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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 51,185 | 52,715 | 54,520 | 55,951 | 57,538 |
Males | no. | 25,840 | 26,578 | 27,434 | 28,157 | 29,010 |
Females | no. | 25,345 | 26,137 | 27,086 | 27,794 | 28,528 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.3 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 26.7 | 26.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 30.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 5.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 9.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 16,389 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 14,024 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 6,395 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,786 | 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 | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 871 | 937 | 895 | 885 | 841 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 17.0 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 14.6 |
Deaths | no. | 193 | 190 | 211 | 189 | 185 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
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