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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 12,233 | 12,634 | 12,954 | 12,991 | 13,145 |
Males | no. | 6,230 | 6,450 | 6,599 | 6,623 | 6,694 |
Females | no. | 6,003 | 6,184 | 6,355 | 6,368 | 6,451 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 26.0 | 25.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 7.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,878 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,304 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,558 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 322 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 183 | 171 | 170 | 182 | 194 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.7 |
Deaths | no. | 42 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 40 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
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