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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 5,430 | 5,667 | 5,999 | 6,353 | 6,495 |
Males | no. | 2,790 | 2,925 | 3,078 | 3,263 | 3,346 |
Females | no. | 2,640 | 2,742 | 2,921 | 3,090 | 3,149 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.6 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 18.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 24.4 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 24.9 | 24.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.0 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.1 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4,977.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 16.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 56.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 66.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,428 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,064 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 202 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 78 | 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. | 38 | 50 | 36 | 52 | 46 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 6.9 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
Deaths | no. | 55 | 60 | 48 | 63 | 57 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.1 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 9.9 | 8.7 |
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