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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 2,900 | 2,943 | 2,963 | 2,987 | 3,057 |
Males | no. | 1,488 | 1,490 | 1,496 | 1,505 | 1,555 |
Females | no. | 1,412 | 1,453 | 1,467 | 1,482 | 1,502 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.4 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 18.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.8 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 12.7 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.7 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.4 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 6.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 31.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,122 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 721 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 184 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 115 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 86.3 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 13.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 38 | 35 | 37 | 27 | 40 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.1 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 13.0 |
Deaths | no. | 44 | 49 | 42 | 51 | 40 |
Crude death rate | rate | 15.1 | 16.6 | 14.1 | 17.0 | 13.0 |
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