| Table 7. Residence in 1989 by Western District, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Districts | ||||||
| Total | Middle Fly | North Fly | South Fly | |||
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 55,283 | 22,671 | 7,596 | 25,016 | ||
| Western | 54,691 | 22,362 | 7,562 | 24,767 | ||
| Gulf | 61 | 44 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Central | 125 | 93 | 10 | 22 | ||
| NCD | 107 | 52 | 7 | 48 | ||
| Milnebay | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oro | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| South Highlands | 29 | 1 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Enga | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| West Highlands | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Simbu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| East Highlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morobe | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Madang | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| East Sepik | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| West Sepik | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Manus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Ireland | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| East New Britain | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | ||
| West New Britain | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Bougainville | 34 | 27 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Elsewhere | 96 | 29 | 9 | 58 | ||
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 27,853 | 11,405 | 3,822 | 12,626 | ||
| Western | 27,499 | 11,248 | 3,798 | 12,453 | ||
| Gulf | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Central | 66 | 43 | 8 | 15 | ||
| NCD | 62 | 29 | 4 | 29 | ||
| Milnebay | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oro | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| South Highlands | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Enga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| West Highlands | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Simbu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| East Highlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morobe | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Madang | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| East Sepik | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| West Sepik | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Ireland | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| East New Britain | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
| West New Britain | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bougainville | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Elsewhere | 88 | 26 | 7 | 55 | ||
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 27,430 | 11,266 | 3,774 | 12,390 | ||
| Western | 27,192 | 11,114 | 3,764 | 12,314 | ||
| Gulf | 37 | 29 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Central | 59 | 50 | 2 | 7 | ||
| NCD | 45 | 23 | 3 | 19 | ||
| Milnebay | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| South Highlands | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Enga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| West Highlands | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Simbu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| East Highlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morobe | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Madang | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| East Sepik | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| West Sepik | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Manus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Ireland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| East New Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| West New Britain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bougainville | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Elsewhere | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||