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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 107,239 | 108,680 | 111,566 | 115,516 | 121,010 |
Males | no. | 53,187 | 53,810 | 55,195 | 57,153 | 59,937 |
Females | no. | 54,052 | 54,870 | 56,371 | 58,363 | 61,073 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.5 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 23.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 165.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 37,334 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 29,791 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 11,271 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,889 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 36.4 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 63.6 | 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. | 1,453 | 1,511 | 1,464 | 1,453 | 1,596 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 13.1 |
Deaths | no. | 645 | 653 | 732 | 727 | 808 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
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