The Future for Reluctant Intervention: The Prospects for Hong Kong's Public Rental Sector

Figures & data

Table 1 Median income of income decile groups (1981–2006)

	Median income of the relevant income decile group as a percentage of the population median income						Income in 2006 as multiple of income in 1981 (at 2006 price)
Income decile group	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006
1	17	24	20	16	15	13	1.8
2	41	48	44	41	36	35	2.0
3	60	62	61	57	54	53	2.1
4	74	79	73	71	70	71	2.3
5	90	92	90	90	89	89	2.4
6	107	110	108	110	109	114	2.6
7	131	133	132	133	138	141	2.6
8	162	164	168	169	173	180	2.7
9	210	218	224	225	238	247	2.8
10	345	377	406	400	427	448	3.1
	Median income (all income groups)
2006 price level	$7108	$8858	$10 857	$14 031	$15 781	$17 005	2.4
Nominal market level	$2900	$5000	$9 850	$17 500	$18 500	$17 005

Source: Authors' re-analysis of the Census microdata.

Figure 1 Income decile profile of public rental households.Source: Authors' re-analysis of the Census microdata.

Figure 2 Does public rental housing help create a more equal society? (Views by housing tenure groups).Source: Household Survey conducted by the authors.

Figure 3 Housing for the poor or for a wider cross section of the population? (Views by tenure group).Source: Household survey conducted by the authors.Note: PRH – public rental, TPS – tenant purchase scheme, HOS – homeownership scheme; P.Own – private ownership, P.Rent – private renting.