| Table 6. Length of Residence by District, New Ireland: 2000 | |||
| Total | Kavieng | Namatanai | |
| Total | 114,735 | 51,962 | 62,773 |
| Continuous since birth | 89,416 | 40,549 | 48,867 |
| Other | 25,319 | 11,413 | 13,906 |
| Males | 60,501 | 27,387 | 33,114 |
| Continuous since birth | 45,717 | 20,764 | 24,953 |
| Other | 14,784 | 6,623 | 8,161 |
| Females | 54,234 | 24,575 | 29,659 |
| Continuous since birth | 43,699 | 19,785 | 23,914 |
| Other | 10,535 | 4,790 | 5,745 |
| Total | 22,339 | 10,373 | 11,966 |
| 0 - 4 years | 10,166 | 3,980 | 6,186 |
| 5 - 9 years | 4,076 | 2,176 | 1,900 |
| 10 - 14 years | 2,616 | 1,400 | 1,216 |
| 15 - 19 years | 1,605 | 852 | 753 |
| 20 - 24 years | 1,381 | 711 | 670 |
| 25 - 29 years | 882 | 433 | 449 |
| 30 - 34 years | 647 | 325 | 322 |
| 35 - 39 years | 330 | 168 | 162 |
| 40 years or more | 636 | 328 | 308 |
| Median | 6.2 | 7.8 | 4.8 |
| Males | 13,136 | 6,058 | 7,078 |
| 0 - 4 years | 5,553 | 2,185 | 3,368 |
| 5 - 9 years | 2,348 | 1,255 | 1,093 |
| 10 - 14 years | 1,579 | 827 | 752 |
| 15 - 19 years | 958 | 490 | 468 |
| 20 - 24 years | 920 | 446 | 474 |
| 25 - 29 years | 636 | 300 | 336 |
| 30 - 34 years | 459 | 219 | 240 |
| 35 - 39 years | 232 | 114 | 118 |
| 40 years or more | 451 | 222 | 229 |
| Median | 7.2 | 8.4 | 5.8 |
| Females | 9,203 | 4,315 | 4,888 |
| 0 - 4 years | 4,613 | 1,795 | 2,818 |
| 5 - 9 years | 1,728 | 921 | 807 |
| 10 - 14 years | 1,037 | 573 | 464 |
| 15 - 19 years | 647 | 362 | 285 |
| 20 - 24 years | 461 | 265 | 196 |
| 25 - 29 years | 246 | 133 | 113 |
| 30 - 34 years | 188 | 106 | 82 |
| 35 - 39 years | 98 | 54 | 44 |
| 40 years or more | 185 | 106 | 79 |
| Median | 5.0 | 7.0 | 4.3 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||