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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 18,412 | 18,458 | 18,874 | 19,296 | 20,267 |
Males | no. | 9,168 | 9,190 | 9,395 | 9,618 | 10,138 |
Females | no. | 9,244 | 9,268 | 9,479 | 9,678 | 10,129 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.5 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 25.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 79.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 48.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 5,792 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,881 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,351 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 597 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 94.5 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 5.5 | 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. | 277 | 272 | 286 | 275 | 285 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.0 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
Deaths | no. | 67 | 72 | 48 | 42 | 48 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
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