National Regional Profile: Bruce (Statistical Local Area)  
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
2,648
2,817
3,105
3,341
3,286
Malesno.
1,296
1,377
1,539
1,658
1,638
Femalesno.
1,352
1,440
1,566
1,683
1,648
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
9.9
9.6
10.3
9.9
10.1
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
37.9
37.3
38.3
40.1
39.8
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
16.3
17.4
16.7
16.3
16.5
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
10.5
10.1
10.2
9.9
9.4
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
13.1
13.1
11.5
10.9
11.0
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
7.2
7.2
7.7
7.5
7.5
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.4
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
497.1
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
0.7
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
30.1
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
23.4
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
57.5
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
66.5
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
716
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
530
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
182
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
36
na
na
na
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA
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
BIRTHS AND DEATHS - year ended 31 December
Birthsno.
12
15
11
30
34
Crude birth raterate
4.5
5.3
3.5
8.9
10.3
Deathsno.
5
5
4
8
5
Crude death raterate
1.8
1.7
1.2
2.3
1.5