The majority of the district's residents are Hakka people, constituting approximately 63% of the total population, with additional villages of Hoklo and indigenous Taivoan people.
Sunlight Siaolin: A Taivoan community from Siaolin Village in Jiasian District formerly, relocated after Typhoon Morakot in 2009. It currently developed with a focus on indigenous tourism and agricultural products.
A shuttle taxi system named Happy Taxi was introduced to both Yuemei Villages of the district on 27 May 2019, the first public transport in the district.[6]
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^"CWB issues heavy rain warnings for southern Taiwan". Taipei Times. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019. Troops also assisted local government units in Liouguei (六龜), Jiasian (甲仙) and Shanlin (杉林) districts in Kaohsiung to evacuate residents from high-risk areas as a pre-emptive measure to ensure their safety, Wu said.
^Chen Ting-fang (October 2019). "Da-ai Sewing Workshop Creating A Better Tomorrow". Love Kaohsiung 愛·高雄. No. 4. Translated by Hou Ya-ting. Information Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government. p. 5. After Namasia, Jiasian, Taoyuan, Maolin and Liouguei were devastated in the 2009 Typhoon Morakot, Kaohsiung City Government and Tzu Chi Foundation worked together to create Shanlin Da-ai Village, so survivors could have new homes.