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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 3,698 | 3,931 | 4,096 | 4,174 | 4,265 |
Males | no. | 1,945 | 2,073 | 2,155 | 2,210 | 2,255 |
Females | no. | 1,753 | 1,858 | 1,941 | 1,964 | 2,010 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 34.1 | 34.4 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 31.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 17.0 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 17.6 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.2 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.0 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 0.0 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 83.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 22.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 27.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 678 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 715 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 306 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 178 | na | na | na |
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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 |
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Births | no. | 52 | 46 | 41 | 72 | 48 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 14.0 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 17.2 | 11.2 |
Deaths | no. | 20 | 25 | 25 | 44 | 33 |
Crude death rate | rate | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 7.7 |
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