National Regional Profile: Chittering (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
2,835
2,936
3,050
3,125
3,316
Malesno.
1,489
1,537
1,585
1,617
1,711
Femalesno.
1,346
1,399
1,465
1,508
1,605
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
23.8
23.3
23.2
22.5
22.2
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
10.2
10.3
10.7
11.5
12.0
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
11.3
10.7
10.5
9.6
9.1
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
16.5
16.8
16.9
17.1
17.1
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
15.3
15.5
14.5
14.6
15.0
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
14.0
14.3
14.6
14.8
14.5
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
6.5
6.9
7.0
7.3
7.5
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
2.0
2.0
2.2
2.2
2.2
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
2.7
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
1.5
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
20.2
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
3.1
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
40.0
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
58.0
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
919
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
771
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
295
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
50
na
na
na
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA
Major cities%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Inner regional%
na
84.9
na
na
na
Outer regional%
na
15.1
na
na
na
Remote%
na
0.0
na
na
na
Very remote%
na
0.0
na
na
na
BIRTHS AND DEATHS - year ended 31 December
Birthsno.
25
32
33
25
27
Crude birth raterate
8.8
10.8
10.8
8.0
8.1
Deathsno.
14
12
8
8
10
Crude death raterate
4.9
4.0
2.6
2.5
3.0