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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 5,530 | 5,657 | 5,769 | 5,829 | 5,874 |
Males | no. | 2,743 | 2,807 | 2,863 | 2,894 | 2,916 |
Females | no. | 2,787 | 2,850 | 2,906 | 2,935 | 2,958 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.5 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 22.3 | 21.6 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 17.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 12.3 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 15.3 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.3 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1,528.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 4.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 44.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 54.7 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 1,771 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 1,524 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 757 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 157 | 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. | 62 | 78 | 66 | 55 | 57 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 11.2 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
Deaths | no. | 9 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
Crude death rate | rate | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
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