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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 158,312 | 160,944 | 164,254 | 168,109 | 171,982 |
Males | no. | 79,697 | 80,732 | 83,573 | 85,479 | 87,467 |
Females | no. | 78,615 | 80,212 | 80,681 | 82,630 | 84,515 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 22.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.6 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 10.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 13.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 2.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 53,762 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 42,716 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 16,188 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,618 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 96.4 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 2.6 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,843 | 1,842 | 1,855 | 1,885 | 1,958 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 |
Deaths | no. | 840 | 834 | 886 | 873 | 896 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
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