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POPULATION AND PEOPLE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Persons | no. | 152,146 | 159,046 | 163,310 | 165,533 | 167,618 |
Males | no. | 76,725 | 80,139 | 82,371 | 83,512 | 84,642 |
Females | no. | 75,421 | 78,907 | 80,939 | 82,021 | 82,976 |
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Percentage aged 0 to 14 years | % | 24.8 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.5 |
Percentage aged 15 to 24 years | % | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.4 |
Percentage aged 25 to 34 years | % | 18.0 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.5 |
Percentage aged 35 to 44 years | % | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.4 |
Percentage aged 45 to 54 years | % | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.2 |
Percentage aged 55 to 64 years | % | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
Percentage aged 65 to 74 years | % | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
Percentage aged 75 to 84 years | % | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Percentage aged 85 years and over | % | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
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Population density | persons/km2 | na | na | na | na | 549.7 |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 1.4 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population | % | na | 37.8 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 43.2 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total population aged 15 and over | % | na | 42.7 | na | na | na |
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Percentage of total employed persons in medium/high skill occupations | % | na | 47.8 | na | na | na |
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Households | no. | na | 46,807 | na | na | na |
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Total families | no. | na | 40,177 | na | na | na |
Couple families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 19,242 | na | na | na |
One parent families with children under 15 and/or dependent students | no. | na | 4,300 | na | na | na |
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Major cities | % | na | 96.6 | na | na | na |
Inner regional | % | na | 3.4 | 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. | 2,888 | 2,852 | 2,986 | 2,946 | 2,837 |
Crude birth rate | rate | 18.9 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 16.9 |
Deaths | no. | 702 | 600 | 676 | 688 | 670 |
Crude death rate | rate | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
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