# 2021 Population Census (Statistics and Boundaries of New Towns)

[← Text catalogue home](/index.md)

[HTML](/datasets/hk-censtatd-census_geo-2021-population-census-by-nt/) · [JSON](/datasets/hk-censtatd-census_geo-2021-population-census-by-nt.json) · [Markdown](/datasets/hk-censtatd-census_geo-2021-population-census-by-nt.md)

- ID: ` hk-censtatd-census_geo-2021-population-census-by-nt `
- Publisher: [Census and Statistics Department](/publishers/88e98d98-89b0-437d-a95a-1dd00ba44454/) · [Markdown](/publishers/88e98d98-89b0-437d-a95a-1dd00ba44454/index.md)
- Categories: [Population](/categories/population/) · [Markdown](/categories/population/index.md)
- Tags: Not stated
- Resources: 1
- Updated: 2026-04-17T16:55:18.304223
- Update frequency (publisher metadata): One-off
- Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z
- Licence: Not stated
- Source: [Official metadata record](<https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_show?id=hk-censtatd-census_geo-2021-population-census-by-nt>)

Harvest started is the source harvest start associated with this record, not its precise retrieval time. Updated is an upstream metadata claim.

## Description

This 2021 Population Census dataset contains statistics relevant to demographic, household, educational, economic, housing and internal migration characteristics of the Hong Kong population residing in the 10 new towns in 2021\. The dataset also contains the boundaries of individual new towns\. Since 1961, a population census has been conducted in Hong Kong every 10 years and a by\-census in the middle of the intercensal period\. The 2021 Population Census, which was conducted in June to August 2021, provides benchmark statistics on the socio\-economic characteristics of the Hong Kong population vital to the planning and policy formulation of the government\.

## Resources

These are upstream resource links from metadata. Resource contents and endpoint availability have not been verified here.

### [2021 Population Census (Statistics and Boundaries of New Towns) (CSDI Portal)](<https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?lang=en&datasetId=censtatd_rcd_1695181913136_27614>)

- Resource ID: ` 2b16e082-3386-4c7e-856e-7904b25736ad `
- Format: API
- Language: en, zh-Hant, zh-Hans
- Updated: 2026-04-17T16:55:18.320588
- API flag (publisher metadata): Y
- Original URL: ` https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?lang=en&datasetId=censtatd_rcd_1695181913136_27614 `

2021 Population Census \(Statistics and Boundaries of New Towns\)

## Specifications (source links)

### Publisher documentation

- [Data dictionary](<https://www.census2021.gov.hk/doc/2021-statistics-classification-idds-en.pdf>) — source-linked; Dataset: data\_dictionary

Original links supplied in publisher metadata. A source link does not mean that document content is hosted, parsed or verified here; any hosted extraction and its review scope are listed separately below.


Upstream metadata associations only; these links do not validate individual resources or document sections. No extracted document body is hosted here.

## Document availability

Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. [Document availability](/documents.md).