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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 49,833 | 51,548 | 54,520 | 58,370 | 62,063 |
Males | no. | 25,091 | 25,955 | 27,473 | 29,443 | 31,282 |
Females | no. | 24,742 | 25,593 | 27,047 | 28,927 | 30,781 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.9 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 26.1 | 25.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.9 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 740.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.8 | 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 | 17.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 39.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 16,375 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 13,425 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,363 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,912 | 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. | 833 | 895 | 875 | 908 | 1,032 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.7 | 17.3 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 16.6 |
Deaths | no. | 164 | 189 | 184 | 204 | 216 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
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