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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 6,218 | 6,450 | 6,750 | 7,218 | 7,737 |
Males | no. | 3,116 | 3,228 | 3,365 | 3,593 | 3,850 |
Females | no. | 3,102 | 3,222 | 3,385 | 3,625 | 3,887 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.0 | 26.7 | 25.6 | 25.2 | 24.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.2 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.0 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 63.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,972 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,776 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 898 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 86 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 68 | 72 | 77 | 81 | 93 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 12.0 |
Deaths | no. | 33 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 24 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
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