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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 15,463 | 15,941 | 16,490 | 17,292 | 17,918 |
Males | no. | 7,797 | 8,029 | 8,294 | 8,705 | 9,041 |
Females | no. | 7,666 | 7,912 | 8,196 | 8,587 | 8,877 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 23.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.4 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 18.3 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
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 | 31.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 52.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 64.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,907 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 4,418 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,177 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 222 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 12.1 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 87.9 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 226 | 239 | 221 | 234 | 235 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.6 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
Deaths | no. | 33 | 43 | 41 | 32 | 37 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
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