National Regional Profile: Tennant Creek - Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POPULATION BY SEX - at 30 June
Personsno.
1,451
1,479
1,484
1,483
1,485
Malesno.
751
765
769
786
793
Femalesno.
700
714
715
697
692
POPULATION : PERCENTAGE BY AGE GROUP - at 30 June
Percentage aged 0 to 14 years%
35.9
35.0
32.1
31.8
32.1
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years%
22.4
21.8
22.0
21.0
20.5
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years%
14.5
15.1
15.5
16.6
16.6
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years%
11.4
11.5
12.1
11.1
10.6
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years%
8.1
8.5
8.9
9.2
9.0
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years%
4.8
5.0
6.1
6.4
6.8
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years%
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.6
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years%
0.4
0.7
0.9
1.2
1.3
Percentage aged 85 years and over%
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
POPULATION DENSITY - at 30 June
Population density
persons/km2
na
na
na
na
0.0
INDIGENOUS POPULATION - at 30 June
Percentage of total population%
na
89.7
na
na
na
OVERSEAS BORN POPULATION
Percentage of total population%
na
1.6
na
na
na
SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
73.8
na
na
na
PERSONS WITH POST SCHOOL QUALIFICATIONS
Percentage of total population aged 15 and over%
na
14.0
na
na
na
OCCUPATION
Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations%
na
28.7
na
na
na
HOUSEHOLDS - Census 2001
Householdsno.
na
246
na
na
na
FAMILIES - Census 2001
Total familiesno.
na
300
na
na
na
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
163
na
na
na
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent studentsno.
na
44
na
na
na
PROPORTION OF POPULATION IN REMOTENESS AREA
Major cities%
na
0.0
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
100.0
na
na
na
BIRTHS AND DEATHS - year ended 31 December
Birthsno.
30
33
26
30
45
Crude birth raterate
20.6
22.3
17.5
20.2
30.3
Deathsno.
6
8
9
6
5
Crude death raterate
4.1
5.4
6.0
4.0
3.3