23-3  Land Usage
	(sq. km)
Class	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Residential
Private Residential①	25	25	25	25	25
Public Residential②	17	17	16	16	16
Rural Settlements③	35	36	34	34	34
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Offices	3	3	3	3	4
Industrial
Industrial Land	7	7	7	7	7
Industrial Estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and Storage④	15	15	14	14	15
Institution and Open Space
Government, Institution and	23	23	24	24	24
Community Facilities
Open Space⑤	21	22	22	23	24
Transportation
Roads	38	38	39	41	41
Railways	2	3	3	3	3
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums	7	7	7	7	7
Public Utilities	6	6	7	7	7
Vacant Development Land/Construction	29	26	20	19	17
in Progress
Others	18	20	21	20	21
Agricultural Land
Agricultural Land	56	55	51	51	52
Fish Ponds/Gei Wais	17	18	17	16	16
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland	268	257	245	247	241
Shrubland	214	220	228	237	238
Grassland	249	251	266	255	258
Mangrove and Swamp⑥	5	5	5	5	5
Barren Land
Badland	5	5	5	5	5
Quarries	2	2	2	2	1
Rocky Shore	2	2	2	2	2
Water Area
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24	24
Streams and Nullahs	3	5	5	5	5
Total⑥	1 107	1108	1108	1108	1108
	(1104)	(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.