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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 57,193 | 57,301 | 56,938 | 56,560 | 56,283 |
Males | no. | 28,728 | 28,738 | 28,602 | 28,439 | 28,357 |
Females | no. | 28,465 | 28,563 | 28,336 | 28,121 | 27,926 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.4 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,451.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 49.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 38.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 19,001 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 14,503 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,710 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,687 | 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. | 667 | 707 | 769 | 758 | 732 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.6 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.0 |
Deaths | no. | 364 | 405 | 388 | 354 | 414 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.3 |
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