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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 175,448 | 177,413 | 178,193 | 178,107 | 177,212 |
Males | no. | 87,512 | 88,486 | 88,879 | 88,873 | 88,467 |
Females | no. | 87,936 | 88,927 | 89,314 | 89,234 | 88,745 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.6 | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 23.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 438.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 21.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 55,363 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 45,661 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 20,285 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,517 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 95.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 4.4 | 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. | 2,941 | 2,786 | 2,819 | 2,731 | 2,739 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 15.4 |
Deaths | no. | 736 | 743 | 736 | 759 | 829 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
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