Tin Tsz Estate Explained

Building Name:Tin Tsz Estate
Location:9 Tin Hei Street, Tin Shui Wai
New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.4528°N 114.007°W
Status:Completed
Category:Public rental housing
Population Date:2016
Population:9,026[1]
Blocknumber:4[2]
Units:3,392
Construction Authority:Hong Kong Housing Authority

Tin Tsz Estate is a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong near Light Rail Tin Tsz stop.[3] It consists of four residential buildings completed in 1997 and contains 3,400 rental flats of sizes ranging from 12.8 to 43.3m2.[4] [5]

Tin Lai Court is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Tin Shui Wai, near Tin Tsz Estate. It has only one Harmony-typed block built in 1997.[6]

Houses

Tin Tsz Estate

Name Chinese name Building type Completed
Tsz Fai House 慈輝樓 Harmony 1 1997
Tsz Ping House 慈屏樓
Tsz Sum House 慈心樓
Tsz Yan House 慈恩樓

Tin Lai Court

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Tsz Estate had a population of 9,026. The median age was 43.4 and the majority of residents (96 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.8 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$22,000.[1]

Politics

Tin Tsz Estate and Tin Lai Court are located in Tsz Yau constituency of the Yuen Long District Council.[7] It is currently represented by May Chan Mei-lin, who was elected in the 2019 elections.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Major Housing Estates. 2016 Population By-census. Census and Statistics Department. 14 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Housing Authority Property Location and Profile Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 14 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Tin Tsz Stop. MTR Corporation. 30 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Tin Tsz Estate. Hong Kong Film Services Office. 14 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Tin Shui Wai Integrated Family Service Centre. Social Welfare Department. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613082600/http://www.swd.gov.hk/doc/family/TSWIFSC_20090522.pdf. 13 June 2010. dead. 14 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Housing Authority Property Location and Profile Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department. Hong Kong Housing Authority. 14 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District). Electoral Affairs Commission. 14 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Yuen Long District Council - Yuen Long DC Members. District Council. 14 June 2021.