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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 49,229 | 49,891 | 50,770 | 51,781 | 52,385 |
Males | no. | 23,856 | 23,981 | 24,438 | 24,938 | 25,292 |
Females | no. | 25,373 | 25,910 | 26,332 | 26,843 | 27,093 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 17.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.9 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,371.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.0 | 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 | 4.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 39.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 20,069 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 13,385 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,988 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,852 | 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. | 523 | 517 | 531 | 530 | 531 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
Deaths | no. | 552 | 495 | 560 | 575 | 545 |
Crude death rate | rate | 11.2 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.4 |
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