[4] Ethnic groups who resided in Ashaiman are the Ga-Adangbe, Ga, Guan, Hausa, Fante people, Dagomba, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem.
[6] The town was expanded by squatters who were building Tema and others and had moved in to occupy government land.
[2]: 29 Major Ethnic groups who lived in Ashaiman are the Ga-Adangbe, Ga, Guan, Hausa, Fante people, Dagomba, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem.
[2]: 4 Ashaiman, along with other parts of Ghana, has a paramount chief or Omanhene in which the current placeholder is Nii Annang Adzor.
[2]: 1 On 3 October 2024, It was announced that a 190-bed capacity district hospital was going to be built at Ashaiman as part of Ghana's Agenda 111, a project aim to improve access to convectional healthcare.