Report of the Commission of Enquiry, North Borneo and Sarawak, 1962/APPENDIX B

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London, United Kingdom: The National Archives, Kew, pages 97–100

1571220Report of the Commission of Enquiry, North Borneo and Sarawak, 1962 — Census AbstractCommission of Enquiry in North Borneo and Sarawak Regarding Malaysian Federation

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APPENDIX B
 CENSUS ABSTRACT[1]
Table 1 — TOTAL Population by Community and Sub-Group

North Borneo Sarawak
All communities .... 454,421 All communities .... 744,529
Dusun .... 145,229 Malay .... 129,300
Murut .... 22,138 Melanau .... 44,661
Bajau .... 59,710 Sea Dayak .... 237,741
Bajau .... 55,779
Illanun .... 3,931
Land Dayak .... 57,619
Other indigenous .... 79,421 Other indigenous .... 37,931
Brunei .... 23,450 Bisayah .... 2,803
Kedayan .... 7,871 Kedayan .... 7,207
Orang Sunge .... 15,112 Kayan .... 7,899
Bisayah .... 10,053 Kenyah .... 8,093
Sulu .... 11,080 Kelabit .... 2,040
Tidong .... 4,417 Murut .... 5,214
Sino-Native .... 7,438 Punan .... 4,669
Other indigenous .... 6
Chinese .... 104,542 Chinese .... 229,154
Hakka .... 57,338 Cantonese .... 17,432
Cantonese .... 15,251 Foochow .... 70,125
Hokkien .... 11,924 Hakka .... 70,221
Twchow .... 5,991 Henghua .... 8,278
Bailam (Hainanese) .... 5,270 Hokkien .... 28,304
Other Chinese .... 8,768 Hailam (Hainanese) .... 5,717
Teochow .... 21,952
Other Chinese .... 7,125
European .... 1,896 European .... 1,631
European .... 1,124 European .... 1,093
Eurasian .... 772 Eurasian .... 538
Others .... 41,485 Others .... 6,492
Native of Sarawak .... 1,911 Indian, Pakistani, Ceylonese .... 2,355
Malay .... 1,645 Indonesian .... 3,241
Cocos Islander .... 1,909 Others .... 896
Indonesian .... 24,784
Indian, Pakistani, Ceylonese .... 3,180
Natives of Philippines .... 7,473
Others .... 583

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Table 2.——PERCENTAGE Increase in Population, 1951-60

North Borneo Sarawak
Per cent
increase		 Per cent
increase
All communities .... 36.0 All communities .... 36.3
Dusun .... 23.2 Malay .... 32.7
Murut .... 18.2 Melanau .... 25.6
Bajau .... 33.5 Sea Dayak .... 24.9
Other indigenous .... 28.7 Land Dayak .... 36.6
Chinese .... 40.6 Other indigenous .... 27.0
Chinese .... 57.9


Table 3.——TOTAL Population by age

North Borneo Sarawak
Total population .... 454,421 744,529
Total under 15 .... 197,826 331,096
Total under 20 .... 231,518 397,576


Table 4.——RELIGIOUS Persuasions OF THE Population as
Recorded at the Census of 1960

North Borneo Sarawak
Number Percentage of
total population		 Number Percentage of
total population
Christian .... 75,247 16.6 117,755 15.8
Muslim .... 172,324 37.9 174,123 23.4
Other .... 206,850 45.5 452,651 60.8
Total .... 454,421 100.0 744,529 100.0
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Table 5.—LITERACY[2] of Population Aged 10 Years AND over

A.―North Borneo

Literate Illiterate
Total population aged 10 years and over .... 72,919 227,739
Dusuns aged 10 years and over ....  9,671  86,545
Muruts aged 10 years and over ....  1,504  14,452
Bajaus aged 10 years and over ....  2,810  31,978
Other indigenous aged 10 years and over ....  8,819  41,443
Chinese aged 10 years and over .... 38,158  30,691
Others (including Europeans) aged 10 years and over .... 11,957  19,630

B.―Sarawak

Literate Illiterate
Total population aged 10 years and over .... 124,420 367,903
Malays aged 1 year and over ....  20,989  64,514
Melanaus aged 10 years and over ....   5,471  25,186
Sea Dayaks aged 10 years and over ....  11,549 151,344
Land Dayaks aged 10 years and over ....   3,883  32,858
Other indigenous aged 10 years and over ....   2,827  22,684
Chinese aged 10 years and over ....  77,198  68,349
Others (including Europeans) aged 10 years and over ....   2,503   2,968
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Table 6.—EDUCATION

A.—Secondary and University Education by Communities: Position in 1960 of Population aged 10 Years and Over

North Borneo Sarawak
Community Numbers
completed
full
secondary		 Numbers
completed
training
college		 Numbers
completed
university
or
technical college		 Community Numbers
completed
full
secondary		 Numbers
completed
training
college		 Numbers
completed
university
or
technical college
Dusun .... 37 38 2 Malay .... 104 64 7
Murut .... 1 2 — Melanau .... 5 9 1
Bajau .... 10 26 — Sea Dayak .... 47 42 —
Land Dayak .... 16 24 1
Other indigenous .... 44 45 — Other indigenous .... 3 7 —
Chinese .... 1,178 101 115 Chiense .... 2,107 184 205
European and others .... 1,048 103 187 European and others .... 547 64 334
All communities .... 2,318 317 304 All communities .... 2,829 394 548

B.—Total Population aged 10 Years or Over Who are not Receiving, or Have not Received, any Education

Ages 10-19 Ages 20-29 Ages 30 and over
North Borneo .... 611 per 1,000 724 per 1,000 822 per 1,000
Sarawak .... 525 per 1,000 729 per 1,000 861 per 1,000





  1. ↑ Abstracted from "Report on the Census of Population taken on 10th August, 1960" (North Borneo), and "Report on the Census of Population taken on 15th June, 1960" (Sarawak).
  2. ↑ Defined for the purposes of the Census as ability to read and write a letter
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