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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 3,500 | 3,524 | 3,509 | 3,497 | 3,548 |
Males | no. | 1,779 | 1,789 | 1,799 | 1,808 | 1,843 |
Females | no. | 1,721 | 1,735 | 1,710 | 1,689 | 1,705 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 23.2 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 11.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 4.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 16.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 35.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.3 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,176 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 901 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 339 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 98 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 47 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 47 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.4 | 11.3 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 13.2 |
Deaths | no. | 25 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 18 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 5.0 |
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