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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 14,255 | 14,567 | 14,930 | 15,125 | 15,321 |
Males | no. | 7,359 | 7,525 | 7,678 | 7,794 | 7,906 |
Females | no. | 6,896 | 7,042 | 7,252 | 7,331 | 7,415 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.9 | 24.5 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 22.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 3.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 45.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 56.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,729 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,943 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,599 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 357 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 98.1 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 205 | 147 | 165 | 161 | 175 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.3 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.4 |
Deaths | no. | 53 | 51 | 60 | 48 | 61 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
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