The birth rate remained low (12.6 live births per 1 000 population in 2010 to 8.6[1] in 2014). Moreover, according to the total fertility rate, 1 000 women in 2014 would bear, on average, 1 235[1] children in their lifetime as compared with 1 127 children in 2010.
In 2014, the death rate was 6.2[1] per 1 000 population. The expectation of life at birth was 81.2[1] years for males and 86.7[1] years for females, compared against the corresponding figures of 80.1 and 86.0 years in 2010.
There was a decline in the infant mortality rate from 1.7 per 1 000 live births in 2010 to 1.6[1] in 2014. The decline reflected a continual improvement in maternal and child health services.
Education: The educational level of the population of Hong Kong has improved appreciably over the past 5 years. The following table compares the educational attainment of the population aged 15 and over[2] for 2010 and 2014:
| Educational attainment | % of population aged 15 and over | |||
| 2010 | 2014 | |||
| Primary and below | 22.1 | 19.6 | ||
| Secondary[**] | 52.0 | 50.5 | ||
| Post-secondary | 25.8 | 29.8 | ||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
Income: The median monthly domestic household income[2] for 2014 was $23,500. The distribution of domestic households in Hong Kong by monthly household income[2] was as follows:
| Monthly household income ($) | % of total domestic households | |
| Under 4,000 | 5.4 | |
| 4,000–5,999 | 5.3 | |
| 6,000–7,999 | 4.8 | |
| 8,000–9,999 | 4.9 | |
| 10,000–14,999 | 11.3 | |
| 15,000–19,999 | 10.6 | |
| 20,000–24,999 | 9.9 | |
| 25,000–29,999 | 7.7 | |
| 30,000–34,999 | 7.3 | |
| 35,000–39,999 | 5.4 | |
| 40,000–44,999 | 4.6 | |
| 45,000–49,999 | 3.5 | |
| 50,000–59,999 | 5.5 | |
| 60,000–79,999 | 6.1 | |
| 80,000–99,999 | 2.9 | |
| 100,000 and over | 4.7 | |
| Total | 100.0 | |
Labour Force Participation Rate: The size of the total labour force in Hong Kong[2] for 2014 was 3.88 million. This represented 61.1% of the total population aged 15 and over[2]. The following table shows the labour force participation rates of the population by age and sex[2]:
| Age group | Male (%) | Female (%) | ||
| 15–19 | 11.1 | 12.5 | ||
| 20–24 | 61.5 | 61.4 | ||
| 25–29 | 93.4 | 86.3 | ||
| 30–34 | 96.6 | 81.5 | ||
| 35–39 | 96.4 | 76.4 | ||
| 40–44 | 95.7 | 73.7 | ||
| 45–49 | 93.8 | 72.4 | ||
| 50–54 | 91.8 | 64.2 | ||
| 55–59 | 81.4 | 48.8 | ||
| 60–64 | 56.2 | 26.2 | ||
| 65 and over | 14.3 | 3.7 | ||
| Overall | 68.8 | 54.6 | ||
Occupation: The distribution of the employed population in Hong Kong by occupation[2] for 2014 was as follows:
| Occupation[α] | % of the employed population | |
| Managers and administrators | 10.5 | |
| Professionals | 7.5 | |
| Associate professionals | 19.9 | |
| Clerical support workers | 13.8 | |
| Service and sales workers | 16.8 | |
| Craft and related workers | 6.7 | |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 4.7 | |
| Elementary occupations | 20.0 | |
| Others | 0.1 | |
| Total | 100.0 | |
Housing: The distribution of the land-based non-institutional population of Hong Kong by type of housing[2] for 2014 was as follows:
| Type of housing | % of land-based non-institutional population | |
| Public rental housing | 29.3 | |
| Subsidised home ownership housing | 16.6 | |
| Private permanent housing | 53.5 | |
| Temporary housing | 0.6 | |
| Total | 100.0 | |
The following notes are used in this fact sheet :
There may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total as shown in the tables due to rounding.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Provisional figures.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections. The General Household Survey covers the land-based non-institutional population of Hong Kong.
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April 2015 |
