Fact · housing · 2025-12
Public housing comprehensive waiting time (general applications)
公屋綜合輪候時間（一般申請）
Figure and reference date
5.1 years (end-Dec 2025)
5.1 年（2025年12月底）
Notes and definition
Housing Bureau composite waiting time for general applicants. The other basis in the same release, excluding Light Public Housing, is fact entry prh-waiting-2025-excl-lph; the official definition is prh-waiting-time-source. The composite fell to 4.8 years by end-Jun 2026.
There is more than one official basis
Public rental housing waiting time
Why are there two official statements of how long the public rental housing queue takes?
The same question has 2 official bases; their figures and scopes cannot be added together or swapped.
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Other figures in this group (housing)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Housing.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average PRH waiting time (official definition) 公屋平均輪候時間（官方定義） | See the Housing Bureau’s latest published figure 見房屋局公布的最新時點數字 Defined as the average waiting time of general applicants allotted PRH in the past 12 months; it excludes non-elderly one-person applicants under the Quota and Points System. | 2026-09 | PRH applications and average waiting time |
| Permanent living quarters 永久性居住屋宇單位 | 3,106,000 3 106 000 Should not be compared directly with domestic household counts to infer vacancy. | 2025-09 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Public rental housing units 公共租住房屋單位 | 877,000 (28.2%) 877 000（佔 28.2%） | 2025-09 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Subsidised sale flats 資助出售單位 | 467,000 (15.0%) 467 000（佔 15.0%） | 2025-09 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Private permanent quarters 私人永久性屋宇單位 | 1,762,000 (56.7%) 1 762 000（佔 56.7%） | 2025-09 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Newly completed residential flats 新落成居住單位 | 41,700 41 700 個 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| General public rental housing applications 一般出租公屋申請 | About 100,500 約 100 500 宗 | 2026-06 | Housing Bureau on public rental housing waiting time |
| Non-elderly one-person applications under QPS 配額及計分制非長者一人申請 | About 81,000 約 81 000 宗 | 2026-06 | Housing Bureau on public rental housing waiting time |
| Private domestic property price index (territory-wide) 私人住宅售價指數（全港） | 320.5 (August 2026, provisional) 320.5（2026年8月，暫定數字） Published monthly by the RVD (1999=100). The June 2026 figure was 323.2; the August index reflects month-on-month movement. | 2026-08 | Rating and Valuation Department: Property Market Statistics (Private Property Price & Rental Indices) |
| Private domestic property rental index (territory-wide) 私人住宅租金指數（全港） | 210.3 (August 2026) 210.3（2026年8月） Published monthly by the RVD (1999=100). The August figure is a record high. | 2026-08 | Rating and Valuation Department: Property Market Statistics (Private Property Price & Rental Indices) |
| Recorded total land area 已記錄土地總面積 | About 1,119 km² 約1 119 平方公里 Land area covered by the Planning Department Land Utilization statistics. | 2024 | Planning Department: Land Utilization in Hong Kong |
| Residential land 住宅用地 | About 80 km² (about 7%) 約80 平方公里（約7%） Planning Department 2024: private residential 27, public 18, village/rural 35 km². Residential land is about 7% of the recorded area. | 2024 | Planning Department: Land Utilization in Hong Kong |
26 more figures in this group are listed in Housing.
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “Annual Analysis of Public Housing Comprehensive Waiting Time” (Housing Bureau). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public housing waiting time (Light Public Housing excluded) 公屋輪候時間（撇除簡約公屋） | 5.6 years (end-Dec 2025) 5.6 年（2025年12月底） The Light-Public-Housing-excluded basis in the same Housing Bureau release; the composite waiting time for general applicants is fact entry prh-waiting-2025. Both are official, are not interchangeable, and the basis must be stated. | 2025-12 | Annual Analysis of Public Housing Comprehensive Waiting Time |
Verified questions that cite this figure
What is the average waiting time for public housing in Hong Kong?
The average waiting time for public rental housing in Hong Kong is about 5.1 years (as of end-December 2025). The waiting time is affected by application numbers and construction progress, and is updated quarterly.
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How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Public housing comprehensive waiting time (general applications)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/prh-waiting-2025, data as at 2025-12 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈公屋綜合輪候時間（一般申請）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/prh-waiting-2025，資料時點 2025-12（查閱日期 ＿）。
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Registered source
Annual Analysis of Public Housing Comprehensive Waiting Time
Housing Bureau
Official document dated 2026-02; last checked by this site 2026-10-11.
This site is a secondary compilation: the official text prevails. If the figure above differs from the official document, the official document is correct.