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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 16,088 | 16,076 | 16,013 | 15,909 | 15,754 |
Males | no. | 8,345 | 8,329 | 8,294 | 8,248 | 8,162 |
Females | no. | 7,743 | 7,747 | 7,719 | 7,661 | 7,592 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.0 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.6 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 5,345 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,940 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,591 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 407 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 83.3 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 16.7 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 246 | 214 | 204 | 217 | 239 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.2 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 |
Deaths | no. | 93 | 83 | 86 | 98 | 79 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.0 |
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