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FAMILY PORTRAIT
The Statistics and Census Service released the preliminary results of the 2011 population census last month. The gures paint a portrait of a society growing in numbers, and where home ownership rate is declining. The full results will be made public in April
The annual average rate of population growth in the past 10 years.
2.4%
As of August 2011, the population of Macau totalled 552,500 people (including non-resident workers) of which 52.0 percent were female
The number of people per square km 142,300
living in Areia Preta and Iao Hon, the most densely populated areas in the world.
Overall population density in Macau stands at 18,600 people per square km,
up by 10.3 percent in comparison with 2001, when the last census was conducted
The median age of the population, an increase of 2.7 years from 2001. People aged 65 and above represent 7.2 percent of the total population
36.0 years
The percentage of Macau’s population that was actually born here. The majority of the
41.1%
people, 46.1 percent, were born in the mainland while 3.4 percent come from Hong Kong
Total number of households in Macau, up by 26.5 percent from 2001. The average household size is 3.08 members
170,700
The percentage of households living in residential units they own, down substantially by 6.1 percentage points in comparison
70.4%
with the 2001 census. One quarter of households live in a rented home, up from less than 20 percent one decade ago
SOURCE: STATISTICS AND CENSUS SERVICE DECEMBER 2011 BANK DEPOSITS
POST INCREASE Total deposits with the Macau banking sector grew 4.3 percent in October from a month earlier to MOP408.1 billion (US$51 billion), the monetary authority announced. Domestic loans to the private sector edged up 0.1 percent on a monthly basis to MOP165.1 billion. On the other hand, external loans rose 0.4 percent to MOP148.3 billion.
EXPORTS UP Macau’s total merchandise exports for November amounted to MOP651 million (US$81.4 million), up by 14.2 percent year- on-year, the Statistics and Census Service reports. Even so, that growth rate was outpaced by the total merchandise imports, which went up notably by 51.9 percent year-on-year, to MOP6.23 billion.
UNEMPLOYMENT
REACHES NEW LOW Macau’s unemployment rate for September-November was 2.3 percent, down by 0.1 percentage points over the preceding period (August- October) and the lowest ever since at least 1992, when the Statistics and Census Service’s online data starts. This is the second time in a row that an all-time low for the unemployment rate has been set. The number of unemployed in September- November decreased by about 300 to 8,100, with 15.3 percent being fresh labour force entrants searching for their rst job.
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