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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 3,844 | 3,814 | 3,798 | 3,743 | 3,660 |
Males | no. | 1,942 | 1,917 | 1,909 | 1,869 | 1,835 |
Females | no. | 1,902 | 1,897 | 1,889 | 1,874 | 1,825 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.0 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 19.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.7 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 17.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 14.9 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 19.5 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,490.1 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,206 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,021 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 417 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 118 | 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. | 47 | 36 | 51 | 46 | 47 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.2 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
Deaths | no. | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
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