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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 5,561 | 5,561 | 5,548 | 5,554 | 5,581 |
Males | no. | 2,682 | 2,681 | 2,653 | 2,658 | 2,668 |
Females | no. | 2,879 | 2,880 | 2,895 | 2,896 | 2,913 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.1 | 23.2 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 21.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,307.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,915 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,528 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 600 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 213 | 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. | 67 | 65 | 62 | 66 | 67 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.0 |
Deaths | no. | 25 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 34 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 6.0 |
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