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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 42,906 | 45,454 | 47,818 | 49,416 | 50,223 |
Males | no. | 21,211 | 22,479 | 23,666 | 24,436 | 24,874 |
Females | no. | 21,695 | 22,975 | 24,152 | 24,980 | 25,349 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 25.8 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 25.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.5 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 249.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.8 | 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 | 46.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 55.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 13,985 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 12,009 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 5,779 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,102 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 95.7 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 4.3 | 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. | 708 | 735 | 832 | 857 | 844 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 16.5 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 16.8 |
Deaths | no. | 221 | 237 | 216 | 206 | 245 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
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