Table 2. District, Population Totals and Ethnic Groups by Socioeconomic Quintiles.
| Socioeconomic Quintiles1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsular | Poorest | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Richest | |
| Districts (n) | 82 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 5 |
| Population (in thousands) | 18744.1 | 3996.2 | 3563.8 | 4268.5 | 3334.6 | 3581.0 |
| Ethnicity (%) | Malay | 3488.7 (87.3) | 2255.9 (63.3) | 2206.8 (51.7) | 1297.2 (38.9) | 1543.4 (43.1) |
| Indigenous Natives | 52.0 (1.3) | 39.2 (1.1) | 42.7 (1.0) | 33.3 (1.0) | 25.1 (0.7) | |
| Chinese | 267.7 (6.7) | 880.3 (24.7) | 1293.4 (30.3) | 1430.5 (42.9) | 1375.1 (38.4) | |
| Indian | 63.9 (1.6) | 245.9 (6.9) | 533.6 (12.5) | 346.8 (10.4) | 447.6 (12.5) | |
| Others | 40.0 (1.0) | 7.1 (0.2) | 17.1 (0.4) | 20.0 (0.6) | 21.5 (0.6) | |
| Non Citizens | 83.9 (2.1) | 135.4 (3.8) | 175 (4.1) | 206.7 (6.2) | 168.3 (4.7) | |
1Population weighted