| Table 11. Economic Activity by District, Morobe: 2000 | ||||||||||
| Total | Bulolo | Finschafen | Huon | Kabwun | Lae | Markham | Menyamya | Nawae | Tawae/Siassi | |
| Total | 539,404 | 77,232 | 45,287 | 59,523 | 41,883 | 119,178 | 49,369 | 68,546 | 35,059 | 43,327 |
| Garden - money | 26,629 | 3,734 | 2,142 | 3,590 | 1,211 | 2,727 | 4,906 | 3,749 | 2,811 | 1,759 |
| Garden - use | 142,181 | 19,951 | 14,858 | 18,772 | 17,221 | 6,275 | 18,994 | 18,702 | 11,411 | 15,997 |
| Business - help | 5,823 | 2,123 | 399 | 643 | 264 | 1,436 | 170 | 393 | 139 | 256 |
| Business - no help | 9,055 | 2,298 | 773 | 553 | 310 | 1,402 | 710 | 1,363 | 951 | 695 |
| Business - unpaid | 19,838 | 4,023 | 2,177 | 1,455 | 1,286 | 1,728 | 1,764 | 4,929 | 946 | 1,530 |
| Wage job | 33,108 | 3,491 | 887 | 3,406 | 390 | 22,523 | 702 | 500 | 499 | 710 |
| None | 149,242 | 19,286 | 11,192 | 14,627 | 9,249 | 53,058 | 8,447 | 14,585 | 8,643 | 10,155 |
| NA | 153,528 | 22,326 | 12,859 | 16,477 | 11,952 | 30,029 | 13,676 | 24,325 | 9,659 | 12,225 |
| Males | 280,710 | 41,148 | 22,582 | 31,595 | 20,062 | 65,136 | 25,330 | 34,906 | 17,941 | 22,010 |
| Garden - money | 12,984 | 1,771 | 1,069 | 1,832 | 559 | 1,088 | 2,438 | 1,843 | 1,450 | 934 |
| Garden - use | 64,535 | 8,775 | 6,557 | 9,100 | 7,272 | 2,579 | 9,106 | 8,370 | 5,326 | 7,450 |
| Business - help | 3,989 | 1,472 | 258 | 414 | 181 | 950 | 143 | 265 | 103 | 203 |
| Business - no help | 5,691 | 1,683 | 482 | 365 | 166 | 658 | 412 | 865 | 581 | 479 |
| Business - unpaid | 11,132 | 2,509 | 1,321 | 771 | 692 | 853 | 940 | 2,636 | 526 | 884 |
| Wage job | 25,427 | 2,914 | 689 | 2,840 | 330 | 16,729 | 563 | 415 | 389 | 558 |
| None | 77,052 | 10,490 | 5,531 | 7,590 | 4,720 | 26,409 | 4,534 | 8,051 | 4,514 | 5,213 |
| NA | 79,900 | 11,534 | 6,675 | 8,683 | 6,142 | 15,870 | 7,194 | 12,461 | 5,052 | 6,289 |
| Females | 258,694 | 36,084 | 22,705 | 27,928 | 21,821 | 54,042 | 24,039 | 33,640 | 17,118 | 21,317 |
| Garden - money | 13,645 | 1,963 | 1,073 | 1,758 | 652 | 1,639 | 2,468 | 1,906 | 1,361 | 825 |
| Garden - use | 77,646 | 11,176 | 8,301 | 9,672 | 9,949 | 3,696 | 9,888 | 10,332 | 6,085 | 8,547 |
| Business - help | 1,834 | 651 | 141 | 229 | 83 | 486 | 27 | 128 | 36 | 53 |
| Business - no help | 3,364 | 615 | 291 | 188 | 144 | 744 | 298 | 498 | 370 | 216 |
| Business - unpaid | 8,706 | 1,514 | 856 | 684 | 594 | 875 | 824 | 2,293 | 420 | 646 |
| Wage job | 7,681 | 577 | 198 | 566 | 60 | 5,794 | 139 | 85 | 110 | 152 |
| None | 72,190 | 8,796 | 5,661 | 7,037 | 4,529 | 26,649 | 3,913 | 6,534 | 4,129 | 4,942 |
| NA | 73,628 | 10,792 | 6,184 | 7,794 | 5,810 | 14,159 | 6,482 | 11,864 | 4,607 | 5,936 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||||||