| Table 12. Occupation by District, West Sepik: 2000 | |||||
| Total | Aitape/Lumi | Nuku | Telefomin | Vanimo/Green River | |
| Total | 185,545 | 53,349 | 46,007 | 35,551 | 50,638 |
| Armed forces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legislators | 139 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 74 |
| Legislators NEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corporation managers | 38 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| General managers | 65 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 55 |
| Physics Maths | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Life science health | 105 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 48 |
| Teaching professionals | 348 | 69 | 83 | 36 | 160 |
| Other professionals | 63 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 40 |
| Physical Science Engineer | 93 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
| Life science techs | 201 | 92 | 10 | 29 | 70 |
| Teaching assts | 360 | 156 | 72 | 35 | 97 |
| Other associate professionals | 349 | 106 | 49 | 41 | 153 |
| Clerks in offices | 547 | 130 | 128 | 29 | 260 |
| Other office clerks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Customer clerks | 83 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 32 |
| Service workers | 452 | 179 | 52 | 35 | 186 |
| Sales personnel | 324 | 115 | 51 | 24 | 134 |
| Marget agriculture fishing | 9,895 | 5,886 | 2,085 | 641 | 1,283 |
| Subsistence | 57,780 | 11,094 | 19,339 | 13,490 | 13,857 |
| Building crafts | 1,420 | 546 | 168 | 244 | 462 |
| Metal crafts | 212 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 130 |
| Precision handicrafts | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Other crafts | 53 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| Plant machine operators | 288 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 232 |
| Stationary machine operators | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Drivers operators | 250 | 73 | 6 | 7 | 164 |
| Elementary occupations | 2,253 | 552 | 239 | 194 | 1,268 |
| Agriculture and fishing | 159 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 102 |
| Labourers | 251 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 217 |
| NR | 204 | 92 | 38 | 11 | 63 |
| NA | 109,565 | 33,952 | 23,543 | 20,639 | 31,431 |
| Males | 95,341 | 27,270 | 23,294 | 17,938 | 26,839 |
| Armed forces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legislators | 134 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 74 |
| Legislators NEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corporation managers | 34 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| General managers | 57 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| Physics Maths | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| Life science health | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Teaching professionals | 239 | 45 | 62 | 30 | 102 |
| Other professionals | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| Physical Science Engineer | 85 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 54 |
| Life science techs | 104 | 38 | 4 | 22 | 40 |
| Teaching assts | 253 | 105 | 54 | 30 | 64 |
| Other associate professionals | 268 | 56 | 37 | 37 | 138 |
| Clerks in offices | 392 | 85 | 114 | 22 | 171 |
| Other office clerks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Customer clerks | 45 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| Service workers | 247 | 41 | 42 | 17 | 147 |
| Sales personnel | 178 | 61 | 22 | 23 | 72 |
| Marget agriculture fishing | 5,651 | 3,198 | 1,339 | 382 | 732 |
| Subsistence | 27,855 | 5,156 | 9,030 | 6,418 | 7,251 |
| Building crafts | 1,335 | 537 | 161 | 215 | 422 |
| Metal crafts | 212 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 130 |
| Precision handicrafts | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Other crafts | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Plant machine operators | 285 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 230 |
| Stationary machine operators | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Drivers operators | 249 | 73 | 6 | 7 | 163 |
| Elementary occupations | 455 | 118 | 40 | 68 | 229 |
| Agriculture and fishing | 149 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 100 |
| Labourers | 188 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 156 |
| NR | 137 | 67 | 22 | 9 | 39 |
| NA | 56,650 | 17,428 | 12,261 | 10,588 | 16,373 |
| Females | 90,204 | 26,079 | 22,713 | 17,613 | 23,799 |
| Armed forces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Legislators | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Legislators NEC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corporation managers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| General managers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Physics Maths | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Life science health | 73 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 36 |
| Teaching professionals | 109 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 58 |
| Other professionals | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Physical Science Engineer | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Life science techs | 97 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Teaching assts | 107 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| Other associate professionals | 81 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 15 |
| Clerks in offices | 155 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 89 |
| Other office clerks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Customer clerks | 38 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| Service workers | 205 | 138 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| Sales personnel | 146 | 54 | 29 | 1 | 62 |
| Marget agriculture fishing | 4,244 | 2,688 | 746 | 259 | 551 |
| Subsistence | 29,925 | 5,938 | 10,309 | 7,072 | 6,606 |
| Building crafts | 85 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 40 |
| Metal crafts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precision handicrafts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other crafts | 32 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Plant machine operators | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stationary machine operators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drivers operators | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elementary occupations | 1,798 | 434 | 199 | 126 | 1,039 |
| Agriculture and fishing | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Labourers | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 61 |
| NR | 67 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| NA | 52,915 | 16,524 | 11,282 | 10,051 | 15,058 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||