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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 32,306 | 33,122 | 33,987 | 34,845 | 35,898 |
Males | no. | 15,914 | 16,331 | 16,772 | 17,205 | 17,721 |
Females | no. | 16,392 | 16,791 | 17,215 | 17,640 | 18,177 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 16.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.9 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 12.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 41.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,843 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 9,285 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,726 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 770 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 261 | 277 | 300 | 288 | 322 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.9 |
Deaths | no. | 295 | 296 | 325 | 315 | 332 |
Crude death rate | rate | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
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