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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 71,569 | 71,215 | 70,863 | 70,665 | 70,696 |
Males | no. | 35,745 | 35,548 | 35,425 | 35,338 | 35,412 |
Females | no. | 35,824 | 35,667 | 35,438 | 35,327 | 35,284 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.0 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 18.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.0 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 781.8 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 52.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 54.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 36.9 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 22,911 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 18,054 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 7,040 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,158 | 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. | 984 | 933 | 1,021 | 933 | 992 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.7 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 13.2 | 14.0 |
Deaths | no. | 450 | 439 | 426 | 468 | 463 |
Crude death rate | rate | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
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