23-3  Land Usage
	(sq. km)
Class	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Residential
Private Residential①	24	25	25	25	25
Public Residential②	17	17	17	16	16
Rural Settlements③	26	35	36	34	34
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Offices	3	3	3	3	3
Industrial
Industrial Land	6	7	7	7	7
Industrial Estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and Storage④	12	15	15	14	14
Institution and Open Space
Government, Institution and	21	23	23	24	24
Community Facilities
Open Space⑤	20	21	22	22	23
Transportation
Roads	37	38	38	39	41
Railways	2	2	3	3	3
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums	6	7	7	7	7
Public Utilities	6	6	6	7	7
Vacant Development Land/Construction	31	29	26	20	19
in Progress
Others	16	18	20	21	20
Agricultural Land
Agricultural Land	58	56	55	51	51
Fish Ponds/Gei Wais	13	17	18	17	16
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland	285	268	257	245	247
Shrubland	230	214	220	228	237
Grassland	226	249	251	266	255
Mangrove and Swamp⑥	10	5	5	5	5
Barren Land
Badland	11	5	5	5	5
Quarries	2	2	2	2	2
Rocky Shore	2	2	2	2	2
Water Area
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24	24
Streams and Nullahs	4	3	5	5	5
Total⑥	1108	1 107	1108	1108	1108
	(1103)	(1104)	(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),
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.
⑥Include 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.