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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 8,485 | 8,650 | 8,705 | 8,808 | 8,969 |
Males | no. | 4,300 | 4,384 | 4,419 | 4,449 | 4,522 |
Females | no. | 4,185 | 4,266 | 4,286 | 4,359 | 4,447 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.8 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 22.6 | 21.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.1 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.0 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 61.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,850 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,265 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 958 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 240 | 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. | 97 | 77 | 95 | 100 | 86 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.4 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
Deaths | no. | 56 | 36 | 54 | 57 | 47 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.5 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
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