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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 131,970 | 135,986 | 139,913 | 144,138 | 147,902 |
Males | no. | 65,688 | 67,697 | 69,798 | 71,975 | 73,902 |
Females | no. | 66,282 | 68,289 | 70,115 | 72,163 | 74,000 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.8 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 24.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.7 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 294.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 34.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 37.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 39,854 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 34,744 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 16,788 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,041 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 97.4 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 2.6 | 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. | 2,118 | 2,050 | 2,166 | 2,197 | 2,229 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.0 |
Deaths | no. | 505 | 522 | 547 | 507 | 540 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
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