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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 30,092 | 32,007 | 32,683 | 33,314 | 33,740 |
Males | no. | 14,826 | 15,795 | 16,147 | 16,463 | 16,694 |
Females | no. | 15,266 | 16,212 | 16,536 | 16,851 | 17,046 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.2 | 23.9 | 23.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2,846.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 26.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 20.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 60.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 73.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,243 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,548 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,816 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 689 | 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. | 413 | 400 | 445 | 440 | 498 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 14.7 |
Deaths | no. | 218 | 211 | 211 | 216 | 151 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 4.4 |
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