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Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, in the Legislative Council today (October 30):
Question:
Regarding the data collected from the 2001 and 2011 Population Censuses and the 2006 Population By-census on the monthly rent, mortgage payment, loan repayment and income of the households, will the Government inform this Council of the following figures in each of the aforesaid three years:
(a) in respect of households living in rented tenements, the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of (i) the monthly rent and (ii) monthly rent to income ratios of the households, broken down by household size and type of quarters (set out by year in tables of the same format as Tables 1 and 2 of Annex 1);
(b) in respect of households living in owner-occupier accommodation with mortgage payment or loan repayment, the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of (i) the monthly mortgage payment and loan repayment and (ii) monthly mortgage payment and loan repayment to income ratios of the households, broken down by household size and type of housing (set out by year in tables of the same format as Tables 3 and 4 of Annex 1);
(c) the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of the monthly income of the households after deduction of rent or mortgage payment and loan repayment, broken down by household size, tenure of accommodation and type of quarters or housing (set out by year in tables of the same format as Table 5 of Annex 1); and
(d) the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of the per capita monthly income of the households after deduction of rent or mortgage payment and loan repayment, broken down by tenure of accommodation and type of quarters or housing (set out in Table 6 of Annex 1)?
Reply:
President,
Based on the results of the 2001 and 2011 Population Census, and the 2006 Population By-census, the Census and Statistics Department provides the requested information according to items (a) to (d) of the question: Table 1 of Annex 2 on monthly household rent; Table 2 of Annex 2 on the ratio of monthly household rent to income; Table 3 of Annex 2 on monthly household mortgage payment and loan repayment in respect of quarters occupied by the households concerned; Table 4 of Annex 2 on the ratio of the above-mentioned mortgage payment and loan repayment to income; Table 5 of Annex 2 on monthly household income after deduction of the above-mentioned rent or mortgage payment and loan repayment; and Table 6 of Annex 2 on monthly per capita household income after deduction of the above-mentioned rent or mortgage payment and loan repayment.
Ends/Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Issued at HKT 18:21
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