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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 175,331 | 178,936 | 181,316 | 183,759 | 186,552 |
Males | no. | 87,552 | 89,279 | 90,481 | 91,791 | 93,240 |
Females | no. | 87,779 | 89,657 | 90,835 | 91,968 | 93,312 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 22.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 202.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 26.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 32.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 50.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 53,050 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 46,952 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 22,976 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,993 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 92.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 7.4 | 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. | 2,467 | 2,427 | 2,454 | 2,443 | 2,474 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
Deaths | no. | 605 | 614 | 677 | 615 | 702 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
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