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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 7,972 | 8,025 | 8,113 | 8,159 | 8,292 |
Males | no. | 3,899 | 3,897 | 3,933 | 3,948 | 4,019 |
Females | no. | 4,073 | 4,128 | 4,180 | 4,211 | 4,273 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 28.5 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 26.7 | 26.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.4 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.0 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 157.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 40.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,437 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,065 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 897 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 353 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | 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 | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 119 | 130 | 113 | 121 | 120 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 16.1 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
Deaths | no. | 51 | 51 | 63 | 47 | 67 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.3 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
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