Young people becoming fewer in Hong Kong

They're just 12.6% of total population.

According to the results of the 2011 Population Census, the number of youths fell 3.2% over the past 10 years or from 887,432 in 2001 to 860,002 in 2011.

The number of youths in 2011 comprised 12.6% of the whole population in Hong Kong. Youths refer to population aged 15 to 24 for both sexes.

The sex ratio or number of males per 1 000 females of the youth population was 1,042. This shows there are more male youths than females. In particular, the sex ratio in the age group 15-19 (1,053) was slightly higher than that in the age group 20-24 (1,032).

The proportion of youths who had never married rose from 96.2% in 2001 to 97.9% in 2011, while the proportion of youths who were now married dropped from 3.6% to 2.0% over the same period.

This demonstrates that youths are less likely to be married than in the past, reflecting trends towards marriage at later ages and towards remaining single.

The youth population with post-secondary education has risen significantly since 2001. In 2001, 173,225 youths or 19.5% of the youth population had attended post-secondary education. By 2011 the number reached 338,301 or 39.3% of the youth population.

In 2011, 94.6%) of youths lived with parent or parents only while about 1% of youths lived on their own.

The most common type of housing for youths was private permanent housing no matter what their living arrangements were. Some 38% of youths lived in public rental housing and 42.9% in private permanent housing.