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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 7,419 | 7,411 | 7,475 | 7,519 | 7,601 |
Males | no. | 3,625 | 3,622 | 3,650 | 3,705 | 3,755 |
Females | no. | 3,794 | 3,789 | 3,825 | 3,814 | 3,846 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.8 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,956.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 65.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 76.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,819 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,726 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 650 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 132 | 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. | 71 | 78 | 72 | 83 | 81 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 9.5 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.6 |
Deaths | no. | 45 | 56 | 56 | 47 | 61 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 8.0 |
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