Wan Chai District

Wan Chai
灣仔區
Day view of Causeway Bay in the Wan Chai District
Day view of Causeway Bay in the Wan Chai District
Wan Chai is located in Hong Kong
Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Location in Hong Kong
Wan Chai is located in Asia
Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Wan Chai (Asia)
Coordinates: 22°16′47″N 114°10′18″E / 22.27968°N 114.17168°E / 22.27968; 114.17168
CountryChina
SARHong Kong
Constituencies11
Government
 • District Council Chairman (Assumed by District Officer)Fanny Cheung Ngan-ling, JP [1]
Area
 • Total10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021[2][clarify])
 • Total166,695
  • 75% Chinese
  • 9.8% Filipino
  • 4.4% White
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (Hong Kong Time)
Largest neighbourhood by populationHappy Valley (34,259 – 2016 est)[3]
Location of district office and district council130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
WebsiteWan Chai District Council
Wan Chai District
Traditional Chinese灣仔區
Cantonese YaleWāan tsái kēui
JyutpingWaan1 zai2 keoi1
Literal meaningLittle Bay District
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWānzǐ qū
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWāan tsái kēui
JyutpingWaan1 zai2 keoi1
IPA[wan˥.tsɐj˧˥ kʰɵɥ˥]

Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the second-highest educationally qualified residents with the highest-bracket incomes, the second-lowest population and the third-oldest quotient. It is a relatively affluent district, with one in five persons having liquid assets of more than HKD 1 million.[4]

  1. ^ Government Telephone Directory, Government of Hong Kong, retrieved 5 August 2024
  2. ^ "2011 Population Census: Summary Results" (in English and Chinese). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Government. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. ^ District Profiles, Government of Hong Kong, 8 December 2017, retrieved 15 April 2020
  4. ^ "平均每25人便有一人家财百万".