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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 45,244 | 46,106 | 46,296 | 46,304 | 46,367 |
Males | no. | 23,234 | 23,677 | 23,821 | 23,815 | 23,839 |
Females | no. | 22,010 | 22,429 | 22,475 | 22,489 | 22,528 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 23.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 4.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 12.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 15,324 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 11,522 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,765 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,027 | 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 | 93.3 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 6.7 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 725 | 711 | 703 | 647 | 672 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.0 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 14.4 |
Deaths | no. | 289 | 284 | 290 | 303 | 305 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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