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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 12,238 | 16,091 | 21,351 | 27,486 | 32,098 |
Males | no. | 6,103 | 8,007 | 10,657 | 13,739 | 16,060 |
Females | no. | 6,135 | 8,084 | 10,694 | 13,747 | 16,038 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 28.4 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 26.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 24.8 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 25.5 | 25.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.1 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 350.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,892 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,472 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,440 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 312 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 269 | 338 | 506 | 633 | 772 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 21.9 | 21.0 | 23.6 | 23.0 | 24.0 |
Deaths | no. | 11 | 25 | 24 | 42 | 55 |
Crude death rate | rate | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
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