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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 113,538 | 114,494 | 116,895 | 119,426 | 123,177 |
Males | no. | 56,727 | 57,208 | 58,475 | 59,797 | 61,809 |
Females | no. | 56,811 | 57,286 | 58,420 | 59,629 | 61,368 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.7 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 24.0 | 23.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 307.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 38,604 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 29,867 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 11,912 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,318 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 99.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,844 | 1,773 | 1,784 | 1,770 | 1,863 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.2 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.1 |
Deaths | no. | 619 | 701 | 769 | 705 | 692 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
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