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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 115,182 | 118,118 | 120,506 | 123,247 | 126,048 |
Males | no. | 57,558 | 58,972 | 60,223 | 61,642 | 63,070 |
Females | no. | 57,624 | 59,146 | 60,283 | 61,605 | 62,978 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.7 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 21.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 257.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 33.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 42.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 34,905 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 31,146 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 14,327 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,870 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 93.8 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 6.2 | 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. | 1,681 | 1,667 | 1,680 | 1,673 | 1,784 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.5 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 14.1 |
Deaths | no. | 400 | 450 | 484 | 450 | 482 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
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