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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 8,239 | 8,282 | 8,356 | 8,494 | 8,521 |
Males | no. | 4,213 | 4,266 | 4,309 | 4,376 | 4,382 |
Females | no. | 4,026 | 4,016 | 4,047 | 4,118 | 4,139 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 22.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.1 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.8 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.9 | 17.2 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.3 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 50.4 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 21.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 29.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,684 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,211 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 920 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 216 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 70.8 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 29.2 | 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. | 92 | 92 | 96 | 100 | 117 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 13.7 |
Deaths | no. | 27 | 42 | 29 | 39 | 46 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
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