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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 151,347 | 152,466 | 152,902 | 152,896 | 152,918 |
Males | no. | 76,340 | 76,914 | 77,135 | 77,140 | 77,150 |
Females | no. | 75,007 | 75,552 | 75,767 | 75,756 | 75,768 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 22.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 2.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 7.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.3 | 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 | 51,819 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 38,003 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 15,179 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,919 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 54.9 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 43.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 2,106 | 2,055 | 2,122 | 2,010 | 2,018 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.9 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
Deaths | no. | 1,112 | 1,091 | 1,125 | 1,170 | 1,098 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
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