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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 67,652 | 67,744 | 67,552 | 67,130 | 66,041 |
Males | no. | 33,673 | 33,759 | 33,701 | 33,526 | 33,005 |
Females | no. | 33,979 | 33,985 | 33,851 | 33,604 | 33,036 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.1 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 22.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.2 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 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 | 1,492.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 36.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 38.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 19,815 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 16,988 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,222 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,296 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 1,031 | 1,034 | 1,025 | 1,054 | 967 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 14.6 |
Deaths | no. | 291 | 336 | 325 | 306 | 282 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
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