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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 2,800 | 2,888 | 2,964 | 3,118 | 3,245 |
Males | no. | 1,440 | 1,511 | 1,546 | 1,622 | 1,682 |
Females | no. | 1,360 | 1,377 | 1,418 | 1,496 | 1,563 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.1 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 24.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.4 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 19.0 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 24.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 27.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 5.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 58.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 877 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 807 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 413 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 35 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 23.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 76.1 | 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. | 29 | 41 | 37 | 33 | 35 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.3 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 |
Deaths | no. | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
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