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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 45,844 | 47,768 | 49,233 | 50,274 | 51,286 |
Males | no. | 22,758 | 23,646 | 24,391 | 24,905 | 25,452 |
Females | no. | 23,086 | 24,122 | 24,842 | 25,369 | 25,834 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.1 | 25.3 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 23.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.1 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.4 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 18.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,311.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 41.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 49.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 14,685 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 12,656 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,333 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,227 | 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. | 589 | 612 | 596 | 567 | 605 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.7 |
Deaths | no. | 121 | 132 | 131 | 158 | 163 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
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