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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 10,741 | 11,142 | 11,498 | 11,762 | 11,927 |
Males | no. | 5,719 | 5,944 | 6,105 | 6,290 | 6,409 |
Females | no. | 5,022 | 5,198 | 5,393 | 5,472 | 5,518 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 30.0 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 28.4 | 27.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.2 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 53.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 20.8 | 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 | 43.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,498 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,132 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 877 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 428 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 195 | 187 | 180 | 207 | 181 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 18.1 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 15.1 |
Deaths | no. | 54 | 52 | 66 | 76 | 78 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
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