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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 75,869 | 76,433 | 76,784 | 77,261 | 77,752 |
Males | no. | 38,486 | 38,711 | 38,879 | 39,136 | 39,366 |
Females | no. | 37,383 | 37,722 | 37,905 | 38,125 | 38,386 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.3 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 21.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 7.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 26,453 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 19,707 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,565 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,631 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 96.6 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 3.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 954 | 850 | 944 | 951 | 965 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.5 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
Deaths | no. | 645 | 605 | 664 | 692 | 659 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
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