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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 7,298 | 7,490 | 7,657 | 7,960 | 8,075 |
Males | no. | 3,612 | 3,694 | 3,753 | 3,908 | 3,979 |
Females | no. | 3,686 | 3,796 | 3,904 | 4,052 | 4,096 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 21.5 | 21.2 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 19.8 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.7 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 13.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 16.5 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.7 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 13.4 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 9.1 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 15.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 18.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 3.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 50.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 62.1 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 2,694 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,043 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 635 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 278 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 100.0 | 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. | 78 | 78 | 75 | 89 | 89 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 10.6 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Deaths | no. | 58 | 46 | 62 | 56 | 66 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.9 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.1 |
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