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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 18,382 | 18,479 | 18,598 | 18,659 | 18,688 |
Males | no. | 9,248 | 9,177 | 9,777 | 9,781 | 9,769 |
Females | no. | 9,134 | 9,302 | 8,821 | 8,878 | 8,919 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,234 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,627 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,646 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 543 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 95.8 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 242 | 271 | 228 | 236 | 219 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.1 | 14.6 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 11.7 |
Deaths | no. | 139 | 175 | 127 | 165 | 136 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.5 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 7.2 |
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