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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 112,342 | 113,397 | 113,956 | 114,230 | 114,472 |
Males | no. | 56,591 | 57,219 | 57,384 | 57,558 | 57,636 |
Females | no. | 55,751 | 56,178 | 56,572 | 56,672 | 56,836 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 21.2 | 20.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 40,350 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 28,587 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 10,762 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,925 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 71.5 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 27.5 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,314 | 1,284 | 1,364 | 1,389 | 1,290 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.2 |
Deaths | no. | 885 | 868 | 950 | 948 | 942 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
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