Median Household Income (Census)

Source

Census and Statistics Department (censtatd)

• Department URL: https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/
• Table: Median Monthly Household Income by District
• Download: https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/web_table.html?id=1E

Format

XLSX Annual / Census cycle. Free download.

HKD 27,500

HK Median (2021)

HKD 41,400

Central & Western

18

Districts

452

DCCA Zones

Schema / Fields

Field	Type	Example	Description
DCCA_CODE	string	C18A01	District Council Constituency Area code
DCCA_NAME_EN	string	Sheung Wan	English DCCA name
DISTRICT	string	Central & Western	Parent district
MEDIAN_HH_INCOME	integer	41400	Median monthly household income (HKD)
MEAN_HH_INCOME	integer	62300	Mean monthly household income (HKD)
GINI_COEFF	float	0.541	Income inequality within zone
CENSUS_YEAR	integer	2021	Reference year

Fields verified via censtatd Table 1E documentation.

Example API Call

# Download censtatd income table
curl -L -o income_dcca.xlsx \
  "https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1120068"

# CKAN search
curl "https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_search?q=household+income+district"

Example Response

DISTRICT            | DCCA          | MEDIAN_INCOME | MEAN_INCOME
Central & Western   | Sheung Wan    | 41,400        | 62,300
Central & Western   | Mid-Levels    | 68,500        | 102,400
Central & Western   | Sai Ying Pun  | 32,100        | 48,700
Wan Chai            | Wan Chai      | 38,200        | 58,100
Eastern             | Quarry Bay    | 31,400        | 44,200

Used By

Model	How
Gravity Model	Oi origin mass: income × population × dining propensity
Geodemographics	Primary affluence segmentation variable
Regression Model	Affluence index variable X₄
Site Rating	Market quality sub-score

Notes / Gotchas

Tip

The Gini coefficient matters as much as median income. A zone with median HKD 40K but high Gini contains both wealthy and poor households — very different from a uniformly middle-class zone.

Caution

Domestic helpers (FDWs) are included in the household count but have fixed incomes of ~HKD 4,990/month. In areas with high FDW concentration (Mid-Levels, Pokfulam), this artificially depresses the median.

• Income from employment only; investment income is under-reported in census
• Expatriate households in Central tend to have higher incomes than local households — the DCCA average blends these
• For restaurant viability, use disposable income proxy: income × (1 - housing cost ratio) per zone