24-3 Land Usage
	(sq. km)
Class	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Residential
Private Residential①	25	25	25	25	25
Public Residential②	16	16	16	16	16
Rural Settlements③	34	34	34	35	35
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Offices	3	3	4	4	4
Industrial
Industrial Land	7	7	7	7	7
Industrial Estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and Storage④	14	14	15	15	16
Institution and Open Space
Government, Institution and	24	24	24	24	25
Community Facilities
Open Space⑤	22	23	24	24	24
Transportation
Roads	39	41	41	42	40
Railways	3	3	3	3	3
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums	7	7	7	8	8
Public Utilities	7	7	7	7	7
Vacant Development Land/Construction	20	19	17	16	16
in Progress
Others	21	20	21	21	21
Agricultural Land
Agricultural Land	51	51	52	51	51
Fish Ponds/Gei Wais	17	16	16	17	17
Woodland/Shrubland/Grassland/Wetland
Woodland	245	247	241	234	254
Shrubland	228	237	238	241	303
Grassland	266	255	258	260	178
Mangrove and Swamp⑥	5	5	5	5	5
Barren Land
Badland	5	5	5	5	2
Quarries	2	2	1	1	1
Rocky Shore	2	2	2	2	4
Water Area
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24	25
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.