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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 63,687 | 64,847 | 67,550 | 71,339 | 74,804 |
Males | no. | 31,906 | 32,496 | 33,842 | 35,765 | 37,503 |
Females | no. | 31,781 | 32,351 | 33,708 | 35,574 | 37,301 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.7 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 24.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 514.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 24.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 20.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 20,033 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 16,768 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 8,024 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,967 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 97.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 2.4 | 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. | 922 | 929 | 974 | 1,000 | 1,094 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 14.6 |
Deaths | no. | 237 | 255 | 283 | 281 | 286 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
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