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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 9,828 | 9,817 | 9,770 | 9,666 | 9,613 |
Males | no. | 5,044 | 5,037 | 4,998 | 4,921 | 4,880 |
Females | no. | 4,784 | 4,780 | 4,772 | 4,745 | 4,733 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.9 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 22.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.4 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 16.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 12.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,402 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,481 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 941 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 313 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 71.3 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 28.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 96 | 104 | 96 | 103 | 74 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 7.6 |
Deaths | no. | 64 | 77 | 69 | 70 | 54 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 5.6 |
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