Senadin is home to Curtin University, Permyjaya and new housing areas along the major and minor road networks.įrom this level of understanding, let’s examine deeper which areas of Miri and Subis have been growing fast or even depopulating. Unlike other constituencies in this study, Senadin is growing faster. It is Senadin where one witness the northward expansion of urbanization with the pronounced effect of electorate growth. Pujut has a large population (in terms of Sarawakian standards) and it is fully urbanized with little room for any urban growth. Piasau, a coast hugging constituency, is largely developed and there is no major notable expansion of urban area. Within the Miri parliamentary Seat, there are significant differences in electorate sizes and growth. ![]() Bekenu is largely rural while Lambir is witnessing the southward growth of Miri’s urbanization swell. Due to lack of micro electoral data available for upper parts of Samalaju and Kemena, they are not added in the graph. ![]() Using DOSM’s Sarawak Yearbook Publications, there is an obvious divide among electorate sizes between DUNs of Sibuti parliamentary seat and DUNs in Miri parliamentary seat. While we don’t have publicly available micro data of the population growth within Miri and Subis Districts, electorate data can provide useful insights of growth areas of Miri & Subis. Kuching is no longer twice in population size with Miri. However, a careful investigation shows the population growth of Kuching is going much slower than Miri. When examining the growth comparison of Kuching and Miri Districts, there still remains a wide gap between these two, largely urbanised districts. The heart of Miri City is found in the DUNs of Piasau, Pujut and Senadin. Following are the state constituencies (DUNs) found in the District of Miri (also, under Majlis Bandaraya Miri – Miri City Council):įollowing DUNs found in the District of Subis (also under Majlis Daerah Subis – Subis District Council): As EC drawn the state constituency boundaries without any correspondence with existing local authority boundaries, there are 2 parliamentary seats fully in District of Miri and the upper part of Bintulu Parliamentary seat is found in the District of Subis. In 2018, Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM) estimated there is 347600 residents in the District of Miri (inclusive of Subis) and this accounts 12% of the population of Sarawak. ![]() Miri District (which District of Subis (formerly Sibuti) used to be part of) is the second most populous district of Sarawak. MIRI & SIBUTI: UNDERSTANDING POPULATION GROWTH PATTERNS
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