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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 44,875 | 45,102 | 45,197 | 45,045 | 45,125 |
Males | no. | 21,564 | 21,763 | 21,797 | 21,742 | 21,839 |
Females | no. | 23,311 | 23,339 | 23,400 | 23,303 | 23,286 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 25.7 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 25.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4,723.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 29.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 20.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 62.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 71.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 20,028 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,613 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,216 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 753 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 402 | 407 | 398 | 441 | 466 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
Deaths | no. | 314 | 299 | 305 | 270 | 259 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
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