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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 14,032 | 14,299 | 14,764 | 15,024 | 15,083 |
Males | no. | 6,992 | 7,111 | 7,363 | 7,486 | 7,517 |
Females | no. | 7,040 | 7,188 | 7,401 | 7,538 | 7,566 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.5 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,794.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 4,629 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 3,974 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,719 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 417 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 160 | 207 | 192 | 184 | 186 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.4 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
Deaths | no. | 40 | 41 | 35 | 45 | 42 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
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