Denomination Active households Pensioner households Other inactive households
1st income quintile 2nd income quintile 3rd income quintile 4th income quintile 5th income quintile total 1st income quintile 2nd income quintile 3rd income quintile 4th income quintile 5th income quintile total 1st income quintile 2nd income quintile 3rd income quintile 4th income quintile 5th income quintile total
2010
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 312,020 439,813 438,960 458,948 700,319 2,350,060 52,645 147,768 349,886 441,253 310,350 1,301,902 176,104 74,791 43,630 38,437 19,899 352,861
Number of households 858 1,127 1,111 1,117 1,769 5,982 151 357 800 995 712 3,015 505 192 115 84 43 939
Average size of households 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.2 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 3.3 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.2 2.4
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 374,832 602,683 642,578 692,306 976,049 3,288,448 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 38,622 78,871 83,124 87,791 118,307 406,715 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 413,454 681,554 725,702 780,097 1,094,356 3,695,163 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Of which:
male 249,947 380,929 378,029 405,603 564,188 1,978,696 – – – – – – – – – – – –
female 163,507 300,625 347,673 374,494 530,168 1,716,467 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pensioners, total 29,117 97,964 117,458 127,296 134,252 506,087 63,694 192,380 480,482 583,969 416,999 1,737,524 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 11,049 41,791 48,361 58,763 61,478 221,442 31,467 71,037 170,745 196,480 164,832 634,561 – – – – – –
female 18,068 56,173 69,097 68,533 72,774 284,645 32,227 121,343 309,737 387,489 252,167 1,102,963 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 112,769 91,893 55,037 35,403 28,403 323,505 26,654 30,378 15,360 7,718 2,638 82,748 169,446 41,643 15,219 9,526 8,089 243,923
Of which:
male 55,067 49,467 29,768 17,928 13,360 165,590 15,981 21,972 10,141 4,561 560 53,215 103,279 25,181 8,391 5,489 5,155 147,495
female 57,702 42,426 25,269 17,475 15,043 157,915 10,673 8,406 5,219 3,157 2,078 29,533 66,167 16,462 6,828 4,037 2,934 96,428
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 32,424 51,066 46,477 32,797 21,498 184,262 7,372 19,317 28,122 12,603 5,007 72,421 50,027 42,794 27,393 20,551 9,092 149,857
Adults attending school 3,440 3,667 5,316 4,623 12,336 29,382 547 – – 927 – 1,474 646 738 1,662 1,823 1,436 6,305
Other inactive adults 129,925 118,684 66,172 50,768 36,480 402,029 17,166 13,646 5,514 2,182 895 39,403 98,372 12,999 2,189 4,485 1,792 119,837
Children not attending school 178,491 150,015 96,534 75,635 56,001 556,676 6,296 3,109 – 593 – 9,998 109,194 7,073 849 2,351 386 119,853
Pupils, students 334,692 357,746 247,659 194,199 125,579 1,259,875 23,197 13,006 9,216 4,532 3,173 53,124 154,536 30,200 15,317 8,577 3,000 211,630
Total 1,234,312 1,552,589 1,360,355 1,300,818 1,508,905 6,956,979 144,926 271,836 538,694 612,524 428,712 1,996,692 582,221 135,447 62,629 47,313 23,795 851,405
2015
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 392,054 497,177 495,529 510,315 724,620 2,619,695 61,200 145,112 316,494 386,252 346,821 1,255,879 138,451 55,709 34,551 25,198 10,277 264,186
Number of households 688 841 793 771 847 3,940 147 372 786 862 700 2,867 210 79 50 27 12 378
Average size of households 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.0 2.8 2.3 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.5 2.5 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.4 2.0
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 517,981 719,254 762,265 826,422 909,970 3,735,892 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 50,312 73,428 66,624 70,832 192,639 453,835 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 568,293 792,682 828,889 897,254 1,102,609 4,189,727 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Of which:
male 304,307 417,696 444,232 479,713 621,881 2,267,829 – – – – – – – – – – – –
female 263,986 374,986 384,657 417,541 480,728 1,921,898 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pensioners, total 29,749 97,125 116,497 119,320 124,360 487,051 79,948 194,932 437,401 497,653 447,627 1,657,561 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 8,627 29,736 40,671 40,318 44,526 163,878 29,265 72,959 163,176 173,067 176,279 614,746 – – – – – –
female 21,122 67,389 75,826 79,002 79,834 323,173 50,683 121,973 274,225 324,586 271,348 1,042,815 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 96,766 68,293 40,745 27,914 17,256 250,974 13,324 18,387 12,053 1,351 2,635 47,750 114,168 27,442 7,106 5,988 2,010 156,714
Of which:
male 55,703 38,391 19,657 18,307 6,995 139,053 11,023 13,185 6,794 601 2,635 34,238 67,527 13,861 3,154 3,243 1,037 88,822
female 41,063 29,902 21,088 9,607 10,261 111,921 2,301 5,202 5,259 750 – 13,512 46,641 13,581 3,952 2,745 973 67,892
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 28,896 55,173 28,118 14,544 18,111 144,842 4,179 18,238 11,685 9,866 4,114 48,082 53,373 26,846 27,710 8,257 2,063 118,249
Adults attending school 2,087 8,899 4,873 6,342 9,129 31,330 – 494 1,863 1,277 – 3,634 3,044 1,522 – 2,994 1,600 9,160
Other inactive adults 126,602 76,693 53,797 45,073 21,849 324,014 12,899 5,513 3,853 1,382 – 23,647 48,481 3,278 3,817 1,775 1,805 59,156
Children not attending school 189,669 141,497 103,449 98,267 64,479 597,361 10,774 633 1,384 – – 12,791 51,673 2,284 1,600 5,546 1,109 62,212
Pupils, students 410,974 369,846 228,359 174,513 105,912 1,289,604 19,292 6,811 6,513 559 – 33,175 70,838 15,791 9,994 18,275 5,895 120,793
Total 1,453,036 1,610,208 1,404,727 1,383,227 1,463,705 7,314,903 140,416 245,008 474,752 512,088 454,376 1,826,640 341,577 77,163 50,227 42,835 14,482 526,284
2016
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 417,536 469,264 500,225 536,088 750,435 2,673,548 68,251 150,511 306,471 384,154 329,815 1,239,202 102,624 59,121 28,135 22,984 9,306 222,170
Number of households 646 797 819 816 917 3,995 180 426 839 951 727 3,123 170 98 51 36 12 367
Average size of households 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.0 2.8 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.9
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 549,096 702,240 790,675 831,982 994,771 3,868,764 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 102,100 72,139 64,311 78,264 147,807 464,621 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 651,196 774,379 854,986 910,246 1,142,578 4,333,385 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Of which:
male 356,422 417,825 466,923 467,206 615,723 2,324,099 – – – – – – – – – – – –
female 294,774 356,554 388,063 443,040 526,855 2,009,286 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pensioners, total 48,887 95,776 137,194 134,918 131,708 548,483 88,787 208,160 403,582 494,773 423,303 1,618,605 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 16,942 29,864 47,125 45,127 56,566 195,624 39,688 81,792 147,206 168,182 174,904 611,772 – – – – – –
female 31,945 65,912 90,069 89,791 75,142 352,859 49,099 126,368 256,376 326,591 248,399 1,006,833 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 69,810 52,012 27,210 11,380 11,408 171,820 12,351 22,255 6,109 6,078 1,742 48,535 98,470 26,101 11,473 7,039 4,409 147,492
Of which:
male 43,735 30,254 12,689 7,096 4,347 98,121 8,591 16,610 3,238 5,113 472 34,024 57,795 12,572 6,563 5,389 2,802 85,121
female 26,075 21,758 14,521 4,284 7,061 73,699 3,760 5,645 2,871 965 1,270 14,511 40,675 13,529 4,910 1,650 1,607 62,371
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 22,107 43,425 27,434 18,446 12,254 123,666 5,083 13,678 11,843 5,443 3,259 39,306 24,547 28,885 15,448 15,313 2,937 87,130
Adults attending school 2,473 4,418 5,492 3,940 5,552 21,875 – 1,554 320 – 488 2,362 – 600 – – 1,650 2,250
Other inactive adults 120,433 93,362 48,682 39,228 29,009 330,714 13,214 12,524 2,263 892 690 29,583 32,789 4,977 4,520 636 171 43,093
Children not attending school 196,509 156,498 108,062 73,564 49,805 584,438 11,364 4,703 – – – 16,067 43,213 2,126 4,189 – – 49,528
Pupils, students 407,255 352,076 249,976 198,355 103,000 1,310,662 14,515 9,463 4,108 1,224 – 29,310 65,211 21,084 3,607 5,890 3,403 99,195
Total 1,518,670 1,571,946 1,459,036 1,390,077 1,485,314 7,425,043 145,314 272,337 428,225 508,410 429,482 1,783,768 264,230 83,773 39,237 28,878 12,570 428,688
2017
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 418,719 479,299 511,030 580,743 733,529 2,723,320 77,552 196,238 324,513 306,404 314,741 1,219,448 109,546 36,195 22,098 21,575 4,659 194,073
Number of households 641 688 738 798 799 3,664 201 546 837 745 660 2,989 172 62 34 30 9 307
Average size of households 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.8 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.8
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 578,481 707,719 795,400 902,398 968,115 3,952,113 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 53,839 67,073 80,939 94,854 160,731 457,436 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 632,320 774,792 876,339 997,252 1,128,846 4,409,549 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Of which:
male 341,959 424,729 477,627 518,582 594,072 2,356,969 – – – – – – – – – – – –
female 290,361 350,063 398,712 478,670 534,774 2,052,580 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pensioners, total 53,249 113,281 108,302 156,442 137,428 568,702 96,205 270,493 428,946 399,754 405,728 1,601,126 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 19,723 30,704 38,000 58,611 54,573 201,611 37,765 101,268 158,958 140,647 176,941 615,579 – – – – – –
female 33,526 82,577 70,302 97,831 82,855 367,091 58,440 169,225 269,988 259,107 228,787 985,547 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 85,277 35,484 25,785 19,632 14,627 180,805 18,450 10,142 6,942 3,681 463 39,678 76,825 8,053 5,341 6,406 – 96,625
Of which:
male 52,864 21,143 10,597 10,578 4,726 99,908 13,540 4,949 3,388 2,256 463 24,596 39,019 1,059 2,300 1,681 – 44,059
female 32,413 14,341 15,188 9,054 9,901 80,897 4,910 5,193 3,554 1,425 – 15,082 37,806 6,994 3,041 4,725 – 52,566
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 17,797 36,237 22,190 19,538 17,123 112,885 6,928 17,061 12,221 5,383 2,386 43,979 40,276 20,574 18,796 9,714 2,159 91,519
Adults attending school 1,372 6,256 8,422 10,724 5,069 31,843 760 265 1,116 745 – 2,886 1,510 – – 1,610 1,755 4,875
Other inactive adults 132,968 100,838 49,629 27,194 20,292 330,921 13,606 3,728 1,258 1,104 160 19,856 34,442 5,292 469 3,470 745 44,418
Children not attending school 220,425 174,769 101,411 56,162 49,857 602,624 9,220 255 – – – 9,475 29,912 2,990 – 1,137 – 34,039
Pupils, students 371,750 324,505 253,292 194,966 134,569 1,279,082 12,994 3,445 781 960 386 18,566 65,794 13,113 2,390 5,035 – 86,332
Total 1,515,158 1,566,162 1,445,370 1,481,910 1,507,811 7,516,411 158,163 305,389 451,264 411,627 409,123 1,735,566 248,759 50,022 26,996 27,372 4,659 357,808
2018
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 454,329 454,796 471,202 589,579 774,603 2,744,509 65,718 222,775 372,414 309,731 207,156 1,177,794 108,686 41,687 23,068 12,559 11,318 197,318
Number of households 568 593 636 709 784 3,290 158 566 920 662 393 2,699 178 61 39 13 13 304
Average size of households 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.8 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.7
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 621,616 647,891 724,601 906,071 1,089,647 3,989,826 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 71,494 84,434 62,600 80,486 165,234 464,248 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 693,110 732,325 787,201 986,557 1,254,881 4,454,074 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Of which:
male 379,474 408,269 427,249 517,016 693,580 2,425,588 – – – – – – – – – – – –
female 313,636 324,056 359,952 469,541 561,301 2,028,486 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pensioners, total 50,283 108,614 137,118 126,979 130,276 553,270 80,275 313,273 502,606 411,106 266,854 1,574,114 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 13,160 29,939 44,683 39,005 48,994 175,781 32,046 121,499 187,092 159,458 105,324 605,419 – – – – – –
female 37,123 78,675 92,435 87,974 81,282 377,489 48,229 191,774 315,514 251,648 161,530 968,695 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 58,665 34,426 25,357 13,235 14,671 146,354 15,529 9,043 6,696 2,844 3,442 37,554 73,057 12,385 4,663 7,948 4,316 102,369
Of which:
male 27,613 13,270 11,075 8,157 5,955 66,070 5,762 3,737 4,804 2,105 330 16,738 45,306 5,393 2,854 4,255 2,903 60,711
female 31,052 21,156 14,282 5,078 8,716 80,284 9,767 5,306 1,892 739 3,112 20,816 27,751 6,992 1,809 3,693 1,413 41,658
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 22,076 32,053 25,313 20,061 10,398 109,901 15,431 18,110 10,973 4,724 664 49,902 38,563 24,744 17,562 3,063 2,351 86,283
Adults attending school 2,500 4,301 7,803 6,090 5,637 26,331 – 2,146 – – 275 2,421 – – – – 200 200
Other inactive adults 135,894 90,471 42,481 44,313 31,886 345,045 6,502 3,204 2,466 740 400 13,312 43,719 4,904 2,378 – 757 51,758
Children not attending school 207,546 161,133 69,701 97,668 45,400 581,448 1,262 – – – – 1,262 29,264 388 1,996 – – 31,648
Pupils, students 385,449 353,001 271,737 188,851 138,767 1,337,805 7,808 5,317 – 647 280 14,052 48,886 10,731 1,854 2,958 6,384 70,813
Total 1,555,523 1,516,324 1,366,711 1,483,754 1,631,916 7,554,228 126,807 351,093 522,741 420,061 271,915 1,692,617 233,489 53,152 28,453 13,969 14,008 343,071
2019
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 388,847 523,233 459,535 603,912 795,750 2,771,277 191,648 102,678 428,266 242,470 205,721 1,170,783 97,261 29,228 25,453 10,265 6,973 169,180
Number of households 502 626 525 677 766 3,096 445 237 937 485 395 2,499 165 42 37 8 7 259
Average size of households 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.1 2.7 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.8
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 525,022 737,744 681,716 965,532 1,094,286 4,004,300 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 71,047 82,035 86,506 87,032 159,213 485,833 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 596,069 819,779 768,222 1,052,564 1,253,499 4,490,133 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Of which:
male 340,827 445,796 406,167 565,088 673,037 2,430,915 – – – – – – – – – – – –
female 255,242 373,983 362,055 487,476 580,462 2,059,218 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pensioners, total 41,491 95,800 124,981 142,828 135,794 540,894 259,407 177,716 530,707 324,909 264,319 1,557,058 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 13,717 32,154 36,852 52,476 51,993 187,192 103,137 80,381 179,727 116,526 101,767 581,538 – – – – – –
female 27,774 63,646 88,129 90,352 83,801 353,702 156,270 97,335 350,980 208,383 162,552 975,520 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 65,815 55,422 18,091 15,112 14,177 168,617 12,909 12,583 4,540 2,637 674 33,343 52,105 16,221 7,820 6,705 4,051 86,902
Of which:
male 32,634 19,303 9,244 4,885 8,967 75,033 8,006 7,861 2,934 2,334 674 21,809 31,412 9,408 4,208 6,705 2,615 54,348
female 33,181 36,119 8,847 10,227 5,210 93,584 4,903 4,722 1,606 303 – 11,534 20,693 6,813 3,612 – 1,436 32,554
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 26,114 41,841 25,054 17,596 11,946 122,551 16,202 13,113 9,442 5,617 2,658 47,032 48,497 8,430 12,738 1,649 1,641 72,955
Adults attending school 5,375 8,099 8,522 15,256 6,876 44,128 1,928 – – – – 1,928 971 – – – 1,281 2,252
Other inactive adults 116,645 98,663 38,926 37,035 28,476 319,745 13,811 3,954 770 257 721 19,513 39,043 6,359 4,834 – – 50,236
Children not attending school 193,934 165,498 76,974 76,834 56,768 570,008 6,048 2,068 – – – 8,116 28,950 3,944 2,772 – – 35,666
Pupils, students 343,838 368,938 273,535 211,243 131,554 1,329,108 8,739 2,571 – 4,841 – 16,151 38,396 12,731 10,487 1,911 671 64,196
Total 1,389,281 1,654,040 1,334,305 1,568,468 1,639,090 7,585,184 319,044 212,005 545,459 338,261 268,372 1,683,141 207,962 47,685 38,651 10,265 7,644 312,207
2020
Number of households
Number of households, grossed up 434,752 445,795 489,480 556,210 860,257 2,786,494 88,560 225,828 278,959 376,264 188,677 1,158,288 117,739 23,776 18,929 7,769 8,941 177,154
Number of households 512 503 544 586 840 2,985 170 479 578 694 326 2,247 146 29 27 11 5 218
Average size of households 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 2.3 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.1 2.0
Number of persons by activity status
Employees 582,891 646,585 742,049 835,484 1,136,734 3,943,743 5,167 1,101 599 – – 6,867 4,139 – 1,005 – – 5,144
Self-employed, unpaid family workers, members of partnerships 47,456 87,064 83,948 100,015 224,486 542,969 – – – – – – – – – – – –
Active earners, total 630,347 733,649 825,997 935,499 1,361,220 4,486,712 5,167 1,101 599 – – 6,867 4,139 – 1,005 – – 5,144
Of which:
male 366,736 397,607 438,298 492,564 743,312 2,438,517 2,148 1,101 599 – – 3,848 3,463 – 1,005 – – 4,468
female 263,611 336,042 387,699 442,935 617,908 2,048,195 3,019 – – – – 3,019 676 – – – – 676
Pensioners, total 47,584 97,996 108,056 137,993 123,786 515,415 114,086 307,244 377,942 510,924 252,579 1,562,775 – – – – – –
Of which:
male 11,107 36,554 40,897 41,166 43,506 173,230 52,659 110,821 131,248 184,924 110,260 589,912 – – – – – –
female 36,477 61,442 67,159 96,827 80,280 342,185 61,427 196,423 246,694 326,000 142,319 972,863 – – – – – –
Unemployed, total 88,723 48,115 21,448 21,291 18,848 198,425 20,818 13,034 3,003 2,243 – 39,098 73,511 11,199 7,618 6,172 9,015 107,515
Of which:
male 41,927 22,657 10,042 11,494 4,440 90,560 7,496 10,104 3,003 1,467 – 22,070 44,130 7,856 3,121 4,012 6,478 65,597
female 46,796 25,458 11,406 9,797 14,408 107,865 13,322 2,930 – 776 – 17,028 29,381 3,343 4,497 2,160 2,537 41,918
Disabled or incapable of work because of health reason 27,363 34,402 16,467 13,031 8,031 99,294 16,649 22,118 8,439 4,565 1,094 52,865 53,421 14,547 10,794 1,921 – 80,683
Adults attending school 4,273 7,098 3,472 6,126 8,324 29,293 426 – – – 338 764 4,085 324 873 – – 5,282
Other inactive adults 109,850 78,421 60,647 31,143 18,238 298,299 7,419 2,921 1,086 661 2,120 14,207 40,651 2,704 1,597 609 45,561
Children not attending school 211,727 169,173 121,650 68,542 43,864 614,956 8,842 314 – – – 9,156 43,134 505 – – – 43,639
Pupils, students 347,965 341,398 295,779 200,872 124,682 1,310,696 9,213 1,853 1,807 290 – 13,163 47,795 9,045 2,669 724 – 60,233
Total 1,467,832 1,510,252 1,453,516 1,414,497 1,706,993 7,553,090 182,620 348,585 392,876 518,683 256,131 1,698,895 266,736 38,324 24,556 8,817 9,624 348,057

Footnotes

*Source: HKÉF Consumption Survey.
Source: HKÉF Consumption Survey

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