JOHOR

Mersing

11 source-backed district metrics covering population, household and education data.

LOCAL DATA STORY · JOHOR

What defines Mersing right now?

Four comparable district measures open the story. Each keeps its own source period because local datasets are not all updated in the same year.

RINGKASNYA

Mersing dalam angka utama.

Ringkasan ini menghimpunkan angka utama daerah yang telah diterbitkan. Carta di bawah menunjukkan butiran dan perubahan mengikut tempoh.

01

Kira-kira 81,700 orang tinggal di Mersing berdasarkan angka 2026.

02

Dari segi jumlah penduduk, Mersing berada di tempat #10 daripada 10 daerah Johor yang mempunyai data.

03

Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 5,335 sebulan pada 2024.

04

Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 4,274 sebulan pada 2024.

05

Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 6.7% pada 2024.

Perlu ingat

Angka datang daripada beberapa sumber dan tahun berbeza. Satu angka sahaja tidak menerangkan keseluruhan keadaan daerah.

WHERE IT SITS

Mersing inside Johor.

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MAP BYPopulation
Batu Pahat · 513,400 people · 2026Johor Bahru · 1.83M people · 2026Kluang · 336,400 people · 2026Kota Tinggi · 235,900 people · 2026Mersing · 81,700 people · 2026Muar · 325,000 people · 2026Pontian · 177,800 people · 2026Segamat · 203,800 people · 2026Kulai · 354,200 people · 2026Tangkak · 168,900 people · 2026
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Population · 202610 districts with published values
RANKED VIEWPopulation across Johor
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LATEST AVAILABLE VALUES

Mersing at a glance.

Each card keeps its own source period visible. District datasets are not all updated in the same year.

RANK THROUGH TIME

How Mersing's position changed.

Rank #1 means the highest published numeric value among districts with data in that period; it does not mean “best.”

WHAT STANDS OUT HERE?

Read Mersing as a local data story.

Derived only from published district values and same-period peer comparisons.
01LOCAL SCALE

#10 by population in Johor

The 2026 district estimate is 81,700, representing 1.9% of the population across the 10 published districts in this state source.

81,700 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Below the state district median

Median monthly household income is RM 5,335 in 2024, RM 1,078 below the median across 10 published Johor districts.

RM 5,335 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE

Above the state district median

The published poverty rate is 6.7% in 2024, 4 percentage points above the median across 10 published Johor districts.

6.7% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE

Chinese Spinach leads recorded crop output

Chinese Spinach is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 4,730.7 tonnes or 22.5% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #9 of 10 published districts in Johor.

21,062.6 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY

#8 by public-sector hospital beds

Mersing has 70 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #8 of 8 published districts in Johor. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.

70 · 2022Watch source story →

STATISTICAL PEERS

Districts most similar to Mersing.

Similarity uses shared same-period population, income, spending and poverty values.

POSITION INSIDE JOHOR

How Mersing ranks in the state.

Rankings use only districts with a published value for the same metric and period.
Population#10

of 10 districts

81,700 · 2026
Median household income#10

of 10 districts

RM 5,335 · 2024
Household expenditure#10

of 10 districts

RM 4,274 · 2024
Government-school enrolment#10

of 10 districts

13,594 · 2025
Crop production#9

of 10 districts

21,062.6 · 2017
Public-sector hospital beds#8

of 8 districts

70 · 2022

HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT

Income, spending and vulnerability.

Median household incomeRM 5,3352024
Household expenditureRM 4,2742024
Mean household incomeRM 6,0142024
Poverty rate6.7%2024
Gini coefficient0.2632024

EDUCATION FOOTPRINT

Local government-school scale.

Government-school enrolment13,5942025
Public education institutions482025
Students per teacher9.62025

AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE

Chinese Spinach

Total crop production21.1K t2017
Dominant crop groupVegetable2017
Dominant species output4.7K t2017
Watch district crop story →

EXPLORE THE STATE

Other districts in Johor.

State overview →
Source discipline

Population comes from DOSM administrative-district estimates, household indicators from district HIES, education from Ministry of Education district tables, crop production from MAFS/DOA/DOSM, and public hospital capacity from Ministry of Health records. PulseKita does not fill missing district values by estimation.

Data tahun semasa · 2026