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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 3,096 | 3,836 | 5,889 | 8,855 | 12,584 |
Males | no. | 1,649 | 2,021 | 3,053 | 4,554 | 6,433 |
Females | no. | 1,447 | 1,815 | 2,836 | 4,301 | 6,151 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 19.2 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 21.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 16.6 | 14.5 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 13.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 19.3 | 19.6 | 21.3 | 23.3 | 23.3 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 18.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.1 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 13.1 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 90.2 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 25.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 62.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,230 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,067 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 474 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 51 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 50.8 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 49.2 | 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. | 68 | 70 | 119 | 181 | 303 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 21.9 | 18.2 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 24.0 |
Deaths | no. | 15 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 19 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
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