Allway Gardens () is the earliest and one of the largest-scale

private housing estates Private housing estate is a term used in Hong Kong for private mass housing – a housing estate developed by a private developer, as opposed to a public housing estate built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Socie ...

located in

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

, Hong Kong. It was developed by

Hopewell Holdings Hopewell Holdings Limited (), established on 17 October 1972, is a major property developer in Hong Kong headed by Sir Gordon Wu. History It was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchanges in 1972 and delisted when taken private in 2019. Hopewell H ...

. It is located on

Tsuen King Circuit Tsuen King Circuit () is an area and a road in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located on a hill in the northwest of the Chai Wan Kok Industrial Area, so it was also called "West Chai Wan Kok". There are mainly private housing estates ...

, a hilltop at the west of Tsuen Wan. It comprises 3,423 flats in sixteen towers in four phases, completed between 1978 and 1981.

Demographics

According to the 2016 by-census, Allway Gardens had a population of 9,613. The median age was 44.3 and the majority of residents (96 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.9 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$38,000.

Politics

Allway Gardens is located in Allway constituency of the

Tsuen Wan District Council The Tsuen Wan District Council () is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tsuen Wan District Council currently consists of 21 members, of which the distric ...

. It was formerly represented by Chiu Yan-loy, who was elected in the

2019 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2019. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems has a calendar of upcoming elections around the world, and the National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections in coun ...

until July 2021.

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* (in Chinese) {{Private housing estates in Hong Kong Private housing estates in Hong Kong Tsuen Wan Hopewell Holdings Residential buildings completed in 1978 Residential buildings completed in 1979 Residential buildings completed in 1980 Residential buildings completed in 1981