Utilities	6	6	6	6	7
Other Uses	14	16	18	20	21
Agricultural Land
Agricultural	54	58	56	55	51
Fish ponds/Gei wais	13	13	17	18	17
Woodland/ Shrubland/ Grassland
Woodland	190	285	268	257	245
Shrubland	241	230	214	220	228
Grassland	308	226	249	251	266
Wetland
Mangrove and Swamp⑥	6*	10*	5*	5	5
Barren Land
Badland	16	11	5	5	5
Quarries	3	2	2	2	2
Rocky Shore	5	2	2	2	2
Water Area
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24	24
Streams and Nullahs	4	4	3	5	5
Total⑥	1103	1108	1 107	1108	1108
	(1101)	(1103)	(1104)	(1104)	(1104)
Notes: Figures are as at December of the year.
①Residential land developed by private developers except small houses in the New Territories, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) and
Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) and temporary housing areas.
②Include HOS and PSPS and temporary housing areas.
③Include temporary structures.
④Include open storage areas.
⑤Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds.
⑥Figures include some mangrove and swamp areas below the High Water Mark.  Figures in brackets are the total land area of Hong
Kong, excluding the above-mentioned mangrove and swamp areas.