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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 36,487 | 36,739 | 37,229 | 37,941 | 39,112 |
Males | no. | 18,346 | 18,443 | 18,687 | 19,042 | 19,628 |
Females | no. | 18,141 | 18,296 | 18,542 | 18,899 | 19,484 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.0 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 23.1 | 22.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.0 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.6 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 90.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 9.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 11,513 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,622 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,287 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,387 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 90.5 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 9.5 | 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. | 459 | 484 | 463 | 465 | 499 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.5 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
Deaths | no. | 139 | 134 | 167 | 161 | 169 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
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