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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 44,266 | 44,551 | 45,089 | 45,358 | 45,873 |
Males | no. | 21,528 | 21,633 | 21,886 | 22,049 | 22,325 |
Females | no. | 22,738 | 22,918 | 23,203 | 23,309 | 23,548 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 21.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 479.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 16,308 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 11,547 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,858 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,678 | 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. | 602 | 606 | 586 | 547 | 573 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.5 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
Deaths | no. | 376 | 431 | 473 | 415 | 457 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
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