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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 120,935 | 122,053 | 123,522 | 125,275 | 126,889 |
Males | no. | 59,347 | 59,982 | 60,733 | 61,762 | 62,753 |
Females | no. | 61,588 | 62,071 | 62,789 | 63,513 | 64,136 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.3 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,474.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 30.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 14.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 60.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 71.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 46,237 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 27,223 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 10,267 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,296 | 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. | 1,229 | 1,297 | 1,281 | 1,295 | 1,351 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
Deaths | no. | 1,033 | 970 | 1,012 | 1,045 | 1,033 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
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