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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 46,784 | 47,188 | 47,521 | 47,809 | 48,050 |
Males | no. | 23,232 | 23,457 | 23,678 | 23,832 | 23,939 |
Females | no. | 23,552 | 23,731 | 23,843 | 23,977 | 24,111 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21.3 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 15.0 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 24.5 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 2.9 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 6.3 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 1.5 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 40.6 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 45.0 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 15,950 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 11,998 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,420 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 1,519 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 30.3 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 69.2 | na | na | na |
Outer regional | % | na | 0.4 | na | na | na |
Remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
Very remote | % | na | 0.0 | na | na | na |
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Births | no. | 578 | 588 | 573 | 559 | 543 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.3 |
Deaths | no. | 448 | 437 | 473 | 461 | 415 |
Crude death rate | rate | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 8.6 |
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