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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 38,460 | 39,195 | 39,884 | 40,508 | 41,160 |
Males | no. | 19,103 | 19,453 | 19,820 | 20,130 | 20,476 |
Females | no. | 19,357 | 19,742 | 20,064 | 20,378 | 20,684 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 35.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,525 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 10,578 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,435 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,106 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 97.1 | 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. | 530 | 504 | 490 | 490 | 507 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.3 |
Deaths | no. | 198 | 205 | 215 | 237 | 246 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
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