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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 133,920 | 139,971 | 150,893 | 164,917 | 178,865 |
Males | no. | 67,172 | 70,157 | 75,634 | 82,718 | 89,762 |
Females | no. | 66,748 | 69,814 | 75,259 | 82,199 | 89,103 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.9 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.0 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.7 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 17.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.0 | 16.9 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 167.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 43,460 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 36,810 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 17,576 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,314 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 94.3 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 5.7 | 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. | 1,995 | 2,093 | 2,348 | 2,554 | 2,953 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 16.5 |
Deaths | no. | 469 | 501 | 534 | 543 | 577 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
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