Average Number of Occupants in 1- and 2-room Rental Flats

16 Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for National Development (a) how many children currently stay in (i) 1-room rental flats and (ii) 2-room rental flats respectively; and (b) for such cases, what is the average number of occupants per unit, in (i) 1-room rental flats and (ii) 2-room rental flats respectively.

Mr Desmond Lee: There are about 4,000 and 18,000 children aged 18 and below currently living in 1- and 2-room rental flats respectively.

The average number of occupants per unit in 1- and 2-room rental flats with children is three and four persons respectively.

Most public rental households who have three or more members live in 2-room flats. Households with three or more persons living in a 1-room flat can request to move to a 2-room flat. Families that form two nuclei, such as grandparents living with parents and children, can apply for two rental flats and request for the flats to be in the same block, subject to vacancies. On a case-by-case basis, we will also be prepared to offer larger families a 3-room rental flat.