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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 45,361 | 46,028 | 46,765 | 47,528 | 48,632 |
Males | no. | 22,531 | 22,822 | 23,164 | 23,569 | 24,126 |
Females | no. | 22,830 | 23,206 | 23,601 | 23,959 | 24,506 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.8 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 19.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 15,631 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 11,736 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,850 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,473 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 99.6 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 604 | 571 | 619 | 613 | 638 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.3 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 13.1 |
Deaths | no. | 275 | 285 | 321 | 287 | 318 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
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