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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 97,799 | 100,222 | 101,964 | 103,111 | 103,856 |
Males | no. | 48,330 | 49,532 | 50,371 | 50,956 | 51,323 |
Females | no. | 49,469 | 50,690 | 51,593 | 52,155 | 52,533 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.4 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 19.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 14.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 48.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 35,956 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 26,659 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 8,826 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,769 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 99.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,063 | 1,034 | 913 | 968 | 939 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.8 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.0 |
Deaths | no. | 813 | 785 | 978 | 895 | 927 |
Crude death rate | rate | 8.3 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
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