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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 7,534 | 7,607 | 7,661 | 7,755 | 7,857 |
Males | no. | 3,562 | 3,609 | 3,639 | 3,688 | 3,763 |
Females | no. | 3,972 | 3,998 | 4,022 | 4,067 | 4,094 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,882.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 22.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.5 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,807 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,917 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 545 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 178 | 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. | 83 | 92 | 81 | 91 | 70 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.0 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 8.9 |
Deaths | no. | 97 | 98 | 107 | 122 | 132 |
Crude death rate | rate | 12.8 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 |
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