| 23-3 Land Usage | |||||
| (sq. km) | |||||
| Class | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Residential | |||||
| Private Residential① | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Public Residential② | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Rural Settlements③ | 36 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 |
| Commercial | |||||
| Commercial/Business and Offices | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Industrial | |||||
| Industrial Land | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Industrial Estates | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Warehouse and Storage④ | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Institution and Open Space | |||||
| Government, Institution and | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Community Facilities | |||||
| Open Space⑤ | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| Transportation | |||||
| Roads | 38 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
| Railways | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Airport | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Other Urban or Built-up Land | |||||
| Cemeteries and Crematoriums | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Public Utilities | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Vacant Development Land/Construction | 26 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
| in Progress | |||||
| Others | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Agricultural Land | |||||
| Agricultural Land | 55 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 51 |
| Fish Ponds/Gei Wais | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland | |||||
| Woodland | 257 | 245 | 247 | 241 | 234 |
| Shrubland | 220 | 228 | 237 | 238 | 241 |
| Grassland | 251 | 266 | 255 | 258 | 260 |
| Mangrove and Swamp⑥ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Barren Land | |||||
| Badland | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Quarries | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rocky Shore | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Water Area | |||||
| Reservoirs | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Streams and Nullahs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Total⑥ | 1108 | 1108 | 1108 | 1108 | 1108 |
| (1104) | (1104) | (1104) | (1104) | (1104) | |
| Notes: Figures are as at end of the year. | |||||
| ①Residential land developed by private developers except village housing, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation | |||||
| Scheme (PSPS) and temporary housing areas. | |||||
| ②Include HOS, PSPS and temporary housing areas. | |||||
| ③Include village housing and 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. | |||||