POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 1,869 | 1,975 | 2,196 | 2,395 | 2,763 |
Males | no. | 978 | 1,032 | 1,145 | 1,253 | 1,433 |
Females | no. | 891 | 943 | 1,051 | 1,142 | 1,330 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.8 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.5 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 302.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 726 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 511 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 183 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 60 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 38 | 27 | 35 | 50 | 59 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 20.3 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 20.8 | 21.3 |
Deaths | no. | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 |