National Regional Profile: Rapid Creek (Statistical Local Area)  
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
3,084
3,125
3,092
3,050
3,028
Malesno.
1,622
1,617
1,611
1,593
1,584
Femalesno.
1,462
1,508
1,481
1,457
1,444
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
16.8
16.2
15.7
15.4
15.5
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
15.6
14.8
15.3
13.8
12.8
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
22.0
21.1
20.9
20.9
20.6
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
17.1
17.7
16.8
17.0
17.0
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
15.8
16.3
16.1
16.5
16.7
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
8.5
9.2
10.2
11.1
12.1
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
3.1
3.2
3.5
3.5
3.4
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
1.0
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.7
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
1,566.2
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
9.5
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
21.3
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
10.6
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
58.6
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
63.2
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
1,172
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
703
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
238
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
81
na
na
na
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA
Major cities%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Inner regional%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Outer regional%
na
100.0
na
na
na
Remote%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Very remote%
na
0.0
na
na
na
BIRTHS AND DEATHS - year ended 31 December
Birthsno.
39
61
49
30
37
Crude birth raterate
12.6
19.5
15.8
9.8
12.2
Deathsno.
16
10
7
10
5
Crude death raterate
5.1
3.2
2.2
3.2
1.6