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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 31,901 | 32,456 | 33,087 | 33,759 | 34,762 |
Males | no. | 15,800 | 16,049 | 16,346 | 16,708 | 17,217 |
Females | no. | 16,101 | 16,407 | 16,741 | 17,051 | 17,545 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.1 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 22.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 80.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,074 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 8,193 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,388 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,120 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 479 | 449 | 489 | 469 | 502 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.0 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
Deaths | no. | 179 | 174 | 205 | 155 | 182 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
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