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Best places to live in Greater Hong Kong

154 places with 16,165,376 residents within about 35 km of Hong Kong, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional overview: population, geography and modelled indicators for costs, schools and safety.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Hong Kong, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Fanling
    North District (北區), 263,200 residents    89
  2. 2Sheung Shui (上水)
    North District (北區), 20,514 residents    86
  3. 3Discovery Bay (愉景灣)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 19,336 residents    85
  4. 4Tai Mei Tuk (大埔海濱)
    Tai Po (大埔區), 17,544 residents    85
  5. 5Peng Chau
    Lantau Island (離島區), 7,821 residents    84
  6. 6Shek O (石澳村)
    Southern District (南區), 20,683 residents    83
  7. 7San Tung Chung Hang (新東涌坑)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 116,000 residents    82
  8. 8Tai Mong Tsai (大網仔)
    Sai Kung (西貢區), 11,526 residents    81
  9. 9Tung Chung (東涌)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 114,100 residents    81
  10. 10Pui O (貝澳)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 5,001 residents    81

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For retired couples

  1. 1Discovery Bay (愉景灣)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 19,336 residents    86
  2. 2Sheung Shui (上水)
    North District (北區), 20,514 residents    86
  3. 3Peng Chau
    Lantau Island (離島區), 7,821 residents    86
  4. 4Tai Mei Tuk (大埔海濱)
    Tai Po (大埔區), 17,544 residents    85
  5. 5Fanling
    North District (北區), 263,200 residents    85
  6. 6Cheung Chau
    Lantau Island (離島區), 19,769 residents    84
  7. 7Shek O (石澳村)
    Southern District (南區), 20,683 residents    83
  8. 8Tai Mong Tsai (大網仔)
    Sai Kung (西貢區), 11,526 residents    82
  9. 9Pui O (貝澳)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 5,001 residents    81
  10. 10Sha Tau Kok (沙头角)
    North District (北區), 5,001 residents    79

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For remote workers

  1. 1Fanling
    North District (北區), 263,200 residents    89
  2. 2Tin Shui Wai (天水圍)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 286,232 residents    87
  3. 3Yuen Long Kau Hui (元朗舊墟)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 169,600 residents    87
  4. 4Tuen Mun (屯門)
    Tuen Mun (屯門區), 507,900 residents    87
  5. 5Yuen Long San Hui (元朗)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 200,000 residents    87
  6. 6Sheung Shui (上水)
    North District (北區), 20,514 residents    87
  7. 7Fairview Park
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 20,268 residents    86
  8. 8Shek O (石澳村)
    Southern District (南區), 20,683 residents    86
  9. 9Kam Tin (錦田)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 21,876 residents    86
  10. 10Ping Shan (屏山)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 45,400 residents    86

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For commuters

  1. 1Fanling
    North District (北區), 263,200 residents    95
  2. 2Tuen Mun (屯門)
    Tuen Mun (屯門區), 507,900 residents    93
  3. 3San Tung Chung Hang (新東涌坑)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 116,000 residents    93
  4. 4Tung Chung (東涌)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 114,100 residents    93
  5. 5Tin Shui Wai (天水圍)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 286,232 residents    92
  6. 6Yuen Long San Hui (元朗)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 200,000 residents    91
  7. 7Yuen Long Kau Hui (元朗舊墟)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 169,600 residents    91
  8. 8Tai Po (大埔)
    Tai Po (大埔區), 274,100 residents    90
  9. 9Aberdeen (香港仔)
    Southern District (南區), 157,400 residents    90
  10. 10Shap Pat Heung
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 77,775 residents    89

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For single professionals

  1. 1Tuen Mun (屯門)
    Tuen Mun (屯門區), 507,900 residents    90
  2. 2Tin Shui Wai (天水圍)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 286,232 residents    88
  3. 3Fanling
    North District (北區), 263,200 residents    88
  4. 4Tai Po (大埔)
    Tai Po (大埔區), 274,100 residents    87
  5. 5Yuen Long San Hui (元朗)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 200,000 residents    86
  6. 6Yuen Long Kau Hui (元朗舊墟)
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 169,600 residents    86
  7. 7Sha Tin (沙田)
    Sha Tin (沙田區), 495,200 residents    85
  8. 8Tseung Kwan O
    Sai Kung (西貢區), 412,900 residents    85
  9. 9Tsuen Wan (荃灣)
    Tsuen Wan (荃灣區), 318,916 residents    85
  10. 10Wong Tai Sin (黃大仙)
    Wong Tai Sin District (黃大仙區), 425,235 residents    84

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Fanling
    North District (北區), 263,200 residents    92
  2. 2San Tung Chung Hang (新東涌坑)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 116,000 residents    91
  3. 3Tung Chung (東涌)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 114,100 residents    91
  4. 4Discovery Bay (愉景灣)
    Lantau Island (離島區), 19,336 residents    90
  5. 5Sheung Shui (上水)
    North District (北區), 20,514 residents    89
  6. 6Shek O (石澳村)
    Southern District (南區), 20,683 residents    89
  7. 7Tai Mei Tuk (大埔海濱)
    Tai Po (大埔區), 17,544 residents    89
  8. 8Tuen Mun (屯門)
    Tuen Mun (屯門區), 507,900 residents    88
  9. 9Tai Mong Tsai (大網仔)
    Sai Kung (西貢區), 11,526 residents    87
  10. 10Fairview Park
    Yuen Long (元朗區), 20,268 residents    86

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Towns in Greater Hong Kong