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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 340,483 | 348,080 | 352,021 | 353,862 | 355,133 |
Males | no. | 170,823 | 174,862 | 177,016 | 178,042 | 178,775 |
Females | no. | 169,660 | 173,218 | 175,005 | 175,820 | 176,358 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 22.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 15.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 873.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 45.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 55.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 100,148 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 87,151 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 40,211 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 9,939 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 98.5 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 1.5 | 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. | 5,762 | 5,610 | 5,680 | 5,755 | 5,480 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.9 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 15.4 |
Deaths | no. | 1,586 | 1,528 | 1,658 | 1,681 | 1,644 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
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