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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 132,240 | 135,498 | 138,085 | 140,189 | 141,543 |
Males | no. | 64,325 | 65,876 | 67,194 | 68,206 | 68,897 |
Females | no. | 67,915 | 69,622 | 70,891 | 71,983 | 72,646 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.3 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.6 | 21.4 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 190.3 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 11.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 49.2 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 49,320 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 35,919 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 12,407 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,857 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 88.9 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 11.1 | 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. | 1,728 | 1,673 | 1,680 | 1,731 | 1,692 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 13.0 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.9 |
Deaths | no. | 1,274 | 1,307 | 1,397 | 1,296 | 1,261 |
Crude death rate | rate | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
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