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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 17,389 | 17,432 | 17,325 | 17,226 | 17,129 |
Males | no. | 8,459 | 8,507 | 8,432 | 8,401 | 8,359 |
Females | no. | 8,930 | 8,925 | 8,893 | 8,825 | 8,770 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.1 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 20.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 207.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,337 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,347 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,507 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 655 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 196 | 216 | 196 | 182 | 175 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.2 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
Deaths | no. | 183 | 171 | 198 | 190 | 189 |
Crude death rate | rate | 10.5 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
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