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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 87,465 | 89,282 | 90,342 | 90,483 | 90,266 |
Males | no. | 43,682 | 44,545 | 45,095 | 45,185 | 45,076 |
Females | no. | 43,783 | 44,737 | 45,247 | 45,298 | 45,190 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.8 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 22.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.3 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,538.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 39.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.2 | 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 | 26,020 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 23,421 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 11,598 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,162 | 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. | 1,280 | 1,309 | 1,321 | 1,240 | 1,243 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
Deaths | no. | 285 | 323 | 333 | 346 | 325 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
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