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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 67,388 | 69,202 | 71,009 | 72,246 | 74,451 |
Males | no. | 33,886 | 34,744 | 35,748 | 36,333 | 37,437 |
Females | no. | 33,502 | 34,458 | 35,261 | 35,913 | 37,014 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.8 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.0 | 21.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 446.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 29.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 17.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 23,384 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 18,310 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,659 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,034 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 99.3 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.7 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,005 | 1,037 | 980 | 1,056 | 1,037 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.9 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 13.9 |
Deaths | no. | 281 | 296 | 327 | 316 | 344 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
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