Hong Kong is famous for its worldwide economic centre in Asia and the special culture. Additionally, the special city style of Hong Kong also depends on the compact layout between buildings which is related to the average residential area of citizens.
According to the 2021 Population Census published by Hong Kong government, the average residential area of citizens in Hong Kong is 16 square meters per person which is less than half of this data in mainland China which is 41.76 square meters per person.
Recently, there are some videos becoming popular on Chinese Internet which are about the renting in Hong Kong. Considering the higher personal GDP of Hong Kong compared with mainland China and the unfamiliar about this place, people in mainland China often lack an accurate understanding of rent in Hong Kong. Such videos coincidently fill in the cognitive gap of this issue.
So what is situation of the house renting price in Hong Kong? here is the statistics.
From the map, it is clear that the renting price in Hong Kong island is the highest with the median price of 8,000 $HK in Wan Chai. All the renting data is for joint rent and were collected in Noverber 2024. Whole rental is not yet in the considerantion.