Number of Owner-Occupied Households in HOS and PSPS Courts in Hong Kong

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Table 3.2: Number of owner-occupied households in HOS and PSPS Courts and in Hong Kong, 1990 – 2003 (As at end of September)

End of Financial Year / Total no. of owner-
occupied households in HOS/PSPS Courts / Total no. of owner-
occupied households in HK / Proportion of HOS/PSPS owner-
occupiers to HK’s owner-
occupied households (%) / Total no. of households in HK / Proportion of HOS/PSPS owner-
occupiers to total no. of households in HK (%) / Percentage of total no. owner-
occupiers in HK among total no. of households in HK (%)
(a) / (b) / (a) / (b) / (c) / (a) / (c) / ( b ) / ( c )
Sept,1990 / 99,900 / 665,200 / 15.0% / 1,552,700 / 7.2% / 42.8%
Sept,1991 / 115,900 / 686,500 / 16.9% / 1,600,200 / 7.5% / 42.9%
Sept,1992 / 122,500 / 708,000 / 17.3% / 1,626,300 / 8.5% / 43.5%
Sept,1993 / 142,900 / 754,300 / 18.9% / 1,673,000 / 10.3% / 45.1%
Sept,1994 / 177,100 / 787,200 / 22.5% / 1,726,800 / 10.5% / 45.6%
Sept,1995 / 187,500 / 802,900 / 23.4% / 1,783,500 / 10.0% / 45.0%
Sept,1996 / 187,900 / 836,800 / 22.5% / 1,876,100 / 10.7% / 44.6%
Sept,1997 / 205,500 / 879,200 / 23.4% / 1,924,100 / 12.1% / 45.7%
Sept,1998 / 237,200 / 919,300 / 25.8% / 1,968,300 / 12.0% / 46.7%
Sept,1999 / 240,800 / 964,600 / 25.0% / 2,007,700 / 12.6% / 48.0%
Sept,2000 / 257,000 / 1,052,000 / 24.4% / 2,044,800 / 13.8% / 51.4%
Sept,2001 / 288,900 / 1,098,100 / 26.3% / 2,088,900 / 12.1% / 52.6%
Sept,2002 / 258,900# / 1,134,500 / 22.8% / 2,144,100 / 11.6% / 52.9%
Sept,2003 / 253,000# / 1,156,800 / 21.9% / 2,179,500 / 11.6% / 53.1%

Source:General Household Survey (Information provided to Dr K Y Lau in July 2004 by Housing Authority)

#From 2002 onwards HOS/PSPS/flats with premium paid and tradable in open market were excluded.

Source: Lau, K Y (2005) Report of the Study on Home Ownership Promotion Policy Development in Hong Kong:

Statistics and Interpretations on Home Ownership Scheme and the Private Sector Participation Scheme,

Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong