Ap Lei Chau Estate, Public rental housing complex in Southern District, Hong Kong.
Ap Lei Chau Estate is a public housing complex in Southern District comprising eight residential blocks with thousands of flats distributed across Lei Ning House, Lei Yee House, Lei Tim House, and others. The buildings are organized in a dense layout typical of Hong Kong's public housing developments, providing accommodations for a large residential community on the waterfront area of the island.
The estate was built between 1980 and 1982 to house residents displaced by a fire near Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter, which destroyed homes and left many families without shelter. This construction project served as an immediate response to that disaster, providing new homes for those who lost everything in the fire.
According to 2016 data, the estate houses 14,504 residents with 97.1 percent identifying as Chinese ethnicity and maintaining a median age of 53.1 years.
The complex is well-connected to public transport, with Lei Tung MTR Station providing direct access to residents and visitors traveling to other areas of Hong Kong Island. Getting around from here is straightforward thanks to the metro link, which saves time when heading to the city center or other neighborhoods.
Each household in the estate reports an average size of 2.8 people with a median monthly income of HK$21,650 as recorded in recent statistics.
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