148 Table 5.8: Total housing supply by local authority until 2003 Local Authorities MBJB MPJBT MPKu PBTPG* Outside LA Area Total
Existing Housing Stocks 161,529 141,990 50,551 31,441 13,400 398,911
Committed Housing Units 83,872 374,306 59,986 83,897 146,642 748,703
Total Housing Supply 245,401 516,296 110,537 115,338 160,042 1,147,614
(%) 21.4 45.0 9.7 10.0 13.9 100.0
Source: Adapted from JPBD Semenanjung Malaysia (2004b) Besides data produced by the planning authorities, the total housing supply for the study area can also be traced from figures published by the National Property Information Centre (NAPIC). The 2007 Residential Property Stock Report estimates that the study area has a total number of 543,655 housing supply in 2006, comprising various categories. The existing housing stock represents 64.46 percent of the total housing supply accounted for in the study area in 2006 (Table 5.9). Table 5.9: Housing supply by category, 2006 Category of Housing Supply Existing stock
Total
Percentage (%)
350,438
64.46
Completion
3,033
0.55
Incoming Supply
46,685
8.59
Under Construction
43,441
7.99
Starts
3,244
0.60
Planned Supply
91,710
16.87
New Planned Supply Total
5,104
0.94
543,655
100.0
Source: National Property Information Centre (2007b) The above figures show that the study area was developed and planned with a huge number of housing supplies. Both the total housing supply figures in 2003 (produced by planning authorities) and in 2006 (produced by NAPIC) clearly indicate that the total housing supply has far exceeded the total household size of the study area in 2003, and even in 2020 where the number respectively amounted only to 298,809 and 526,151 (section 5.2). The figures show that the aspect of household size was not taken into consideration accordingly in the process of housing development in the study area.