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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 72,552 | 72,772 | 73,928 | 74,849 | 75,435 |
Males | no. | 38,615 | 38,703 | 39,247 | 39,791 | 40,213 |
Females | no. | 33,937 | 34,069 | 34,681 | 35,058 | 35,222 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.4 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.9 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 48.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 23,851 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 18,113 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,591 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,488 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 67.5 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 30.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,053 | 963 | 1,024 | 942 | 975 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.5 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
Deaths | no. | 353 | 369 | 339 | 312 | 359 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
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