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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 32,244 | 33,765 | 34,719 | 35,884 | 36,274 |
Males | no. | 16,232 | 17,004 | 17,474 | 18,106 | 18,331 |
Females | no. | 16,012 | 16,761 | 17,245 | 17,778 | 17,943 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.7 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.9 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 210.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,975 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,376 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,531 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 980 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 96.4 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 3.6 | 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. | 474 | 559 | 501 | 520 | 586 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.7 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 16.1 |
Deaths | no. | 173 | 175 | 182 | 197 | 199 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
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