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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 118,483 | 122,303 | 127,570 | 133,931 | 139,447 |
Males | no. | 59,252 | 61,085 | 63,727 | 66,984 | 69,822 |
Females | no. | 59,231 | 61,218 | 63,843 | 66,947 | 69,625 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.1 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.1 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 185.6 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 15.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 52.4 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 39,459 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 33,335 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 15,355 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 3,212 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 88.4 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 11.6 | 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. | 1,751 | 1,839 | 1,868 | 1,927 | 2,079 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.7 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.9 |
Deaths | no. | 360 | 422 | 468 | 432 | 515 |
Crude death rate | rate | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
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