Islands

District Council in Hong Kong

Contents: Subdivision

The population development in Islands as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 2016-06-30	Population Census 2021-06-30
Islands	District Council	離島區	156,801	185,282
Cheung Chau	Constituency Area	長洲	20,956	19,769	→
Discovery Bay	Constituency Area	愉景灣	20,271	19,336	→
Lamma and Po Toi	Constituency Area	南丫及蒲台	6,014	6,724	→
Lantau	Constituency Area	大嶼山	20,689	23,607	→
Mun Yat [Yat Tung Estate South]	Constituency Area	滿逸	17,165	25,628	→
Peng Chau and Hei Ling Chau	Constituency Area	坪洲及喜靈洲	6,487	6,282	→
Tung Chung Central	Constituency Area	東涌中	...	21,366	→
Tung Chung North	Constituency Area	東涌北	...	17,546	→
Tung Chung South	Constituency Area	東涌南	...	21,091	→
Yat Tung Estate North	Constituency Area	逸東邨北	20,108	23,933	→
Hong Kong	Special Administrative Region	香港	7,335,384	7,413,070

Source: Census and Statistics Department, SAR Hong Kong (web).

Explanation: Constituency areas as definied in 2019. Population figures exclude persons living on board vessels. Area figures are computed by using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	84,985
Females	100,297

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-14 years	23,767
15-64 years	134,219
65+ years	27,296

Age Distribution (C 2021)
80+ years	6,119
70-79 years	11,028
60-69 years	23,985
50-59 years	29,962
40-49 years	30,417
30-39 years	31,129
20-29 years	21,283
10-19 years	15,760
0-9 years	15,599

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Chinese	144,717
Filipino	9,773
Indonesian	2,685
White	10,915
Other/Mixed	17,192

Usual Language (C 2021)
Cantonese	130,764
Mandarin	6,873
Other Chinese dialect	4,344
English	24,881
Other language	11,425