Table 6. Length of Residence by District, Southern Highlands: 2000
    Ialibu/   Kagua/ Mendi/ Nipa/  
  Total Pangia Imbonggu Erave Munihu Kutubu NS
    Total 537,811 49,777 58,854 185,855 94,896 96,982 51,447
Continuous since birth 492,771 44,484 51,379 171,033 85,922 92,147 47,806
Other 45,040 5,293 7,475 14,822 8,974 4,835 3,641
    Males 274,025 25,478 30,313 95,004 48,238 49,072 25,920
Continuous since birth 253,470 23,363 27,519 87,655 44,167 46,820 23,946
Other 20,555 2,115 2,794 7,349 4,071 2,252 1,974
    Females 263,786 24,299 28,541 90,851 46,658 47,910 25,527
Continuous since birth 239,301 21,121 23,860 83,378 41,755 45,327 23,860
Other 24,485 3,178 4,681 7,473 4,903 2,583 1,667
   Total 29,711 4,516 5,318 7,550 6,551 2,963 2,813
0 - 4 years 12,559 1,689 2,030 3,560 2,365 1,231 1,684
5 - 9 years 4,928 687 814 1,221 1,261 504 441
10 - 14 years 3,399 447 573 869 926 357 227
15 - 19 years 2,260 470 372 483 562 257 116
20 - 24 years 2,418 394 483 513 658 223 147
25 - 29 years 1,270 259 311 260 269 117 54
30 - 34 years 1,259 198 326 284 259 132 60
35 - 39 years 509 119 143 92 84 46 25
40 years or more 1,109 253 266 268 167 96 59
Median 7.3 9.1 8.9 5.9 8.6 7.5 4.2
    Males 13,012 1,800 1,819 3,612 2,931 1,323 1,527
0 - 4 years 6,387 810 933 1,883 1,168 641 952
5 - 9 years 2,232 283 301 571 597 219 261
10 - 14 years 1,415 166 181 404 422 137 105
15 - 19 years 850 187 120 192 210 95 46
20 - 24 years 823 118 103 196 255 77 74
25 - 29 years 390 74 59 104 86 45 22
30 - 34 years 373 46 42 115 86 55 29
35 - 39 years 139 24 24 37 30 16 8
40 years or more 403 92 56 110 77 38 30
Median 5.3 6.6 4.9 4.8 7.5 5.5 4.0
     Females 16,699 2,716 3,499 3,938 3,620 1,640 1,286
0 - 4 years 6,172 879 1,097 1,677 1,197 590 732
5 - 9 years 2,696 404 513 650 664 285 180
10 - 14 years 1,984 281 392 465 504 220 122
15 - 19 years 1,410 283 252 291 352 162 70
20 - 24 years 1,595 276 380 317 403 146 73
25 - 29 years 880 185 252 156 183 72 32
30 - 34 years 886 152 284 169 173 77 31
35 - 39 years 370 95 119 55 54 30 17
40 years or more 706 161 210 158 90 58 29
Median 9.0 11.3 11.8 7.2 9.6 9.0 4.4
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census