SARAWAK

Matu

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

LOCAL DATA STORY · SARAWAK

What defines Matu 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

Matu dalam angka utama.

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

01

Kira-kira 16,600 orang tinggal di Matu berdasarkan angka 2026.

02

Dari segi jumlah penduduk, Matu berada di tempat #35 daripada 45 daerah Sarawak yang mempunyai data.

03

Kalau isi rumah disusun daripada pendapatan paling rendah ke paling tinggi, titik tengahnya sekitar RM 3,891 sebulan pada 2024.

04

Secara purata, isi rumah membelanjakan sekitar RM 2,992 sebulan pada 2024.

05

Kadar kemiskinan yang diterbitkan untuk daerah ini ialah 9.1% pada 2024.

Perlu ingat

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

WHERE IT SITS

Matu inside Sarawak.

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MAP BYPopulation
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Population · 202639 districts with published values
RANKED VIEWPopulation across Sarawak
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RANK MOVEMENTPopulation · first to latest published period
Rank #1 means highest numeric value, not necessarily the best outcome.

LATEST AVAILABLE VALUES

Matu 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 Matu'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 Matu as a local data story.

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

#35 by population in Sarawak

The 2026 district estimate is 16,600, representing 0.7% of the population across the 45 published districts in this state source.

16,600 · 2026Watch source story →
02HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Below the state district median

Median monthly household income is RM 3,891 in 2024, RM 86 below the median across 45 published Sarawak districts.

RM 3,891 · 2024Watch source story →
03POVERTY RATE

Below the state district median

The published poverty rate is 9.1% in 2024, 2.2 percentage points below the median across 45 published Sarawak districts.

9.1% · 2024Ask about this →
04AGRICULTURE

Sago leads recorded crop output

Sago is the largest recorded crop species in the district, at 8,910.4 tonnes or 83.5% of recorded crop tonnage. Total crop production ranks #9 of 41 published districts in Sarawak.

10,665.7 · 2017Watch source story →
05HEALTH CAPACITY

#30 by public-sector hospital beds

Matu has 0 active public-sector hospital beds in the 2022 source, ranking #30 of 39 published districts in Sarawak. Absolute capacity is not adjusted for population or referral catchment.

0 · 2022Watch source story →

STATISTICAL PEERS

Districts most similar to Matu.

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

POSITION INSIDE SARAWAK

How Matu ranks in the state.

Rankings use only districts with a published value for the same metric and period.
Population#35

of 45 districts

16,600 · 2026
Median household income#27

of 45 districts

RM 3,891 · 2024
Household expenditure#30

of 45 districts

RM 2,992 · 2024
Crop production#9

of 41 districts

10,665.7 · 2017
Public-sector hospital beds#30

of 39 districts

0 · 2022

HOUSEHOLD CONTEXT

Income, spending and vulnerability.

Median household incomeRM 3,8912024
Household expenditureRM 2,9922024
Mean household incomeRM 4,4172024
Poverty rate9.1%2024
Gini coefficient0.3082024

EDUCATION FOOTPRINT

Local government-school scale.

AGRICULTURAL SIGNATURE

Sago

Total crop production10.7K t2017
Dominant crop groupIndustrial Crops2017
Dominant species output8.9K t2017
Watch district crop story →

EXPLORE THE STATE

Other districts in Sarawak.

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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