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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 22,658 | 22,139 | 21,893 | 21,592 | 21,526 |
Males | no. | 11,465 | 11,165 | 11,057 | 10,888 | 10,861 |
Females | no. | 11,193 | 10,974 | 10,836 | 10,704 | 10,665 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.2 | 22.7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.9 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 20.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,632 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,729 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,068 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 902 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 311 | 274 | 306 | 256 | 308 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 14.3 |
Deaths | no. | 175 | 169 | 164 | 157 | 163 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
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