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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 38,588 | 39,100 | 39,905 | 40,783 | 41,968 |
Males | no. | 19,836 | 19,951 | 20,395 | 20,792 | 21,378 |
Females | no. | 18,752 | 19,149 | 19,510 | 19,991 | 20,590 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 69.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 10.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,316 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 10,351 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,526 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,167 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 99.9 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.1 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 625 | 609 | 583 | 630 | 645 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.1 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.3 |
Deaths | no. | 148 | 166 | 167 | 162 | 160 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
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