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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 48,614 | 48,632 | 49,030 | 49,473 | 50,098 |
Males | no. | 24,100 | 24,081 | 24,215 | 24,465 | 24,822 |
Females | no. | 24,514 | 24,551 | 24,815 | 25,008 | 25,276 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 20.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.9 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 154.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 27.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 16,036 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 13,077 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,181 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,335 | 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. | 550 | 449 | 495 | 526 | 528 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 10.5 |
Deaths | no. | 267 | 285 | 263 | 256 | 244 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
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