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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 22,714 | 23,359 | 24,142 | 24,945 | 25,795 |
Males | no. | 11,569 | 11,858 | 12,242 | 12,636 | 13,088 |
Females | no. | 11,145 | 11,501 | 11,900 | 12,309 | 12,707 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.1 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 21.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.7 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 16.9 | 16.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 27.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.5 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 7,840 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 6,369 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,455 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 622 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 198 | 257 | 246 | 275 | 264 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 8.7 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 10.2 |
Deaths | no. | 74 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 89 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
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