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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 113,886 | 117,252 | 120,494 | 124,824 | 127,977 |
Males | no. | 56,359 | 57,938 | 59,522 | 61,714 | 63,378 |
Females | no. | 57,527 | 59,314 | 60,972 | 63,110 | 64,599 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.0 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 237.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 19.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 51.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 40,055 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 32,096 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 13,098 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,340 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 90.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 7.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 1,400 | 1,378 | 1,428 | 1,472 | 1,502 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
Deaths | no. | 544 | 637 | 668 | 697 | 732 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
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