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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 36,582 | 36,788 | 36,917 | 37,094 | 37,214 |
Males | no. | 17,694 | 17,795 | 17,901 | 18,019 | 18,119 |
Females | no. | 18,888 | 18,993 | 19,016 | 19,075 | 19,095 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 200.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,071 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,258 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,367 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,322 | 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. | 463 | 435 | 455 | 458 | 491 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.6 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
Deaths | no. | 293 | 311 | 310 | 285 | 323 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.6 |
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