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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 56,236 | 56,193 | 56,655 | 56,850 | 56,801 |
Males | no. | 29,117 | 29,026 | 29,315 | 29,392 | 29,345 |
Females | no. | 27,119 | 27,167 | 27,340 | 27,458 | 27,456 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.3 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 22.4 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 8.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 18,801 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 14,426 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,617 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,238 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 89.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 9.7 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 744 | 733 | 742 | 670 | 594 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 10.4 |
Deaths | no. | 436 | 402 | 406 | 377 | 409 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 7.2 |
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