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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 39,404 | 40,239 | 41,626 | 43,192 | 45,712 |
Males | no. | 19,929 | 20,351 | 21,065 | 21,896 | 23,223 |
Females | no. | 19,475 | 19,888 | 20,561 | 21,296 | 22,489 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 26.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 15.6 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.1 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 16.3 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
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 | 381.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 3.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 25.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 13.1 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 36.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 41.6 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 12,847 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 10,465 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,557 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,640 | 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. | 722 | 722 | 738 | 720 | 720 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 18.3 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 16.6 | 15.7 |
Deaths | no. | 105 | 130 | 112 | 137 | 142 |
Crude death rate | rate | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
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