Editing Hong Kong Island (section)

==Demographics==
As of 2023, the population of Hong Kong Island is approximately 1,188,500, making up approximately 15.8% of the 7,536,100 in [[Hong Kong]]. Its population density is higher than the whole of [[Hong Kong]], c. 18,000 per km<sup>2</sup>. However, the population is heavily concentrated along the northern shore. The combined population of Central and Western, Wan Chai, and Eastern is 925,200, giving this urbanised part of the island a density of around 22,500 per km<sup>2</sup>, or 58,000 per mi<sup>2</sup>, in its approximately {{convert|41.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table 110-06841 : Mid-year Population by District Council district |url=https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/web_table.html?id=110-06841#110-06841_1 |access-date=26 July 2024 |website=Census and Statistics Department}}</ref>

The residents living in the Central and Western District and Wan Chai District have the highest median household income compared with the other districts in Hong Kong. Affluent districts on Hong Kong Island are [[Victoria Peak|The Peak]], Western Mid-Levels ([[Conduit Road]]/[[Robinson Road, Hong Kong|Robinson Road]]/[[Magazine Gap Road]]/[[Kotewall Road]] etc.), Eastern Mid-Levels ([[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]]/[[Tai Hang]]/[[Jardine's Lookout]]), [[Tai Tam]], [[Deep Water Bay]] and [[Repulse Bay]].

As of 2021, 85% of Hong Kong Island's residents are of [[Chinese peoples|Chinese]] descent. The largest ethnic minority groups are [[Filipinos in Hong Kong|Filipino]]s (5.6%), [[Indonesians in Hong Kong|Indonesian]]s (2.6%), and [[White people]] (2.5%) <ref name=":0"/>

As of 2021, 80.4% of Hong Kong Island's residents use [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] as their usual language, while 10.6% use [[English language|English]] and 3.3% use [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]. 2.8% of the residents use [[Chinese dialects]] other than [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] and [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] as their usual language and 2.9% use languages not listed above as their usual language.<ref name=":0" />