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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 19,958 | 20,318 | 20,772 | 21,278 | 21,645 |
Males | no. | 9,826 | 10,049 | 10,301 | 10,532 | 10,732 |
Females | no. | 10,132 | 10,269 | 10,471 | 10,746 | 10,913 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.6 | 23.8 | 22.9 | 22.2 | 21.7 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.5 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 20.0 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.0 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,059.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 23.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 8.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 46.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 53.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 6,614 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 5,654 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 2,744 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 526 | 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. | 249 | 231 | 272 | 238 | 241 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.4 | 11.3 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
Deaths | no. | 45 | 41 | 38 | 52 | 46 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
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