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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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 |  | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 9,685 | 9,752 | 9,712 | 9,796 | 9,758 |
Males | no. | 4,871 | 4,917 | 4,896 | 4,985 | 4,949 |
Females | no. | 4,814 | 4,835 | 4,816 | 4,811 | 4,809 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 23.1 | 22.5 | 21.4 | 20.6 | 20.0 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 11.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 15.5 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 1.9 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.0 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 14.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 6.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 47.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 57.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 3,538 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 2,469 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 959 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 240 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 0.3 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 83.0 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 16.7 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 123 | 98 | 92 | 97 | 109 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.7 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
Deaths | no. | 76 | 87 | 75 | 92 | 64 |
Crude death rate | rate | 7.8 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 6.5 |
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