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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 8,304 | 8,154 | 8,157 | 8,187 | 8,235 |
Males | no. | 4,124 | 4,047 | 4,056 | 4,071 | 4,109 |
Females | no. | 4,180 | 4,107 | 4,101 | 4,116 | 4,126 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 16.9 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,301.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 17.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 38.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,188 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,155 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 653 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 283 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 100.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | 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. | 94 | 93 | 95 | 77 | 87 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 10.5 |
Deaths | no. | 82 | 76 | 95 | 100 | 84 |
Crude death rate | rate | 9.8 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 10.2 |
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