| Table 6. Current residence by Southern Highlands District, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Ialibu/Pangia | Imbonggu | Kagua/Erave | Mendi/Munihu | Nipa/Kutubu | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 317,437 | 40,119 | 54,353 | 168,360 | 24,482 | 30,123 |
| Western | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Central | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| NCD | 119 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 7 |
| Milnebay | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 316,491 | 39,790 | 54,200 | 168,032 | 24,417 | 30,052 |
| Enga | 88 | 3 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 10 |
| West Highlands | 210 | 8 | 28 | 138 | 9 | 27 |
| Simbu | 29 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| East Highlands | 47 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 0 |
| Morobe | 27 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| Madang | 14 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| East Sepik | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| West Sepik | 257 | 254 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 18 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| East New Britain | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 17 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Bougainville | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 49 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 10 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 162,896 | 20,016 | 28,871 | 84,998 | 12,391 | 16,620 |
| Western | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Central | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| NCD | 70 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Milnebay | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 162,277 | 19,789 | 28,765 | 84,779 | 12,355 | 16,589 |
| Enga | 54 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| West Highlands | 137 | 7 | 19 | 94 | 5 | 12 |
| Simbu | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| East Highlands | 28 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| Morobe | 16 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Madang | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| East Sepik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Sepik | 180 | 178 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| East New Britain | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 16 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Bougainville | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 40 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 3 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 154,541 | 20,103 | 25,482 | 83,362 | 12,091 | 13,503 |
| Western | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| NCD | 49 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 5 |
| Milnebay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 154,214 | 20,001 | 25,435 | 83,253 | 12,062 | 13,463 |
| Enga | 34 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| West Highlands | 73 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 4 | 15 |
| Simbu | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| East Highlands | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Morobe | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Madang | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| East Sepik | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Sepik | 77 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| East New Britain | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bougainville | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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