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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. | 1,505,038 | 1,511,728 | 1,518,696 | 1,526,301 | 1,532,727 |
Males | no. | 743,753 | 747,262 | 751,311 | 755,481 | 759,244 |
Females | no. | 761,285 | 764,466 | 767,385 | 770,820 | 773,483 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.5 | 19.3 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 18.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 20.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 11.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.5 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 567,074 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 397,435 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 142,331 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 43,741 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 71.8 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 12.4 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 11.8 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 3.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 17,859 | 17,281 | 17,665 | 17,443 | 17,140 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 |
Deaths | no. | 11,843 | 11,891 | 11,987 | 12,185 | 11,629 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
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