| Table 11. Economic Activity by District, Southern Highlands: 2000 | |||||||
| Ialibu/ | Kagua/ | Mendi/ | Nipa/ | ||||
| Total | Pangia | Imbonggu | Erave | Munihu | Kutubu | NS | |
| Total | 546,265 | 50,799 | 60,086 | 188,252 | 96,413 | 98,505 | 52,210 |
| Garden - money | 17,943 | 598 | 3,689 | 5,493 | 3,444 | 1,769 | 2,950 |
| Garden - use | 236,240 | 20,437 | 23,834 | 89,969 | 36,150 | 46,283 | 19,567 |
| Business - help | 3,121 | 345 | 572 | 521 | 654 | 294 | 735 |
| Business - no help | 3,985 | 195 | 412 | 611 | 859 | 743 | 1,165 |
| Business - unpaid | 22,334 | 4,326 | 2,090 | 4,919 | 5,489 | 1,659 | 3,851 |
| Wage job | 9,531 | 1,202 | 1,597 | 2,042 | 2,756 | 861 | 1,073 |
| None | 120,077 | 10,897 | 13,890 | 35,575 | 27,152 | 22,098 | 10,465 |
| NA | 133,034 | 12,799 | 14,002 | 49,122 | 19,909 | 24,798 | 12,404 |
| Males | 278,331 | 25,950 | 30,984 | 96,250 | 49,002 | 49,855 | 26,290 |
| Garden - money | 8,817 | 283 | 2,005 | 2,604 | 1,613 | 877 | 1,435 |
| Garden - use | 110,307 | 9,286 | 10,999 | 42,579 | 16,946 | 21,774 | 8,723 |
| Business - help | 2,337 | 268 | 437 | 406 | 471 | 206 | 549 |
| Business - no help | 2,302 | 119 | 255 | 407 | 419 | 420 | 682 |
| Business - unpaid | 11,218 | 2,201 | 1,039 | 2,621 | 2,650 | 849 | 1,858 |
| Wage job | 7,361 | 922 | 1,232 | 1,611 | 2,091 | 664 | 841 |
| None | 67,181 | 6,144 | 7,815 | 20,594 | 14,568 | 12,135 | 5,925 |
| NA | 68,808 | 6,727 | 7,202 | 25,428 | 10,244 | 12,930 | 6,277 |
| Females | 267,934 | 24,849 | 29,102 | 92,002 | 47,411 | 48,650 | 25,920 |
| Garden - money | 9,126 | 315 | 1,684 | 2,889 | 1,831 | 892 | 1,515 |
| Garden - use | 125,933 | 11,151 | 12,835 | 47,390 | 19,204 | 24,509 | 10,844 |
| Business - help | 784 | 77 | 135 | 115 | 183 | 88 | 186 |
| Business - no help | 1,683 | 76 | 157 | 204 | 440 | 323 | 483 |
| Business - unpaid | 11,116 | 2,125 | 1,051 | 2,298 | 2,839 | 810 | 1,993 |
| Wage job | 2,170 | 280 | 365 | 431 | 665 | 197 | 232 |
| None | 52,896 | 4,753 | 6,075 | 14,981 | 12,584 | 9,963 | 4,540 |
| NA | 64,226 | 6,072 | 6,800 | 23,694 | 9,665 | 11,868 | 6,127 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||||