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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 27,116 | 27,808 | 28,944 | 29,855 | 31,022 |
Males | no. | 13,920 | 14,267 | 14,826 | 15,341 | 16,007 |
Females | no. | 13,196 | 13,541 | 14,118 | 14,514 | 15,015 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 26.3 | 26.1 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 89.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 8,394 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 7,605 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,663 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 556 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 38.7 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 61.3 | 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. | 375 | 412 | 382 | 424 | 406 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.8 | 14.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 13.0 |
Deaths | no. | 72 | 68 | 73 | 77 | 79 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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