|
|
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
|
|
|
Males |
no. |
470 893 |
479 109 |
488 130 |
498 192 |
507 421 |
Females |
no. |
486 989 |
494 822 |
503 130 |
512 287 |
520 426 |
Persons |
no. |
957 882 |
973 931 |
991 260 |
1 010 479 |
1 027 847 |
|
|
Persons - 0 to 14 years |
% |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.7 |
17.7 |
17.7 |
Persons - 15 years to 24 years |
% |
15.9 |
16.1 |
16.1 |
16.1 |
15.9 |
Persons - 25 years to 34 years |
% |
16.9 |
16.8 |
16.7 |
16.7 |
16.7 |
Persons - 35 years to 44 years |
% |
14.9 |
15.0 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
Persons - 45 years to 54 years |
% |
13.1 |
13.1 |
13.0 |
13.0 |
13.0 |
Persons - 55 years to 64 years |
% |
9.6 |
9.8 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
10.1 |
Persons - 65 years to 74 years |
% |
5.8 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
Persons - 75 years to 84 years |
% |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
Persons - 85 years and over |
% |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
|
|
Population density |
persons/km2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
775.0 |
|
|
Percentage of total population |
% |
- |
- |
1.5 |
- |
- |
|
|
Born in Oceania and Antarctica (excluding Australia) |
% |
- |
- |
5.1 |
- |
- |
Born in North-West Europe |
% |
- |
- |
6.8 |
- |
- |
Born in Southern and Eastern Europe |
% |
- |
- |
2.3 |
- |
- |
Born in North Africa and the Middle East |
% |
- |
- |
0.7 |
- |
- |
Born in South-East Asia |
% |
- |
- |
3.3 |
- |
- |
Born in North-East Asia |
% |
- |
- |
3.4 |
- |
- |
Born in Southern and Central Asia |
% |
- |
- |
1.2 |
- |
- |
Born in Americas |
% |
- |
- |
1.3 |
- |
- |
Born in Sub-Saharan Africa |
% |
- |
- |
1.5 |
- |
- |
Total born overseas |
% |
- |
- |
25.6 |
- |
- |
|
|
Percentage of total population |
% |
- |
- |
15.2 |
- |
- |
|
|
Percentage of total population aged 15 years and over |
% |
- |
- |
57.1 |
- |
- |
|
|
Managers |
% |
- |
- |
12.3 |
- |
- |
Professionals |
% |
- |
- |
26.4 |
- |
- |
Technicians and Trades Workers |
% |
- |
- |
11.8 |
- |
- |
Community and Personal Service Workers |
% |
- |
- |
8.5 |
- |
- |
Clerical and Administrative Workers |
% |
- |
- |
16.7 |
- |
- |
Sales Workers |
% |
- |
- |
9.9 |
- |
- |
Machinery Operators and Drivers |
% |
- |
- |
4.8 |
- |
- |
Labourers |
% |
- |
- |
7.9 |
- |
- |
Inadequately Described/Not Stated |
% |
- |
- |
1.6 |
- |
- |
|
|
Households |
no. |
- |
- |
352 962 |
- |
- |
|
|
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students |
no. |
- |
- |
90 200 |
- |
- |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students |
no. |
- |
- |
24 762 |
- |
- |
Total families |
no. |
- |
- |
244 768 |
- |
- |
|
|
Persons who lived at different address 1 year ago |
% |
- |
- |
19.0 |
- |
- |
Persons who lived at different address 5 years ago |
% |
- |
- |
46.0 |
- |
- |
|
|
Major Cities |
% |
- |
- |
99.9 |
- |
- |
Inner Regional |
% |
- |
- |
0.1 |
- |
- |
Outer Regional |
% |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
Remote |
% |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
Very Remote |
% |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
|
|
Major Urban |
% |
- |
- |
99.1 |
- |
- |
Other Urban |
% |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
Bounded Locality |
% |
- |
- |
0.0 |
- |
- |
Rural Balance |
% |
- |
- |
0.9 |
- |
- |
|
|
Persons undertaking voluntary work for an organisation or group |
% |
- |
- |
20.6 |
- |
- |
Persons caring for own children without pay |
% |
- |
- |
20.3 |
- |
- |
Persons caring for other children without pay |
% |
- |
- |
7.6 |
- |
- |
Persons caring for own children and other children without pay |
% |
- |
- |
1.1 |
- |
- |
Persons providing unpaid care, help or assistance to family members or others |
% |
- |
- |
10.1 |
- |
- |
|
|
Proportion of occupied private dwellings |
% |
- |
- |
70.9 |
- |
- |
|
|
Births |
no. |
12 438 |
12 857 |
12 629 |
14 565 |
14 709 |
Total fertility rate |
rate |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
Deaths |
no. |
6 116 |
5 767 |
5 953 |
6 202 |
6 465 |
Standardised death rate |
rate |
6.3 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
|
|
|