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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 8,944 | 9,128 | 9,606 | 9,880 | 10,164 |
Males | no. | 4,411 | 4,491 | 4,722 | 4,857 | 4,998 |
Females | no. | 4,533 | 4,637 | 4,884 | 5,023 | 5,166 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.2 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 14.6 | 14.9 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 17.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 445.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 51.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 60.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,499 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,371 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 554 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 249 | 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. | 73 | 66 | 86 | 65 | 66 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 8.1 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
Deaths | no. | 60 | 73 | 66 | 89 | 92 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
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