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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 196,468 | 197,282 | 197,878 | 199,926 | 202,182 |
Males | no. | 95,780 | 96,225 | 96,470 | 97,615 | 98,740 |
Females | no. | 100,688 | 101,057 | 101,408 | 102,311 | 103,442 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 20.4 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 148.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 74,077 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 51,210 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 18,822 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,798 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 95.1 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 4.9 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 2,275 | 2,745 | 2,539 | 2,457 | 2,450 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.5 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
Deaths | no. | 1,483 | 1,608 | 1,663 | 1,647 | 1,647 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
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