|
POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
|
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|
|
Persons | no. | 138,407 | 140,087 | 141,545 | 143,314 | 145,705 |
Males | no. | 70,547 | 71,307 | 72,035 | 72,928 | 74,139 |
Females | no. | 67,860 | 68,780 | 69,510 | 70,386 | 71,566 |
| |
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 21.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
|
Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.8 |
|
Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
|
Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.0 | na | na | na |
|
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
|
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.4 | na | na | na |
| |
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.8 | na | na | na |
| |
Households | no. | na | 49,962 | na | na | na |
| |
Total families | no. | na | 37,323 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 12,976 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,979 | na | na | na |
| |
Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 57.5 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 41.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
| |
Births | no. | 1,676 | 1,599 | 1,613 | 1,586 | 1,645 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 11.2 |
Deaths | no. | 959 | 991 | 1,105 | 1,032 | 1,132 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.7 |
|