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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 5,509 | 5,640 | 5,802 | 6,269 | 7,917 |
Males | no. | 2,829 | 2,965 | 3,035 | 3,281 | 4,090 |
Females | no. | 2,680 | 2,675 | 2,767 | 2,988 | 3,827 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.3 | 25.1 | 24.7 | 23.6 | 22.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.6 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 17.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 88.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 28.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 25.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 33.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 44.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,719 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,428 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 627 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 197 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 96.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 4.0 | 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. | 79 | 85 | 107 | 128 | 134 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.3 | 15.0 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 16.9 |
Deaths | no. | 7 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 41 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
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