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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 14,841 | 15,058 | 15,099 | 15,263 | 15,270 |
Males | no. | 8,048 | 8,171 | 8,163 | 8,310 | 8,358 |
Females | no. | 6,793 | 6,887 | 6,936 | 6,953 | 6,912 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.7 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 26.2 | 25.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 20.2 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 19.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.8 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 19.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 12.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,490 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,571 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,813 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 316 | 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 | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 96.1 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 3.9 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 252 | 275 | 246 | 244 | 260 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.9 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 17.0 |
Deaths | no. | 31 | 21 | 34 | 31 | 33 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
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