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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 66,980 | 66,949 | 67,841 | 68,548 | 69,629 |
Males | no. | 33,149 | 33,126 | 33,623 | 33,984 | 34,590 |
Females | no. | 33,831 | 33,823 | 34,218 | 34,564 | 35,039 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.0 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 22.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.2 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 337.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 46.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 23,588 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 17,422 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,348 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,542 | 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. | 1,019 | 973 | 939 | 956 | 1,037 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 15.2 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.8 |
Deaths | no. | 498 | 548 | 633 | 533 | 506 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
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